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  • God Is Not A Genie  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,122 views

    GOD IS NOT A GENIE An auto dealer, facing bankruptcy, was walking along a beach when he kicked a bottle and out popped a genie. "Thanks for setting me free," said the genie. "To show my appreciation, I’ll grant you one wish." "Okay," said the auto dealer, "I want to be the only foreign car dealer ...read more

  • A Pastor Who Lived For 18 Years In A Leper Colony ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,871 views

    A pastor who lived for 18 years in a leper colony tell about an experience where a leper came running in from the field. The leper says to the pastor, “Look, look, one of my fingers fell off.? You are all aware of what happens when you have leprosy. You loose sense of pain, and your limbs begin ...read more

  • Can There Be A Crime More Diabolical Than The ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 16, 2005
     | 2,446 views

    Can there be a crime more diabolical than the murder of a child. We can not stomach abuse to children. Have you heard the story of Eric Sellers. Eric shook his 4 pound baby so hard that he snapped the infants thigh bone. The judge told him "Your actions tell me you’re not the father of this ...read more

  • Temptation Can Really Play Havoc With Our Lives. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 23, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,961 views

    Temptation can really play havoc with our lives. There was a humorous "Cathy" cartoon strip sometime back. Cathy is struggling with her diet. See if this progression is familiar: Frame 1: I will take a drive, but won’t go near the grocery store. Frame 2: I will drive by the grocery store, but will ...read more

  • Before The Birth Of Christ, No Royalty Would Ever ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Dec 7, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,383 views

    Before the birth of Christ, no royalty would ever show their humility. That would be too human, too common. Kings have parades & entourages to draw the focus toward them. When Queen Elizabeth last visited America, she brought with her the following items • 4000 pounds of luggage – 4 outfits for ...read more

  • Awesome Scripture Distribution Projections: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 2,169 views

    Awesome Scripture Distribution Projections: Doesn’t everybody have a Bible, or even several copies? In the U.S. probably, but in most of the third world, Bibles are still is short supply. Choosing between buying a Bible and feeding your family for a week is a tough choice. Here’s Bible ...read more

  • U.s. Donor Profiles: According To Campbell ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,841 views

    U.S. Donor Profiles: According to Campbell research, the following are typical profiles of U.S. donors. (1) Gender: 60% female, 40% male. (2) Ethic Origin: 85% Caucasian, 7% African American, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian and 4% other. (3) Median Age: 54. Of course individual organiza-tions donor profiles ...read more

  • U.s. Donor Profiles According To Campbell ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,795 views

    U.S. Donor Profiles According to Campbell research, the following are typical profiles of U.S. donors. (1) Gender: 60% female, 40% male. (2) Ethic Origin: 85% Caucasian, 7% African American, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian and 4% other. (3) Median Age: 54. Of course individual organiza-tions donor profiles ...read more

  • Church Giving Declines: Barna Research Found That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,717 views

    Church Giving Declines: Barna Research found that 78% of adults donated money to a non-profit organization or church in ‘00. That’s a 6% decline from ‘99, and a 9% drop from ‘98, when 87% of all adults had donated funds. The average giving per person fell by 15% in ‘00 to $886, versus $1377 in ’98. ...read more

  • More Non-Christians: Over The Past 10 Years, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,473 views

    More Non-Christians: Over the past 10 years, the number of adults who identify with a non-Christian religion rose from 5.8 million to 7.7 million, according to a Graduate Center of the City University of New York report. This represents an increase from 3.3% to 3.7% of the population. The American ...read more

  • Mother's Day Is Second Only To Christmas In Terms ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 3,311 views

    Mother’s Day is second only to Christmas in terms of gift giving, and is celebrated by 75% of gifters, who spend on average $94 buying gifts, according to Unity Marketing. “Year after year Mom is remembered with traditional gifts, including flowers and plants (51%); candles and accessories (47%); ...read more

  • Christian Influencers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,001 views

    Christian Influencers Rank Greatest Influence On The Church (Barna) Ranked by U.S. Pastors Most Influential Christians In America (The Church Report) 1 Billy Graham (34%) George W. Bush 2 Rick Warren (26% Mel Gibson 3 George Bush (14%) Billy Graham 4 James Dobson (11%) Rick Warren 5 Bill ...read more

  • Media Saturated Kids: American Kids Spend An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,010 views

    Media Saturated Kids: American kids spend an average of 8 hours and 33 minutes in media each day (including TV, radio, music, print resources, computers, the Internet and video games) according to a Kaiser Health survey. Kids often multi-task by using more than one form of media simultaneously, so ...read more

  • Top 10 Reasons Why There Was No Room For Joseph ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Owens on Dec 26, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    Top 10 Reasons why there was no room for Joseph and Mary in the Inn. 10. The Roman Government’s “Buy one night, get a second free” promotion was a bit too successful. 9. The only room left was by the ice machine. 8. The Nazareth Shriners tore up the place the night before. 7. The innkeeper didn’t ...read more

  • Insensitivity To Sin

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Feb 19, 2007
     | 3,922 views

    Insensitivity to Sin A little girl in London held up her broken wrist and said, "Look, Mommy, my hand is bent the wrong way!" There were no tears in her eyes. She felt no pain whatever. That was when she was four years old. When she was six, her parents noticed that she was walking with a limp. A ...read more

  • Unchurched Insights 1-Most Prefer To Attend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,573 views

    Unchurched Insights 1-Most prefer to attend church on Sunday morning if they attend. 2-Most feel guilty about not attending church. 3-96% are somewhat likely to attend church if invited. 4-Very few have had someone share how to become a Christian with them. Christians have not been particularly ...read more

  • Insensitivity To Sin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 3,107 views

    Insensitivity to Sin A little girl in London held up her broken wrist and said, "Look, Mommy, my hand is bent the wrong way!" There were no tears in her eyes. She felt no pain whatever. That was when she was four years old. When she was six, her parents noticed that she was walking with a limp. A ...read more

  • Got Stress?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 3,701 views

    GOT STRESS? "The population of this country is 200 million. 84 million are retired. That leaves 116 million to do the work. There are 75 million in school, which leaves 41 million to do the work. Of this total, there are 22 million employed by the federal government. That leaves 19 million to do ...read more

  • Titles Of Jesus Christ To The Architect, He Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,031 views

    "Titles of Jesus Christ To the architect, He is the chief cornerstone (1 Peter 2:6) To the bride, He is the bridegroom (Matthew 25:1) To the carpenter, He is the door. (John 10:9) To the engineer, He is the new and living way. (Hebrews 10:20) To the farmer, He is the Lord of the harvest (Matthew ...read more

  • Principles For Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 3,702 views

    Principles for change: A. People must have reasons for change 1. They must see the value to them of the change 2. The plan must be understood by them 3. They must be involved in the process B. People must be prepared for change, don’t just drop it on them. Introduce the ...read more