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  • In 1937 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Built A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2005
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    In 1937 architect Frank Lloyd Wright built a house for industrialist Hibbard Johnson. One rainy evening Johnson was entertaining distinguished guests for dinner when the roof began to leak. The water seeped through directly above Johnson himself, dripping steadily onto his head. Irate, he called ...read more

  • A Real Christian Is An Odd Number Anyway. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feel supreme love for One whom he has never seen. Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see. He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order that he might be full, admits he is wrong to he can be declared right, ...read more

  • Response Boosters: Six Proven Direct Marketing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Response Boosters: Six proven direct marketing tips to raise your response rate. · Yes/No Offer- usually out pulls one without a “no” option. · Credit Card Payment- usually out pulls a cash-only option. · Time Limit- typically brings more orders overall and in less time. · Envelope Package- nearly ...read more

  • Private Help: A Yearlong Study Finds That More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Private Help: A yearlong study finds that more Americans now depend on private food kitchens and pantries than use the federal food stamp program. The survey, paid for by America’s Second Harvest, a network of food banks, shows food pantries, kitchens and emergency shelters provided for more than ...read more

  • Republican Churchgoers: According To New Pew ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Republican Churchgoers: According to new Pew Research Center data, evangelical Protestants have shifted toward the Republican Party over the past 15 years. In ‘87 and ‘88, white evangelical Protestants were split fairly evenly (34% Republicans, 31% Democrats). Today, Republicans have a nearly ...read more

  • Dating Goes Golden: Internet Research Firm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Dating Goes Golden: Internet research firm Nielsen// NetRatings says seniors are the fastest-growing group of online users. And many of them are looking for love or friendship on the Web. Some 26 million people visited online dating sites in January, and 18% of them, or 4.8 million, were over age ...read more

  • Children Of Divorce Often Blame Themselves For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Children Of Divorce often blame themselves for the breakup of their parent’s marriage, and many grow up alienated from church and God. A survey of adults whose parents divorced when they were young, found divorce had a major impact on their spiritual lives. They were much less likely to go to ...read more

  • Financially Enslaved Americans *90% Buy Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Financially Enslaved Americans *90% buy things they can’t afford. *80% of graduating college seniors have credit card debt. *49% can’t cover one month’s living expenses if they lose their income. *75% of airline miles “rewarded’ are never redeemed. *Most people carry a car loan, paying $378 a ...read more

  • Someone Took The Time To Do The Research For Us. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Someone took the time to do the research for us. If we live to 75… We will spend 3 years in school (24 hours a day) 7 years eating 14 years working 5 years driving/riding in airplane 5 years talking 1 year recovering from sickness 24 years sleeping 15 years amusing ourselves Now what if you spent ...read more

  • Feb 20, 2007. Chicago. For Oscar Nominee ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Feb 20, 2007. CHICAGO. For Oscar nominee Jennifer Hudson, there was no question where she’d celebrate her success in the week leading up to the Academy Awards - at her family’s church. "I don’t do clubs. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke," Hudson told a boisterous crowd at Progressive Baptist Church ...read more

  • In Spite Of What They Say, 90% Of The Chronic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In spite of what they say, 90% of the chronic patients who see today’s physicians have one common symptom. Their trouble did not start with cough or chest pain or hyperacidity. In 90% of the cases, the first symptom was fear. This is the opinion of a well-known American internist as expressed in a ...read more

  • A Lady Named Kristin Said: "My Husband And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A lady named Kristin said: “MY HUSBAND and I took our two-year-old daughter to the home-improvement store. Madison got tired of walking, so my husband let her ride on his shoulders. As he walked, Madison began pulling his hair. Although he asked her calmly to stop several times, she kept on. ...read more

  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer's Definition Of A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A.W. Tozer’s Definition of a Christian A Real Christian: • He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, • Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, • Expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, • Empties himself in order to be full, • Admits he is wrong so he can be ...read more

  • In Paul Tournier's A Place For You, The Famous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In Paul Tournier’s A Place for You, the famous author has depicted our Christian hope as a leap of faith. He said that we live in a rhythm of life between quitting one place and seeking another. He used the analogy of a trapeze artist swinging on a high bar to the utmost distance it can carry him, ...read more

  • God Answers His People. In The Days Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    God answers his people. In the days of his uncertainty John Bunyan was tortured by doubt. “Everyone dost think his own religion rightest, both Jews and Moors and pagans. And how, if all our faith in Christ and scripture should be but a think-so, too?” But when the light broke, he ran out crying ...read more

  • I Have Been In This Business For 51 Years, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I have been in this business for 51 years, during which time a lot of prominent, gifted leaders have crashed and burned. I think of one in a major southern city who had a large work, a creative ministry in the arts that was widely known. Women in his church sued him and his staff for seducing ...read more

  • Our American Culture, As Well As Many Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Our American culture, as well as many other parts of the world, is becoming increasingly more friendless. A recent study by American Sociological Review indicates that the average American has just two close friends, compared with three in 1985. In the last 20 years our circle of close friends is ...read more

  • Fox Entertainment Group (Feg), Owned By News ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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    Fox Entertainment Group (FEG), owned by News Corp (also owns HarperCollins’ Zondervan and HarperOne) has acquired Beliefnet, the largest online faith and spirituality Web destination. “FEG’s vast resources will enable Beliefnet to expand our audience, enhance our offerings and more effectively ...read more

  • Savings Crisis

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    SAVINGS CRISIS Christian investment expert Hakeem Webb says many households are caught in a mindset that has them spending income they need to be saving, to keep up with the rising cost of their accustomed lifestyle. The Commerce Department reports Americans’ ’06 personal savings rate (disposable ...read more