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  • Sikorsky's Helicopter  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 26, 2004
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     | 2,156 views

    Sikorsky’s Helicopter When Igor Sikorsky was a boy of twelve, his parents told him that competent authorities had already proved human flight impossible. Yet Sikorsky built the first helicopter. And in his American plant he posted this sign: “According to recognized aerotechnical tests, the ...read more

  • A Leader Is…  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 1, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,646 views

    A Leader Is… Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says: A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders ...read more

  • If You Thought Christian Martyrdom Was Merely A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,383 views

    If you thought Christian martyrdom was merely a part of history, listen to this statistic: more Christians have been killed for their faith in this century alone than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. According to Paul Marshall, author of Their Blood Cries Out, in more than 60 countries ...read more

  • Generations Differ: Researcher George Barna Cites ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,387 views

    Generations Differ: Researcher George Barna cites varied generational response to authority (older Americans accept it, Boomers want to control it, Busters ignore it), handling contradictions (elder citizens ignore them, Boomers strive to solve them, Busters appreciate them), and life fears ...read more

  • Book Tunes Books Now Come With Soundtracks, Some ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,132 views

    Book Tunes Books now come with soundtracks, some come packaged with the book while others are distributed informally. The idea is that as they read, people can listen to music that matches the mood of the books. In some cases, the songs are mentioned in the books themselves; in others, the lyrics ...read more

  • Most Of Us Do Not Wait Well... Jesus Asked The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 11, 2007
     | 1,886 views

    ‘Most of us do not wait well... Jesus asked the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they received the promised power to meet all that lay ahead of them as well as an advocate to teach them all that they needed to know.’ ‘It must have been hard to wait. They were under suspicion by the ...read more

  • In The Darkest Time Of World War Ii In The City ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,179 views

    In the darkest time of World War II in the city of London a message came across the air to bring a New Year’s message to the discouraged people. In the process the announcer quoted the following poem: “I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year Give me a light that I may tread, safely into ...read more

  • Ten Basic Statements About Ministry

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
     | 1,620 views

    Ten Basic Statements about Ministry Warren and David Wiersbe, said in their book: Making Sense of the Ministry 1. The foundation of ministry is character. 2. The nature of ministry is service. 3. The motive for ministry is love. 4. The measure of ministry is sacrifice. 5. The authority of ministry ...read more

  • The New Golden Rule For Business, First Developed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,159 views

    The New Golden Rule for business, first developed by Fred Reichheld, loyalty expert and author, is the one statistic that increasingly is taken most seriously by investors. Originally dubbed the Net Promoter Score, it could also be called the Customer Evangelism Score. It may be the most revealing ...read more

  • Margaret Mead, The Noted Anthropologist, Has Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,508 views

    Margaret Mead, the noted anthropologist, has said a lot of controversial things, but you will find no authorities debating her statement in her article Grandparents and Educators. In it she said, "Somehow we have to get the older people, grandparents, widows and widowers, spinsters and bachelors, ...read more

  • We Are Not To Be Dazzled, As Many People Are, By ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 18, 2008
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     | 2,670 views

    "We are not to be dazzled, as many people are, by the person, gifts or office of teachers in the church. They may come to us with great dignity, authority and scholarship. They may be bishops or archbishops, university professors or even the pope himself. But if they bring a gospel other than the ...read more

  • If God Has Promised Something To You Through His ...

    Contributed by Dillon Burroughs on Mar 9, 2009
     | 2,194 views

    If God has promised something to you through His Word, it will come to pass. Dr. John Walvoord served as president at Dallas Seminary for 34 years and was known as an authority on the area of Bible prophecy. He calculated after an exhaustive study of the Scriptures that half of the prophecies of ...read more

  • Buechner's Unique Look At Forgiveness

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 19, 2010
     | 1,877 views

    BUECHNER'S UNIQUE LOOK AT FORGIVENESS Frederick Buechner is a Presbyterian minister and an author, and he has delightful little book called The Alphabet of Grace. It is somewhat like a dictionary of terms that people of faith commonly use, only Mr. Buechner offers some very uncommon reflections on ...read more

  • When Their Lives Are Spiritually ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
     | 2,531 views

    When Their Lives Are Spiritually Frigid As a musician was tuning his instrument prior to a concert, he held it for a few seconds before a flaming fireplace. Asked why he did this, he replied, “I can’t seem to get any music out of it when it’s cold.” In a similar way, God’s children cannot produce ...read more

  • A Leader ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 2,072 views

    A Leader Is… Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says: A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders ...read more

  • On "Stuff"

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 2, 2013
     | 1,682 views

    One authority writes: "For example, ever wonder why retail clothing stores have those helpful bags and baskets for gathering all your potential purchases? Retailers know that once you have held an item in your hand, you’re psychologically tied to it and you don’t want to give the item up. The ...read more

  • Christmas Answered Our Greatest Need!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 19, 2022
     | 580 views

    If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an ...read more

  • Phillip Johnson, A Berkeley Law Professor, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
     | 1,342 views

    Phillip Johnson, a Berkeley law professor, lecturer and author of several books refuting evolution notes: “I have found that any discussion with modernists about the weaknesses of the theory of evolution quickly turns into a discussion of politics, particularly sexual politics. [Modernists] ...read more

  • To Be On Fire For God Means To Be Committed. It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,765 views

    To be on fire for God means to be committed. It means to be sold out to Him. It means to be active, not passive in God’s service. The Bohemian reformer John Hus was a man who believed the Scriptures to be the infallible and supreme authority in all matters. He died at the stake for that belief ...read more

  • Publisher Influence: "Religion Publishing Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 1,585 views

    Publisher Influence: “Religion publishing has been a key force, perhaps the key force, in the redefinition of American religion,” says sociologist and author Wade Clark Roof. John Sweeney, Jewish Lights Publishing, notes that publishers help explain religion outside the context of institutions of ...read more