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  • Church Nevers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,284 views

    CHURCH NEVERS 6. Never ask an usher to break a $20. 5. Never do a cannonball in the baptismal tank. 4. Never hold a church business meeting on Super Bowl Sunday. 3. Never tell the pastor, "We love your church and we might even come back next Easter." 2. During youth group activities, never bungee ...read more

  • We Should Have Been Quiet  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,530 views

    WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN QUIET In the summer of 1959, my father left his two sons on the side of a South Dakota road with only their comic books. They had been fighting and screaming in the back seat and despite repeated warnings they continued to be boys. I remember the feeling of watching the car ...read more

  • The Late Comedian And Actor Chris Farley Thought ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
     | 2,203 views

    The late comedian and actor Chris Farley thought that once he had his acting and comedian career going that he would have it made. He thought that show business and all that goes with it, fame and money in the bank, would help him reach that place where as he said, "the laws of the universe would ...read more

  • Service Stations Everywhere Are Installing ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004
     | 2,063 views

    Service stations everywhere are installing do-it-yourself credit card pumps. No attendant is needed since the customer can make his gasoline purchase and never go inside. Soft drink machines are now on the market that will talk back to you when you make your purchase. Now, other businesses besides ...read more

  • Some Time Ago "Reader's Digest" Told The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,375 views

    Some time ago "Reader’s Digest" told the story about a company who mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you have faith as small as this mustard seed in our (particular product), you are ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,519 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and ...read more

  • Gen-Y Graduates: The Echo Boom Began Graduating ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,907 views

    Gen-Y Graduates: The Echo Boom began graduating from College last May and they will change our culture. Experience is everything to them. Traditional media won’t work. The most effective businesses offer them an experience, not just a product. Bookstores are popular gathering places for them, but ...read more

  • Consumer Trends: Two Major Trends Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,654 views

    Consumer Trends: Two major trends of paradigm-shifting proportions are changing the face of the entire consumer retail market today. Every consumer business is going to feel the effects. Trend #1: Connecting replaces cocooning as dominant consumer trend. The cocooning and nesting trend that is at ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kilson on Feb 18, 2006
     | 2,191 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace, and pace. The ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,948 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and ...read more

  • Armand M. Nicholi, M.d., Professor Of Psychiatry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,039 views

    Armand M. Nicholi, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, explains that Sigmund Freud died at the age of 83, a bitter and disillusioned man. Tragically, this Viennese physician, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, had little compassion for the common person. Freud ...read more

  • I Was Reading A Few Days Ago Of A Young Man Who, ...

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
     | 1,782 views

    I was reading a few days ago of a young man who, in applying for a position, handed to his prospective employer a recommendation from a minister. The business man handed back the recommendation with the question, “Haven’t you something from some one who knows you on week days?” Too many look ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,888 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
     | 1,852 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

  • An Angry Hospital Patient ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,814 views

    An Angry Hospital Patient Repents I read about a woman who was in the hospital when she got a bad report. She was so mad at God she went into the hospital chapel to tell God off. She was angry because she thought God had been fooling people by telling them he was a God of love. As she approached ...read more

  • So Much For Paradise

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
     | 2,013 views

    SO MUCH FOR PARADISE Have you ever received a beautiful brochure of a vacation spot and it never felt that way when you go there? Years ago I went on a business trip to the Bahamas and the hotel and surrounding area looked beautiful. The first evening in the hotel as I was drifting off to sleep I ...read more

  • Economy Funnies

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 16, 2012
     | 5,473 views

    ECONOMY FUNNIES Even as dark clouds of depression hang somberly above the American economy (is anyone not aware?), we do see some "silver linings" of humour in them. For instance take this self-deprecatory cartoon humour of a bulging, balding entrepreneur quite used to striking big business ...read more

  • No One Missed Him

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
     | 2,236 views

    NO ONE MISSED HIM There was a story in the papers years ago that occurred in Hamburg, Germany. The skeletal remains of a man were found in his apartment, sitting in front of a TV set, with Christmas lights twinkling nearby. But the lights were from a long past year. In fact, the man had been ...read more

  • Porn Stats

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2012
     | 1,813 views

    PORN STATS The Internet is a good tool but it can also be used to fuel heat of sexual lust. Statistics are truly staggering. This is from 2006 and worldwide statistics: According to compiled numbers from respected news and research organizations, every second $3,075.64 is being spent on ...read more

  • Everything We Need

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 22, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,253 views

    EVERYTHING WE NEED The story is told about an American company which opened a new plant in Central America because the labour was plentiful and inexpensive. Everything went well until the villagers received their first pay cheque; afterward they did not return to work. Several days later the ...read more