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  • The Movie Clip You Just Saw Is From The Life Of ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Jun 2, 2005
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    The movie clip you just saw is from the life of Frank Abigale Jr. is based on the true story of his life as told in the movie, "Catch Me If You Can." Did you notice that he successfully pretended to be an airline pilot, doctor and lawyer. Before he was caught he cashed over $4 million of bad checks ...read more

  • Luther's Ten Qualifications For The Minister

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 27, 2005
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    Luther"'s ten qualifications for the minister: 1) He should be able to teach plainly and in order. 2) He should have a good head. 3) Good power of language. 4) A good voice. 5) A good memory. 6) He should know when to stop. 7) He should be sure of what he means to say. 8) And be ready to ...read more

  • The Heroes Of This World Think Not Of Self. ...

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Sep 8, 2005
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    The heroes of this world think not of self. Think of the everyday heroes or rescue workers we hear of these days. They see what needs to be done, or who needs to be saved and they do it before they analyze their role in the matter. It is in that act of forgetting our self, in a constructive way of ...read more

  • While 88% In A Recent Barna Poll Believe Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    While 88% in a recent Barna poll believe Jesus Christ was a real person, what they believe about him differs sharply from scriptural teaching. 42% (even 1/4th of the “born again” Christians) believe that while on earth Jesus sinned just like other people. 61% believe the devil is just a symbol of ...read more

  • Barna's Latest Survey Shows 11% Of The People Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Barna’s latest survey shows 11% of the people who attend a Christian church at least once a month plan to change their place of worship in the coming year. If true, more than 15 million people will change their church home in the next 12 months. Barna concludes, "Despite their fascination with ...read more

  • 37% Of Christians Shop In Christian Stores. A New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    37% of Christians shop in Christian stores. A new CBA-Barna survey reveals that 34% of adults have shopped in a store that specializes in Christian products in the last 6months, up from 30% in ’91. Close to 4 in 10 Christians (37% or roughly 6 million people) visit a Christian store in a typical ...read more

  • Brands That Mass Customize, Take Control Of Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Brands that mass customize, take control of their distribution and understand the impact of emerging technologies will do well. “Those that create undifferen-tiated products and sell anything that walks will eventually go out of business,” says Scott Bedbury, CEO of Brand-stream. Frederich ...read more

  • Warranty Profit: Last Year, Profits From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Warranty Profit: Last year, profits from warranties accounted for all of Circuit City’s operating income and almost half of Best Buy’s. Profit margins on contracts are between 50% and 60%. That’s nearly 18 times the margin on the goods themselves. For example, a 4-year contract on a $3,000 ...read more

  • Less Flex: The Number Of Employees With Flexible ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Less Flex: The number of employees with flexible work schedules is dropping even as research shows non-traditional hours can enhance productivity. The number of full-time workers on flexible schedules dropped from 29 million in ‘01 to 27.4 million in ‘04, according to a U.S. Department of Labor a ...read more

  • Why It's Called Spam: The Most Plausible ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Why It’s Called Spam: The most plausible explanation comes from www.spam.com, a good-humored Website owned by Hormel Foods. “Use of the term ‘spam’ was adopted as a result of he Monty Python skit in which a group of Vikings sang a chorus of ‘SPAM, SPAM, SPAM…’ in an increasing crescendo, drowning ...read more

  • A Man Called Up The Local Armory To Get A Report ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A man called up the local armory to get a report on the number and status of the weapons and vehicles. A private answered the phone and said, "We’ve got 3 jeeps, 4 tanks, 500 rifles, and a ton of ammo. Oh, we also have two Cadillacs for the fat generals." There was silence, then this response, ...read more

  • I Did Some Checking This Past Week On The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
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    I did some checking this past week on the history and origins of Christmas and from the on-line encyclopedia, Encarta, I read, “… most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice… Although the Gospels describe ...read more

  • Screen Kids- 83% Of Children Under 6 Use "Screen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Screen Kids- 83% of children under 6 use “screen media” for an average of 2 hours in a typical day finds a Kaiser Family Foundation study. Media use increases with age, from 61% of infants younger than 1 to 90% of 4- to 6-year-olds. Parents use media to help them keep their kids occupied, calm them ...read more

  • A Retired Person Became Interested In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 13, 2004
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    A retired person became interested in the construction of an addition to a shopping mall. Observing the activity regularly, he was especially impressed by the conscientious operator of a large piece of equipment. The day finally came when he had a chance to tell this man how much he’d enjoyed ...read more

  • Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Worry A great percentage of our illnesses is in some way related to worry and anxiety and stress. In fact, the #1 killer in America is heart disease. • 38% of all deaths are heart related and many of those are related to hypertension, high blood pressure and anxiety. • Worry has been linked to ...read more

  • Vance Havner Said, "At The Nicene Council, An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Vance Havner said, "At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or did not limp on a leg lamed by torture for their Christian faith." Oswald Chambers in Christian Discipline said, ...read more

  • It Is Not Wrong When We Seek The Favor Of Men, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 26, 2007
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    It is not wrong when we seek the favor of men, however, it is most important we strife to have the favor of God in our lives. How? 1. Study the Word of God. 2. Be a doer of the Word. 3. Pray daily and be filled continually with His Holy Spirit. 4. Then you can be led of the Spirit. 5. Tell others ...read more

  • In A Recent Good News Journal- Christians Are ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 28, 2007
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    In a recent Good News Journal- Christians are too busy for God, says the finding in a new “Obstacles to Growth” study. The “Obstacles to Growth” study gathered information from 20,000 Christians in nearly 140 countries. According to the study, more than 4 in 10 Christians worldwide say they ...read more

  • David Who Wrote This Psalm Was The Greatest Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Sep 16, 2007
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    David who wrote this Psalm was the greatest of all the offenders in human values. David broke five of Ten Commandments. 1) Thou shall not steal, 2) Thou shall not Kill, 3) Thou shall not commit adultery, 4) Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour and 5) Thou shall not covet. And ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll In His Book, "Hope Again," Tel...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll in his book, "Hope Again," tells the answer Dr. Bruce Waltke, his Hebrew professor, gave Chuck Swindoll when he asked his professor about some “whys” in his life. His professor answered: “Chuck, I’ve come to the place where I believe only on very rare occasions does God tell ...read more