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  • Generation Y Wants To Be Engaged, But It Does ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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     | 1,784 views

    Generation Y wants to be engaged, but it does not give marketers much time to do so. “So many are multi-tasking that the concept of time loses meaning with Gen-Y,” says Simmons Research Co-CEO Bill Engel.” They seem to squeeze 31 hours of time into one day. Their whole life is built on a multitude ...read more

  • Dale Jarrett

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 690 views

    Dale Jarrett I grew up in a Christian home, my parents made sure that we were in church, but as I grew up I got side tracked and didn’t live my life as I should. But things changed when I started driving for Joe Gibbs, here was and is a man that is very strong in the Lord and his influence on me ...read more

  • Consumers Are Losing Faith In Many Companies They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,658 views

    Consumers Are Losing Faith in many companies they deal with, and companies aren’t doing much to stop it, says a new Datamonitor report. 86% percent of U.S. and European consumers have become more distrustful of corporations within the past 5 years. What do people trust? Word of mouth ...read more

  • Consumers Are Losing Faith In Many Companies They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,640 views

    Consumers Are Losing Faith in many companies they deal with, and companies aren’t doing much to stop it, says a new Datamonitor report. 86% percent of U.S. and European consumers have become more distrustful of corporations within the past 5 years. What do people trust? Word of mouth ...read more

  • It Was Said That Socrates Taught For 40 Years, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,692 views

    It was said that Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for 40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ’s 3-year ministry infinitely transcends the impact left by the combined 130 years of teaching from these men who were among the greatest philosophers of all antiquity. ...read more

  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,552 views

    THE POWER OF LOVE An old fable tells how different instruments tried to master a piece of iron. The blows of the ax fell heavily, but its edge became more and more blunt. The saw’s relentless teeth worked until they were worn down or broken The hammer’s head flew off at the first stroke. Despite ...read more

  • Fully Happy

    Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 20, 2009
     | 1,658 views

    Robbie Williams: "I don’t think anyone can ever be fully happy. If you’re fully happy then you’re a miserable person, because the grass is always greener on the other side--it has to be. I’m not saying I’m miserable--in fact I’m the happiest I’ve been for a long time, but I’m no happier than I ...read more

  • Common Good  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009
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     | 2,168 views

    COMMON GOOD The other criterion is the common good, the good that is linked to living in society. It is the good of "all of us," individuals, families and intermediate groups forming society. It is a requirement of justice and society to take a stand for the common good and strive toward it. ...read more

  • Love And Service--Mark Dever And J.c. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
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    Love and Service--Mark Dever and J.C. Ryle JC Ryle: “True greatness does not consist in being an admiral or a celebrity. It consists of devoting yourself, body, soul and spirit to the blessed work of making the people around you more happy and holy.” Mark Dever, at 9Marks Conference. This quote ...read more

  • What Was The Point?

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010
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    WHAT WAS THE POINT? Alan Scholes, a former agnostic, testifies from his experience: "I had often heard my religious friends say, 'Jesus died for our sins' or 'Jesus died to save the world.' I could see how the good example of Jesus’ actions might possibly influence some men and women to live ...read more

  • A 33-Year-Old Great

    Contributed by Steve Wilson on Jun 6, 2012
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    A 33-YEAR-OLD GREAT About 2,300 years ago Alexander the Great marched his army from Greece to India. Though the distance was long, his army was unstoppable. The only reason he stopped was that his men became homesick and wanted to return to Greece. That march had long ranging influence. The Greek ...read more

  • In A Recent Book, Presidential Praise: Our Pr...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 30, 2015
     | 2,713 views

    In a recent book, Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns authors C. Edward Spann and Michael E. Williams Sr. note that the title of President George W. Bush’s autobiography, A Charge to Keep, was drawn from Charles Wesley’s hymn. 
The choice of this title is but one indication of ...read more

  • The Death Of Billy Graham

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 2,180 views

    It is indisputable that Billy Graham was the biggest name in Christendom for the last half-century. A few numbers that speak to the span of his influence: - 2.2 billion – the number of people who heard him preach (in person and broadcasts). - 185 – the number of countries and territories where ...read more

  • Stages" Comes From Eerdmans' "Handbook To The ...

    Contributed by Mike Gillett on Feb 28, 2007
     | 1,059 views

    “Stages” comes from Eerdmans’ “Handbook to the Bible” (Two copies are in the church library) Kay Arthur has a little book to help a person ...read more

  • At A Billy Graham School Of Evangelism, Dr. ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
     | 2,710 views

    At a Billy Graham School of Evangelism, Dr. George Hunter, professor of evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary, gave the following explanation of secularism and meaning for the church today. Throughout the Middle Ages the church exercised control or heavy influence over all of Western culture. ...read more

  • Resisting The Temptation To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
     | 6,358 views

    Resisting the Temptation to Lie It’s the only thing we can do when we can’t see ahead – follow the Lord step-by-step. That means doing what we know HE wants us to do, even if it doesn’t always make sense to us. Jim George, in his book, God’s Man of Influence, talks about trying to sell a used ...read more

  • 3. Holman Also Reminds Us The Focus Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 16, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,143 views

    3. Holman also reminds us the focus of the Bible: God as the Bible’s Primary Subject The Bible and history begin with God (Gen. 1:1). The last chapter of the Bible describes God as the “Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (Rev. 22:13 NRSV). All the way through ...read more

  • I'm Just Scratching The Surface Of Evidence That ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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     | 1,130 views

    I’m just scratching the surface of evidence that supports the Historical Accuracy of the Bible. Let me sum it up with a quote from D.F.Albright, an archaeologist at John Hopkins University. He said, “Excessive skepticism shown toward the Bible has progressively been discredited. Discovery after ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Aug 11, 2007
     | 1,609 views

    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the ...read more

  • The Power Of A  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Power of a Christ Centered Ministry In Galatians chapter five the apostle Paul writes about the fruit that comes out of mankind. First there are those who produce fruit that comes by living according to the sinful nature and second, there is fruit that is produced as one lives under the ...read more

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