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  • Community Building In Analyzing 68 Npo's, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,969 views

    Community Building In analyzing 68 NPO’s, the Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management has uncovered 5 common success factors. (1) The ones who have results aim at results. They have a very clear definition of and concentration on what they are trying to accomplish. (2) They also abandon. They ...read more

  • Born Again Beliefs: The Number Of People Born ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Born Again Beliefs: The number of people born again varies widely by denomination. Using this definition, “they have made a personal commitment to Christ that is important in their life today and say that when they die they know they will go to Heaven solely because they have confessed their sins ...read more

  • Ugliest Dog Content

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
     | 3,473 views

    UGLIEST DOG CONTENT Sam was a 14 year old purebred Chinese hairless dog who won the World’s Ugliest Dog contest. Sam is covered in blackheads. His skin is wrinkled, brown, and dotted with splotches and several lines of warts. His eyes are pale and frightening. His teeth are misshapen and jut ...read more

  • I Was Nearly 50 Years Old Before I Learned The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,358 views

    I was nearly 50 years old before I learned the positive definition of mercy in Peter Wagner’s book on spiritual gifts. Let me illustrate it. Long ago a poor woman from the slums of London was invited to go with a group of people for a holiday at the ocean. She had never seen the ocean. When she ...read more

  • Forgiveness Is Freedom

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
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     | 8,896 views

    Forgiveness is Freedom Forgiveness is surrendering my right to hurt you for hurting me. Forgiveness does not pretend there was no offense; it does not dismiss wrongdoing. It does not say, "Oh, that's all right; forget it." True forgiveness is realistic. Lewis Smedes gave a great definition: ...read more

  • Trudge

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 8, 2009
     | 1,255 views

    "TRUDGE" The word "trudge" gives us a definite picture. We trudge through snow. It is laborious walk. It is tiring. It takes work. It seems to me to be rather unmotivated. Sometimes doing what is right seems like trudging. Sometimes doing what we need to do is not glamorous and exciting. Sometimes ...read more

  • Being Persecuted

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 1,810 views

    As we live our Christian lives there are a lot of questions that are related to the Christian Life that don't really fall into life and death categories. Questions like: what's your favorite version of the bible? How can I be a better group member? Or the BIG ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION: if a ...read more

  • Gossip-Free Church

    Contributed by John Bright on Sep 23, 2025
     | 190 views

    I like to illustrate this kind of thing by talking about gossip. I believe it is the most tolerated sin in every congregation. As always, I like to share my definition of gossip. Something is not gossip if it can pass three tests: ? 100% Truth - You heard/saw it directly – can’t be repeated from ...read more

  • John D. Rockefeller Is An Example Of The Benefits ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 1,356 views

    John D. Rockefeller is an example of the benefits of giving. He achieved what our culture calls success. Rockefeller had amassed more wealth than he could ever spend. By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck. Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head ...read more

  • St. Patrick: A Brief History

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 1 rating
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    ST. PATRICK, A BRIEF HISTORY The uncontested, if somewhat unspecific, biographical facts about Patrick are as follows: Patrick was born Patricius somewhere in Roman Britain to a relatively wealthy family. He was not religious as a youth and, in fact, claims to have practically renounced the faith ...read more

  • Responding To A Survey That Showed That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Responding to a survey that showed that Alabamans had the most bible knowledge, but being dismayed at the general lack thereof, Cecil R. Taylor, dean of the School of Christian Studies at the Southern Baptist-affiliated University of Mobile, said it upsets him to know “how biblically illiterate ...read more

  • We Live In The Day And Age Of A Million Bibles. ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
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    We live in the day and age of a million bibles. That is small “b” These are actual book titles or Magazine covers: • The Style Bible: The 11 Rules for Building a Complete and Timeless Wardrobe • The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know • The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive ...read more

  • Praying Lost Friends Into The Kingdom Of God

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 11, 2024
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     | 1,022 views

    Some years ago a young girl was very sick and not expected to recover. Because of her love for Jesus, she was troubled that she had not been able to do more for Him in her short life. Her pastor suggested that she make a list of people in their little town who needed Christ and pray that they might ...read more

  • Friends

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 13, 2008
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     | 4,837 views

    Friends The year: 1994. The date: September 22nd. The debut of a new American sitcom: Friends. The plot: Six twenty-somethings, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find companionship, comfort and support they get from one another to be the ideal solution to the pressures of ...read more

  • The Ring In Witness Protection

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026
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     | 121 views

    Have you ever had one of those moments where, as the words are leaving your mouth, you know you're making a terrible mistake? I had one of those back in 2014. I had just started my first real job at an advertising agency, and I was so excited that I went straight from work and bought an ...read more

  • How Do You Get Into Heaven? This Question Will ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004
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    How Do You Get Into Heaven? This question will bring a variety of answers. A confusion of views is evident in the following sampling of opinions gathered for the Radio Bible Class program ’Sounds of the Times’: - "God wouldn’t send you to hell." (New York) - "I’ll cross that bridge when I get ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards States:

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2009
     | 1,884 views

    Jonathan Edwards states: "If any think it is a more perfect definition of the Will to say that it is that by which the soul either chooses or refuses, I am content with it; though I think it enough to say, it is that by which the soul chooses: for in every act of will whatsoever, the mind chooses ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 3,180 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

  • Religion A Vs. Religion B

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    RELIGION A VS. RELIGION B The 19th-century Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard identified two kinds of religion--Religion A and Religion B. The first is "faith" in name only (2 Tim. 3:5). It's the practice of attending church without genuine faith in the living Lord. Religion B, on the ...read more

  • What's The Demand?

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 5, 2012
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    WHAT'S THE DEMAND? The magazine, Christianity Today, reported in its April 4, 1986 issue of a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem: a declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his men: "How can we ...read more