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  • Church Finances: The Average Church Budget Size ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,333 views

    Church finances: The average church budget size is $292,790 (median: $203,590). Senior pastors earn a median base salary of $31,006 and a median housing allowance of $15,250. 66% of church treasurers are responsible for the oversight of church expenditures. 57% of churches use debt only as needed ...read more

  • Greeting Card Market Data • 86% Of The U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,849 views

    Greeting Card Market Data • 86% of the U.S. population buys greeting cards. 80% of shoppers will need a card in the next two weeks. • 91 million U.S. households buy greeting cards. • The average Christian consumer has purchased more than 4 cards in the last 3 months. • Every card ...read more

  • Traditions  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,948 views

    Traditions J.I. Packer wrote, “All Christians are at once beneficiaries and victims of tradition—beneficiaries, who receive nurturing truth and wisdom from God’s faithfulness in past generations; victims, who now take for granted things that need to be questioned, thus treating as divine absolutes ...read more

  • Students Don't Clean Their Hands Often Or Well ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
     | 1,601 views

    Students don’t clean their hands often or well enough. In one study, only 58% of female and 48% of male middle and high school students washed their hands after using the bathroom. Of these, only 33% of the females and 8% of the males used soap. Adult hand cleaning behaviors also need improvement. ...read more

  • The First Christmas Is A Miraculous Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,210 views

    "The first Christmas is a miraculous story of the eternal God becoming of no reputation and then humbling Himself to accept a cruel death on a cross. Sure there were angel choirs. Kings came from far away to worship Him. But the true Christmas story is about smallness, humility and servanthoodLet ...read more

  • Though A Friend Be But The Duplicate Of A Man's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,533 views

    "Though a friend be but the duplicate of a man's self, yet there may often happen secrets to one, that may not be convenient to divulge to the other. If they be such as the disclosure of them to a friend shall not only not benefit him, but shall bring grief upon him, I cannot think it an act of ...read more

  • Replacing The Old

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,321 views

    Several years ago I went to my dentist. He said I needed a crown on one of my teeth. The dentist drilled away the decay and damage of the old tooth and replaced it with a new crown. He replaced the old with something new. Faith involves getting rid of the old and replacing it with something better. ...read more

  • The Appeal To God's Sovereignty Is Not To Foster ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 1, 2007
     | 3,192 views

    The appeal to God’s sovereignty is not to foster hope that we will be spared all difficulty, but to foster confidence that when those difficulties come we are not abandoned. Things have not fallen out of hand. We can still rely on the God who has permitted us to face these things to supply us with ...read more

  • Do You Know How Cranberries Are Harvested? When ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Dec 31, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,613 views

    Do you know how cranberries are harvested? When the fruit is ripe, the cranberry bog is flooded with water. As the water covers the bush, the ruby red berries separate from the bush and float to the surface where they are gathered and distributed to cranberry lovers around the country. When the ...read more

  • A Tombstone Epitaph Reads: "Pause Stranger, When ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jun 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 20,647 views

    A tombstone epitaph reads: “Pause stranger, when you pass me by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare for death and follow me!” A passerby read those words and underneath scratched this response: “To follow you I’ll not consent, until I know ...read more

  • Richard Foster: To Pray Is To Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2011
     | 5,248 views

    RICHARD FOSTER: TO PRAY IS TO CHANGE Richard Foster, in his book Celebration of Discipline, says, "To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to ...read more

  • Jesus Is Unchanging

    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 26, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,151 views

    JESUS IS UNCHANGING "But nothing about our Lord Jesus Christ has changed down to this very hour. His love has not changed. It hasn’t cooled off, and it needs no increase because He has already loved us with infinite love and there is no way that infinitude can be increased." Ref: Tozer, A.W. I ...read more

  • The Joy That I Pursue

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 2,879 views

    "The joy that I pursue is not the hope of getting rich with things from you. I have not come to you for your things, but for yourself. And this desire I now intensify and demonstrate by giving up things, in the hope of enjoying you more, not things. By giving to you what you do not need, and what I ...read more

  • So All May Eat

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 22, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,860 views

    So All May Eat Brad and Libby Birky opened a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. It is a 40-seat restaurant that has one thing conspicuously absent: a cash register. They serve healthy food to people in need. The Birkys do not charge for their meals, telling people "Pay whatever you can afford." ...read more

  • Seminary Students Who Would Not Stop To Help

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 20, 2022
     | 859 views

    In her book Kindness: Reaching Out to Others, Phyllis J. Le Peau relates this story: “Some seminary students were asked to preach on the story of the Good Samaritan. When the hour arrived for their sermon, each one was deliberately delayed en route to class. As the students raced across campus, ...read more

  • Immediately Following The Baltimore ...  PRO

    Contributed by Barry Hidey on Jan 12, 2001
    based on 122 ratings
     | 3,315 views

    Immediately following the Baltimore Raven’s final game last December(1999), Coach Brian Billick gathered the Ravens and said: "We’ve raised the bar. We can’t go back. We are at a new level, and we will move forward. Our fans, the media, the organization - all have new expectations for us. They’re ...read more

  • Mamie Adams Always Went To A Branch Post Office ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 3, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 3,868 views

    Mamie Adams always went to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were friendly. She went there to buy stamps just before Christmas one year and the lines were particularly long. Someone pointed out that there was no need to wait in line because there was a stamp ...read more

  • I Once Read Something That Said If You Wanted To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 127 ratings
     | 2,041 views

    I once read something that said if you wanted to trace anger back to its source, just use AHEN. I don’t mean a chicken, but the acronym A-H-E-N When you see Anger (the “A”) it is usually covering a Hurt (the “H”) If you peek under that Hurt, you’ll see you had an ...read more

  • In One Study Microphones Were Placed On Boys And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 130 ratings
     | 1,048 views

    In one study microphones were placed on boys and girls ages 2 - 4 years old. They found that 100% of the girls’ speech was in conversation - either with another person or an imaginary friend. Only 60% of the boys’ speech was in conversation. 40% was unintelligible noise. Women speak about ...read more

  • The Pastor Stood Before The Congregation And Said ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 6,672 views

    The pastor stood before the congregation and said "I have bad news, I have good news, and I have more bad news." The congregation got quiet. "The bad news is: the church needs a new roof!" the pastor said. The congregation groaned. "The good news is: we have enough money for the new roof." A ...read more