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Marty, a little boy, was in church one Sunday with his mother Doris, when he started feeling sick. 'Mummy,' he inquired, 'can we leave now?'
'No,' his mother replied, 'the service isn't over yet.'
'Well, I think I'm about to throw up.' Marty
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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Lost Trust: Recent research by Yankelovich finds that the determining factor in building trust is the history and quality of interaction between consumer and marketer. They have found that 66% of American consumers agree with the following statement: “If the opportunity arises, most businesses will
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Mark Buchanan’s shares an illustration from Leadership magazine in its Fall 2004 edition on pages 52, 53:
General Maximus comes to Rome dirty and shackled. This is not the way it’s suppose to be. Where’s Rome’s legendary pageantry to greet one of her heroes-the heraldry, the burnished armor, the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Keith Drury, religious trend watcher and professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, makes 25 predictions regarding the changing landscape of Christianity and the Church in the U.S. in the Sep/Oct ’98 issue of Christian Management Report. Here are few directly pertaining to the religious
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Contributed by David Gant on Feb 14, 2004
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SEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT
We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references. The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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Gen X In Church: The 48 million Gen X group tends to go to church with greater frequency than do Boomers (78 million). They are searching for excellence and authenticity and have shown that once they find these qualities in a church, they remain surprisingly loyal. Gen X has shown a tendency to
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 16, 2003
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· Each of us knows how the World Trade Center fell to the ground September 11, 2001; some of us actually watched the towers fall. Few of us think about what it took to make the towers stand. The construction of this massive complex made up of seven buildings and a shopping concourse began in
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Assembly Of God
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There is a popular children’s show on the Disney Channel called Out of the Box. The theme song is one of those songs that, once you’ve heard it, sticks in your mind all day. It ends with the words, “Out of the box, it’s really up to you what comes out of the box.”
In the business world the new
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What Child is this?
To the seeker, He's the Way;
to the philosopher, He’s the Truth;
to the penitent, He’s the Life.
He is Joshua's captain,
He is Moses' smitten rock,
He is Ruth’s Kinsman Redeemer,
What Child is this?
He is David’s Covenant King,
He is Esther’s
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In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of
England.
In 1649, one vote caused Charles I of England to be
executed.
In 1776, one vote gave America the English language
instead of German.
In 1839, one vote elected Marcus Morton governor of
Massachusetts.
In 1845, one vote brought Texas into
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024
The Arms Race was on; we no longer feared atomic bombs, but the H-bomb. Bomb shelters would not protect against that greater level of destruction.
At one point, we were a button away from a nuclear holocaust. According to wikipedia.com, “Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov…. was a lieutenant colonel of
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Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 17, 2001
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We should be like little Johnny. After church, Johnny tells his parents he has to go and talk to the minister right away. They agree and the pastor greets the family.
"Pastor," Johnny says, "I heard you say today that our bodies came from the dust & when we die our bodies go back to dust.”
"Yes,
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Contributed by Mathews Itty on Mar 28, 2001
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In our native church in India, we have a system of giving testimonies on Sundays. Any believer could stand up and say what God has done for them in the past week. There was an old lady, who used to give her testimony almost every Sunday. Whenever she stood, she had one particular song to sing
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