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  • Expect To Lose 1/3 To 1/2 Half Of Your E-Mail ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,830 views

    Expect to lose 1/3 to 1/2 half of your e-mail database every year due to list churn. For many, a significant portion of this churn results from a poorly implemented e-mail address change procedure. Or worse yet, none at all! When you don't help subscribers change addresses, not only will you lose ...read more

  • A Small But Growing Number Of Parents Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 3,752 views

    A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, some before taking their newborn home from the hospital. It’s not known exactly how many, but the practice is no longer limited to “tekky” parents. They worry that the name of choice might not be available by the ...read more

  • Scaling Back: A Small But Growing Number Of Men ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,261 views

    Scaling Back: A small but growing number of men are scaling back their work in spite of the soft job market. 10% of human resource executives say they are seeing a growing number of high-potential men leave their companies or decline a promotion because of work-life demands. 40% of working fathers ...read more

  • Paying The Bully

    Contributed by Corey Laughary on Jan 8, 2007
     | 2,328 views

    In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: “There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to start paying him five ...read more

  • Lack Of Warning

    Contributed by John Boquist on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,819 views

    LACK OF WARNING Imagine if the highway department only wanted to put up highway signs that made people feel good about driving. Instead of speed limit signs with a number, they would say something like, "Whatever seems right to you." Gone would be any signs indicating potential danger such as ...read more

  • A Cat And A Hot Stove

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
     | 3,820 views

    A CAT AND A HOT STOVE Mark Twain once said, "If a cat sits on a hot stove, that cat will never sit on a hot stove again." He continued, "That cat will never sit on a cold stove either." His conclusion: That cat will associate stoves with a bad, hot experience and say, "Never again!" We all ...read more

  • Philippine Missionary Fellowship, Inc. Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,196 views

    Philippine Missionary Fellowship, Inc. is a mission-organization founded in 1957. It is now 46 years old. Members, workers, leaders and sponsors have come and go but the mission of the Lord is continuously growing and doing mightily in the sight of God. At present, there are 260 workers in the ...read more

  • Smart Phone Theology

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 29, 2024
     | 78 views

    Smart phones are really smart. Even smarter than I know. I use my phone for so much more than calling and texting but it’s not uncommon for me to learn new features and abilities my phone has that I previously had never known. Over the years I’ve learned that my phone is a compass, can take video ...read more

  • Our World Abounds In Schools, Colleges And ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Jan 15, 2002
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     | 1,427 views

    "Our world abounds in schools, colleges and universities. Yet not everyone who wants to enter them for study may do so. The potential student may not have the proper educational background, he may not have enough money, or he may not be able to pass the entrance exam or even the physical. But ...read more

  • Amazing Energy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,753 views

    AMAZING ENERGY Scientists now calculate that if the electronic energy in the hydrogen atoms of our body could be utilized, you could supply all of the electrical needs of a large, industrialized country for nearly a week. A DuPont scientist said that the atoms of your body contain a potential ...read more

  • Boomer Boom- 78 Million Baby Boomers Will Turn 50 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,392 views

    Boomer Boom- 78 million baby boomers will turn 50 over the next 10 years, increasing the size of the 50+ demo from 89.3 million in ‘06 to 111.3 million in ‘16, a 25% increase. In contrast, the 18-49 demo, while still larger overall, will see a mere 1% increase in size from 135.1 million in ‘06 to ...read more

  • Ben Franklin  PRO

    Contributed by Kelly Fellows on Dec 7, 2007
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     | 1,770 views

    Ben Franklin -Probably the most popular story of lightning involves old Ben Franklin. -Benjamin Franklin is credited with testing and discovering the effects of electricity through his historic kite flying experiment in Philadelphia in 1752. -The problem he and others had with lightning was ...read more

  • Women Feel Used With Casual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,444 views

    WOMEN FEEL USED WITH CASUAL SEX For decades many have claimed that the sexual and feminist revolutions freed women to enjoy casual sex without fear of adverse consequences. Yet according to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women after ...read more

  • Praise The Lord And "Amen"

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Dec 16, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,414 views

    "PRAISE THE LORD" AND "AMEN" Story has it that there was a preacher that was trying to sell his horse. One day a potential buyer came to the church for a test ride. The preacher said, "Before you start, you should know that this horse only responds to church talk." Go is 'praise the lord' and stop ...read more

  • Companies And Ministries That Don't Deliver ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,118 views

    Companies and ministries that don't deliver trust risk destroying potential customer/constituent goodwill and, ultimately, their businesses or ministries. Those that don't uphold their promises and values undermine brand awareness and constituent loyalty. Marketers build trust in their products, ...read more

  • Johnny's One-Track Mind

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011
     | 3,606 views

    JOHNNY'S ONE-TRACK MIND I'm like the little boy who was asked by his teacher, "Johnny what is your favorite animal?" He said, "Fried chicken!" Being a PETA supporter, she sent him to the principal's office. The next day she asked him, "Johnny, what it your favorite living animal?" He said, ...read more

  • Kyle Idleman On Surrendering Everything

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 19, 2013
     | 6,194 views

    The reason Jesus is so adamant about followers surrendering everything is because the reality is this: the one thing we are most reluctant to give up is the one thing that has the most potential to become a substitute for him. Really what we’re talking about here is idolatry. When we are to be ...read more

  • Louis Pasteur, The Pioneer Of Immunology, Lived ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
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     | 1,562 views

    Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people dies each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a nine-year-old, Joseph Meister, was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy’s mother begged ...read more

  • Our Solar System Bears Witness To Orderly, ...

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 28, 2008
     | 1,855 views

    Our solar system bears witness to orderly, careful design. Consider the slant of our earth, tilted at a 23° angle. If it wasn't so tilted, we would lose not only our seasons, but life itself, as the vapors from the ocean would move north and south, piling up continents of ice. Or the distance to ...read more

  • Everything Worth Having Has Pain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2009
     | 1,158 views

    EVERYTHING WORTH HAVING HAS PAIN "In everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure: the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the sea-bather comes after the icy ...read more

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