In Sermon Illustrations: "Community Worship"

A Rookie Baseball Pitcher Who Was Struggling ...

Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 12, 2004

A rookie baseball pitcher who was struggling trying to get his pitches over the plate, so the catcher walked out to have a talk with him. "I’ve figured out your problem," he told the young southpaw. "You always seem to lose control at the same point in ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Tom Recently Told Me A Story About A Man Who Went ...  PRO

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 7, 2004

Tom recently told me a story about a man who went to a priest and confessed that the Lord had recently convicted him of gossip. He wanted to know what he could do to make it right. The priest told him to go to the top of a mountain, rip open a feather pillow, turn the feathers loose in the wind, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:36-37

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Baptist

Knowledge Is Exploding At Such A Rate—more Than ...

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 18, 2005

Knowledge is exploding at such a rate—more than 2000 pages a minute—that even Einstein couldn’t keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. How can it be, in a world where half the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Baptist

35% Of U.s. Households That Own A Mobile Phone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

35% of U.S. households that own a mobile phone currently text message. 11% access the mobile ...read more

Tags: Communication General

In Iceland, Denmark, Spain And Portugal More Free ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

In Iceland, Denmark, Spain and Portugal more free than paid papers are distributed from ...read more

Tags: Communication General

In More Than A Dozen European Countries, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

In more than a dozen European countries, the newspaper with the highest circulation is a ...read more

Tags: Communication General

The Average Person Sees Between 400 And 600 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

The average person sees between 400 and 600 advertisements per ...read more

Tags: Communication General

An International Media Rights Group Has Called ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

An international media rights group has called on China to loosen controls on news and personal expression on the Internet, saying the country’s system of censorship is an insult to the spirit of online freedom. Sites that don’t comply are criticized, fined, forced to fire the employee responsible ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Viral Marketing Isn't That Infectious After All. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Viral Marketing isn’t that infectious after all. At least that’s the conclusion of Bringing the Message to the Masses, a new JupiterResearch report that reveals that only 15% of viral marketing efforts of the past year actually succeeded in getting consumers to spread positive word of mouth. One of ...read more

Tags: Communication General

The Average Mobile Phone User Spends 48 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

The average mobile phone user spends 48 minutes/day on their ...read more

Tags: Communication General

When Building A Social Network For Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

When building a social network for your customers, donors or prospects don’t: 1) Misunderstand your target audience. The demographics of users on MySpace differ greatly from those on Facebook, Friendster and other social networks. When creating any site, be very specific about whom you want to ...read more

Tags: Communication General

The Number Of Mobile Devices Worldwide Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

The number of mobile devices worldwide has surpassed 3.3 billion, roughly half of the world’s ...read more

Tags: Communication General

A Woman Who Traveled Abroad Without Her Husband ...

Contributed by Carl Allen on Sep 24, 2008

A woman who traveled abroad without her husband got to Paris and found this fabulous bracelet she'd been looking for. And so she sent a wire back home saying, "I have found this beautiful bracelet, one I've been looking for all my life. It only cost $7,500. Do you think I can buy it?" Her ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Denomination: Baptist

Another Area That We Need To Exercise Care Is In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008

Another area that we need to exercise care is in our communication. Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the Midwest, a young woman was training the employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Painting The Porch  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009

PAINTING THE PORCH There was a lady who was preparing her Christmas cookies. There was a knock at the door. She went to find a man, his clothes poor, obviously looking for some Christmas odd jobs. He asked her if there was anything he could do. She said, "Can you paint?" "Yes," he said. "I’m a ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Everybody Loves An Accent. It Youve Been ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everybody loves an accent. It youve been unlucky in love, consider pulling up stakes and moving to another country. Then ...read more

Tags: Communication General

What A Man Really Says When He Says That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable ...read more

Tags: Communication General

While Modern Technology Has Given People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact ...read more

Tags: Communication General

The Purpose Of All Higher Education Is To Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The purpose of all higher education is to make men aware of what was and what is; to incite them to probe into what may be. It seeks to teach ...read more

Tags: Communication General

The Marvels Of Film, Radio, And Television ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The marvels of film, radio, and television are marvels of one-way communication, ...read more

Tags: Communication General