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  • 5 Ways To Praise

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 28, 2011
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    5 WAYS TO PRAISE There are 5 ways that you can praise employees: personal praise, written praise, electronic praise, public praise and indirect praise. Personal praise- is considered the most important type of praise by employees. It consists of being verbally thanked one on one for doing good ...read more

  • Alexander Maclaren On The Right Stimulus For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
     | 2,864 views

    ALEXANDER MACLAREN ON THE RIGHT STIMULUS FOR ACTION It is perfectly legitimate, although it is by no means the highest motive, to appeal to feeling as a stimulus to action. We have a right to base our urging of Christian men and women to missionary work either at home or abroad, upon the ground of ...read more

  • Six Thousand Years

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 14, 2011
     | 2,905 views

    SIX THOUSAND YEARS Early Christian writers held that at the end of 6,000 years of history, Christ would return and reign for 1,000 years (referred to as the Millennium). These included Barnabas (c. A.D. 100), Justin Martyr and Irenaeus (c. A.D. 150), Lactantius (c. A.D. 325), and Methodius, Bishop ...read more

  • The Reality Of Palm Sunday  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 19, 2011
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     | 6,570 views

    THE REALITY OF PALM SUNDAY Pope Benedict himself in his homily last Sunday in St Peter’s Square said this about Palm Sunday: "But what are we really doing when we join this procession as part of the throng which went up with Jesus to Jerusalem and hailed him as King of Israel? Is this anything ...read more

  • A Purpose For Sheep

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
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    A PURPOSE FOR SHEEP Sad to say, millions of people wander through life with no earthly idea what they’re here for. One of the abiding fascinations of my wife here in Germany are sheep. About once a year, a shepherd brings a flock of sheep near our village, and my wife goes out and makes as many ...read more

  • Is It Worth It?

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 1, 2011
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     | 3,130 views

    IS IT WORTH IT? I see a young soldier, he looks barely 18 to me, he has got fear in his eyes, but he has one goal... to get glory and honour... I see him, going through his training, a hard routine, 20 press-ups followed by 30 crunches, then an hour jogging, and then more push-ups, by the end of ...read more

  • At War With Our Vices

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
     | 1,543 views

    AT WAR WITH OUR VICES On July 4, 1776 fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Citing numerous abuses of the law and the oppressive and unjust rule of the king of England, these men pledged their honor, their lives and their livelihood to the cause of justice and freedom. We have ...read more

  • I'll Give You My First Paycheck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,767 views

    I'LL GIVE YOU MY FIRST PAYCHECK Craig C. had been an alcoholic for more than a dozen years. He'd lost everything he had, including his wife and son, due to his selfishness and addiction. Things began to change after he gave his life to Christ, but he still fell regularly into his old habits. It ...read more

  • Aiming At The Right Target  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,749 views

    AIMING AT THE RIGHT TARGET Some of our deeds are of great value, especially those done in dependence upon God for His glory and honor. Some of our deeds are worthless. They accomplish nothing of eternal value and will be quickly forgotten after we are gone. Matt Emmons had the gold medal in ...read more

  • Cheap Purchase—high Price  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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     | 4,404 views

    CHEAP PURCHASE--HIGH PRICE In Decision magazine some time ago, Karen Morerod wrote about shopping in a store for a sweater. She was looking for one at minimal cost, so she went to the clearance rack. As she flipped through the sweaters, one caught her eye. It was the right color and the right ...read more

  • Mom's Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,973 views

    MOM'S CHURCH Four scholars were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beauty, eloquent old English. Another said he preferred the American Standard Bible for its literalism, the way it moves the reader from passage to passage with confident ...read more

  • Walking On Water In Los Angeles  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,095 views

    WALKING ON WATER IN LOS ANGELES [James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Life (InterVarsity Press, 2010), pp. 131-132 | posted 7/05/2010] In the early 1990s, gang violence erupted in Boyle Heights, a section of East Los Angeles. Eight gangs were in conflict in the parish around the Dolores ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,120 views

    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • What Are We Preaching?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,601 views

    WHAT ARE WE PREACHING? False teachings abound whenever people do not know the truth. Many of our churches today do not teach the truth because many pastors do not know the Bible. In our seminaries, almost 50 percent of professors now teach that there was no virgin birth of Jesus, and that story ...read more

  • Wear The Pants  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,979 views

    WEAR THE PANTS Levi-Strauss recently ran an ad campaign that targeted men for a line of Dockers pants (June 2011). Maybe you've seen some of the ads. One of them was called a "MAN-ifesto," and the script went like this: "Once upon a time, men wore the pants, and wore them well. Women rarely had ...read more

  • Yogi Berra: Determination And Direction

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 20, 2011
     | 3,843 views

    YOGI BERRA: DETERMINATION AND DIRECTION My favorite sports quotations, though, come from Yogi Berra: "Nobody goes to that restaurant any more -- it's too crowded." "If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's going to stop them." Someone asked Yogi what time it was; he said, ...read more

  • What Is Religious Syncretism?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
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     | 2,363 views

    WHAT IS RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM? Syncretism, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "the reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief." This is most evident in the areas of philosophy and religion, and usually results in a new teaching or belief system. Obviously, this cannot ...read more

  • 1 Peter 4:12 "Dear Friends, Do Not Be Surprised ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 11, 2011
     | 2,663 views

    1 Peter 4:12 “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.” I have a doctor’s appointment this morning to see what is going on. I am tried all the time, can hardly move with pain and a host of other ailments. OK so I ...read more

  • Praying In Agreement

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 30, 2011
     | 2,322 views

    PRAYING IN AGREEMENT Our individual prayers have great power. But there is even more power when we come together as a church and pray in agreement. Now, we know that in human terms total agreement is impossible. No two people can be in complete agreement … much less a whole congregation of ...read more

  • For The Life Of An Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 14, 2012
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     | 3,623 views

    FOR THE LIFE OF AN ENEMY A Baptist pastor named Peter Miller was from a small town in Pennsylvania who lived during the American Revolution. And there was another man who lived there named Michael Wittmann, an evil-minded sort who did all that he could to oppose and humiliate the pastor. He made ...read more

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