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  • Sugging And Frugging

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,914 views

    Sugging & Frugging: Have you been receiving phone calls asking you to participate in a survey? It’s quite likely you were the victim of Sugging (Selling under the guise of research) or Frugging (Fundraising under the guise of research), where telemarketers ask a few obligatory questions prior to ...read more

  • Gallup On Committed Christians

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,095 views

    GALLUP ON COMMITTED CHRISTIANS Fewer than 10 percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians, says pollster George Gallup, who adds that these people "are far, far happier than the rest of the population." Committed Christians, Gallup found, are more tolerant than the average American, more ...read more

  • The Late Larry Burkett, A Christian Financial ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 22, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,764 views

    The late Larry Burkett, a Christian financial counselor & founder of Crown Ministries, gives these statistics. 40% borrow more than they can make monthly payments on. The average American family is always only 3 weeks away from bankruptcy. According to Burkett and social security statistics, 85 out ...read more

  • An American, British And Filipino Pastor Got ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joseph Conrad Edpao on Sep 13, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,642 views

    An American, British and Filipino pastor got talking about giving money to God. The American pastor says: "when God tells me so, I just empty my wallet in the collection plate." The British pastor is quite impressed with this impulsive but charitable attitude of his American colleague and is ...read more

  • Messiah Fed The Hungry  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,324 views

    "MESSIAH" FED THE HUNGRY When Handel wrote "Messiah" he had gone from riches to rags. For 30 years he had entertained Lords and Ladies with his operas. But those days seemed long past. Creditors were at his door. He was depressed. He could not sleep and he was plagued by rheumatism. He feared he ...read more

  • Religion Pays: Economist Jonathan Gruber Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,709 views

    Religion Pays: Economist Jonathan Gruber has found a statistical correlation between attending church and a Better Economic Outcome. Published in a National Bureau of Economic Research paper, he finds a household with double the normal rate of religious attendance has 9.1% more income. That extra ...read more

  • The Golden Rule Is The Culmination Of The Entire ...

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,970 views

    The GOLDEN RULE is the CULMINATION of the ENTIRE SEMON ON THE MOUNT. As I said earlier, "THEREFORE" is the key word - it means - BECAUSE of everything that I’ve already said here on the mount - you MUST do this! Because of the BEATITUDES-THE BLESSED BE’S - because YOU are the SALT OF THE EARTH and ...read more

  • Implications For Society If Christ Wasn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 2,751 views

    Implications for Society if Christ wasn’t Born Have you ever imagined how does this world look like if Jesus were not born in that manger in Bethlehem around two thousand years ago? No Churches; and definitely no Christian institution of any kind. Red Cross does not exist; World Vision and World ...read more

  • Just Last Week Two Women Were Arrested At ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010
     | 1,499 views

    Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on ...read more

  • Eckerd: On The Hook With God

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 23, 2012
     | 2,637 views

    ECKERD: ON THE HOOK WITH GOD JACK ECKERD founded the chain of drug stores that bear his name. Eckerd gave his employees Eckerd's shares from his personal stock. By taking advantage of the stock option program offered by Eckerd, his employees benefitted financially in the success of the new ...read more

  • Pamela Anderson Is Leading A Charge To Remove A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 13, 2006
     | 1,378 views

    Pamela Anderson is leading a charge to remove a bust of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders from the state Capitol. The actress called the Kentucky native’s likeness "a monument to cruelty" to chickens in a statement issued by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the animal rights ...read more

  • Liberals Give Less Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,483 views

    LIBERALS GIVE LESS THAN CONSERVATIVES A couple years ago, a Syracuse University professor named Arthur C. Brooks wrote a book called "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism". He was not particularly excited about the outcome of the study he’d done (he’d been raised ...read more

  • Christopher Reeve

    Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,583 views

    3. Christopher Reeve a. Superman brought fame b. Man of Steel – Hero #1 (A hero is someone who commits a courageous actions with ou considering the consequences, someone who is larger than life) c. Horse Accident, Memorial Day 1995, on 3rd of 15 jumps, horse stopped and he fell, breaking his neck. ...read more

  • Our Greatest Need

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 20, 2012
     | 3,551 views

    If we were to go out on the streets and ask people at random, “What is your greatest need?” we would probably get a number of different responses. We wouldn’t be surprised in this economy if we got several answers of people needing a job so they could provide for their home and family. If people ...read more

  • Nfl Quarterback's Pre-Game Generosity Impacts ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 5,435 views

    NFL Quarterback’s Pre-Game Generosity Impacts Family There was a time when the bread-winner of the family worked a night shift in a low paying job and relied on food stamps to feed their large family. But that all changed after the Saint Louis Rams won the Super Bowl in 2000. And because of those ...read more

  • Jim Rhodes: God's Complainer  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,421 views

    Jim Rhodes: God’s Complainer Driving through Mineral Wells, Texas, one afternoon in 1994, Jim Rhodes noticed many buildings standing vacant due to the shutdown of a local military base. "I always complain to God about things that bother me," says Rhodes, "so I asked him, ’Why aren’t these buildings ...read more

  • Phillip Yancey On Expectations And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
     | 4,564 views

    Phillip Yancey on Expectations and Disappointment Phillip Yancey had this to say about people’s expectations: Daniel Boorstin, former librarian of Congress and director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, offers this assessment of contemporary culture: When we pick up our ...read more

  • Covetousness And The Emperor's New Grove

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
     | 3,759 views

    COVETOUSNESS AND THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROVE In Disney's thirty-ninth animated film, "The Emperor's New Groove," self-proclaimed "King of the World" Kuzco (COOS-coh), who had an evil female advisor named Yzma (EEZ-muh), made plans to demolish an entire village to build a new water park. At the highest ...read more

  • Order Of The Wooden Cross! ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,220 views

    Order of the Wooden Cross! (10.11.05--Sacrifice!--1 Chronicles 21:22-24) Recently I was asked this question: “What have you sacrificed lately in light of all the sorrow, desolation and bloodshed that have gripped the world?” It was a challenge from a friend of mine who regularly gives to ...read more

  • Examples Of Generous People

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
     | 4,505 views

    EXAMPLES OF GENEROUS PEOPLE In a country where getting and having more seems so normal, people who choose to live with a lot less so they can help others seem, to put it mildly, less than sane. Zell Kravinsky is one of those people. Kravinsky got rich in the real estate business, and then gave ...read more

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