In Sermon Illustrations: "Business Manager"

In How Life Imitates The World Series, Dave ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In How Life Imitates the World Series, Dave Bosewell tells a story about Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Sports fans will enjoy how he handled star Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless given the steal sign. This upset Jackson because he felt ...read more

Tags: Faith

In A Previous Church I Served, We Had A Young ...

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 1, 2008

In a previous church I served, we had a young couple in our congregation whose names were Barry and Cindy, and both Barry and Cindy were blind. This was an impressive young couple who managed to live a normal life despite their disability. They maintained their own apartment, held down jobs, ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Charles Schwab's Challenge

Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024

Dale Carnegie tells of a mill manager whose men were not producing. The owner, whose name was Charles Schwab, asked why. The manager had no idea. "I've coaxed the men; I've punished them; I've sworn and cursed; I've threatened them with damnation and being fired. But nothing ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:10

Tags: Challenge, Motivation

Fountain Of Youth: New York City-Based Market ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Fountain Of Youth: New York City-based market researcher FIND/SVP predicts that spending on anti-aging cosmetic treatments of all kinds will reach about $11 billion by ‘07, up from about $7.6 ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Book Publishers Are Entering Traditional ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Book publishers are entering traditional magazine territories. Recently HarperCollins published a business book including ad spaces on each page and Merriam-Webster sells ad space on its web site. Book publishers are also publishing ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Democrats] Are The Same People Who Rediscover ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"[Democrats] are the same people who rediscover poverty every election and promise to cure it. Theyve cured it so often that they've now made a profession of it. They thrive on failures, on righting wrongs, aiding victims, and so forth. ...read more

Tags: Government

Forgetting Your Wife's Birthday

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 19, 2013

On a business trip to California, I realized that I had forgotten my wife's birthday the day before. Expecting I was in big trouble, I went to the jewelry section of a department store. After explaining my situation the ...read more

Tags: Marriage, Debt

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Two Little Boys Were Walking Home From Sunday ...  PRO

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 15, 2003

Two little boys were walking home from Sunday School where the lesson had been on the Devil and one asked the other “What do you think of this devil business?” “Well” replied the other boy, “You know ...read more

Tags: Children, Satan

Denomination: Wesleyan

Political Compromise: 6 Out Of 10 Americans Feel ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Political Compromise: 6 out of 10 Americans feel elected officials possessing strongly held religious beliefs should compromise with fellow officials when voting on controversial topics such as abortion and homosexuality. Evangelical Christians are more likely to ...read more

Tags: Truth

Charitable Fundraising Hazards: While Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Charitable Fundraising Hazards: While its laudable to donate a portion of sales to a charity, otherwise known as “cause marketing,” it’s a highly regulated and complex practice that poses numerous traps for the unwary. Prudent businesses will seek ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Costly Interruptions From Emails, Instant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Costly Interruptions from emails, instant messages, the Web, and phone are decreasing U.S. business productivity by $588 billion annually finds a Basix study. Interruptions to workflow can cost the average knowledge worker ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Higher Earners: From The Ages Of 18 To 65, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Higher Earners: From the ages of 18 to 65, the average male college grad earns $2.5 million over his lifetime, 90% more than his high school counterpart. That’s up from 40% more in ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Job Tenure: The Median Job Tenure For U.s. Male ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Job Tenure: The median job tenure for U.S. male workers age 25 or older is 4.9 years, down from 5.9 in ’83. For female workers in the age group the figure has risen from 4.2 to ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Marriage Dividend: A New Study By Thomas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Marriage Dividend: A new study by Thomas Rutledge, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego, finds that of women 65 and older, those with a longtime husband coped with stress of aging, clocked lower blood pressure, and had stronger immune ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Gay Benefits: Of The Nation's Top 500 U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Gay Benefits: Of the nation’s top 500 U.S. companies, 95% now offer anti- discrimination policies based on sexual orientation and 70% offer domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples. In ’00, the numbers stood at ...read more

There Is A Master Key To Success With Which No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is a master key to success with which no man can fail. Its name is simplicity. Simplicity, I mean, in the sense of reducing to the simplest possible terms every problem that besets us. Whenever I have met a business proposition ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Dying Well

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 22, 2009

DYING WELL Willimon states this, "Despite the quest for wellness, risk-assessment analysis, and good works of Ralph Nader, nobody has created a way to make life last forever. You and I will die. So we might as well get on ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Alfred Souza Observed,

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 15, 2010

Alfred Souza observed, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time to still be served, a debt to be ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The American Dream Of Starting At The Bottom And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The American Dream of starting at the bottom and working your way up is fading according to new longevity studies (studies that follow individual and families over many years). Business Week reports that the number of families who stayed stuck in the same income bracket—be it the bottom or the ...read more

Tags: Workplace

I'd Rather Have You

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009

I'D RATHER HAVE YOU A father and his young daughter were great friends and much in each other's company. Then the father noted a change in his daughter. If he went for a walk, she excused herself from going. He grieved about it, but could not understand. When his birthday came, she presented him ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Tags: Family