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  • Devil Says "I'll Make Your Music Career Take Off ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 21, 2008
     | 1,248 views

    Devil says “I’ll make your music career take off if you quit singing gospel” “I’ll make you popular if you Party and have sex” “I’ll make your self esteem higher if you sleep with a lot of people” “I’ll give ...read more

  • Remember In College When You Mixed Your Drink At ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 27, 2008
     | 674 views

    Remember in college when you mixed your drink at the coke dispenser. A little coke, sprite, cherry coke, diet coke, power aid and you got a strange conglomeration. It looks and tastes nothing like the original things you put in it. People like Tiger Woods use this approach. ...read more

  • What Is God Worth? Theses Are Lyrics From The ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 13, 2008
     | 824 views

    What is God worth? Theses are lyrics from the popular song "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls. “And I´d give up forever to touch you...You´re the closest to heaven that I´ll ever be.” Some people will give up eternity for something ...read more

  • Again Farley Notes, "Using Willpower To Overcome ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,119 views

    AGAIN FARLEY NOTES, “USING WILLPOWER TO OVERCOME WORLDLY SEDUCTION IS LIKE TELLING A MAN WHO HAS GONE WITHOUT WATER FOR THREE DAYS TO CONTROL HIMSELF AND QUIT BEING THIRSTY…… THE WORLDLY MAN IS CONVINCED THAT POPULARITY, SUCCESS, OR WEALTH WILL SLAKE HIS THIRST. BUT THESE ARE LIKE SPIRITUAL ...read more

  • In 1858 The Illinois Legislature--Using An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,124 views

    In 1858 the Illinois legislature--using an obscure statute--sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln had won the popular vote. When a sympathetic friend asked Lincoln how he felt, he said, "Like the boy who ...read more

  • American Chat Some 53 Million Americans, 1 In 6, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,066 views

    American Chat Some 53 million Americans, 1 in 6, now visit a chat room every month, up from one in 10 million in ‘01, finds Nielsen/Net Rating and Forrester Research. E-mail is now the most popular online activity for 93% of Web regulars ...read more

  • I Talked About The Wealthy Ceo Who Is Wondering ...

    Contributed by Stan Rodda on Oct 13, 2004
     | 1,809 views

    I talked about the wealthy CEO who is wondering if there is more out there, the happy family that is actually falling apart because no one understands them, the successful entrepreneur who is unfulfilled in his job, and the popular student who even though everyone wants to be like them they are ...read more

  • I Stand Before You As A Former Bank Manager, ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 21, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 675 views

    I stand before you as a former Bank Manager, well aware that some types of ‘Banker’ are not especially popular at the moment; but I think it is the banker in me calculating that in the last 7 years I have probably preached less than 1% of my sermons on the subject of money. A very poor ...read more

  • The Next Mission Field: One Billion People Are On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,756 views

    The Next Mission Field: One billion people are on the Internet and one million new people get connected every day! 270 million people (27%) surf the Internet in English. About 84% of these surfers use search engines, and about 98% of these searches occur on Google, Yahoo, MSN or AOL. Remarkably, ...read more

  • Many Prophets  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,925 views

    MANY PROPHETS Take a short trip to the B’Hai Temple. You’ll find a variety of pictures on the walls. Pictures of Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, Mohammed and others. The message of the B’Hai faith is this: Jesus is just one of many prophets. It’s increasingly popular to think that today, even ...read more

  • Popcorn Trends Trend-Spotter Faith Popcorn Labels ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,032 views

    Popcorn Trends Trend-spotter Faith Popcorn labels 2000 and beyond the F.A.I.T.H. millennium: fidelity, activism, inspiration, truth and harmony. Some of her predictions: · “Spirituality breaks” will become part of the workday. · Vacations with spiritual themes will become popular. · Restaurants ...read more

  • Abstinent  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,429 views

    Supermodel Kim Alexis said "I made the decision as a teenager to be abstinent. I wanted to take control of my future. It wasn’t a popular decision then, just like it can be an unpopular decision now. It doesn’t always make me more friends. But the friends I have are true friends. True to ...read more

  • Max Lucado Says, "The Bible Has Been Banned, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,344 views

    Max Lucado says, “The Bible has been banned, burned, scoffed, and ridiculed. Scholars have mocked it as foolish. Kings have branded it as illegal. A thousand times over, the grave has been dug and the dirge has begun, but somehow the Bible never stays in the grave. Not only has it survived, it has ...read more

  • The Great Musicologist And Congregational ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 4, 2008
     | 1,188 views

    The great musicologist and Congregational minister Erik Routley was once greeting his parishioners as they left church on Sunday. He noticed one of the teenage girls carrying one of the popularizing versions of the Scriptures. "I see you have the new translation of the Bible," he said. "How do ...read more

  • Hot Numbers: Tweens Are Flocking To Buy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,517 views

    Hot Numbers: Tweens are flocking to buy number-emblazoned apparel. Why numbers, why now? “Image-savvy youth, it seems, are sick of logos and brands splashed across their chests,” says Janine Lopiano, President of Sputnik , a teen trend tracker. “A fascination with digits comes from the popularity ...read more

  • A Leader Is…  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 1, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,368 views

    A Leader Is… Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says: A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders ...read more

  • In 1858 The Illinois Legislature--Using An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 10, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,401 views

    In 1858 the Illinois legislature--using an obscure statute--sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln had won the popular vote. When a sympathetic friend asked Lincoln how he felt, he said, "Like the boy who stubbed his toe: I am too big ...read more

  • A Leader ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 1,737 views

    A Leader Is… Peter Drucker, perhaps the most noted authority on leadership in the 20th century, says: A leader is one who has followers. An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He is someone whose followers do the right thing. Popularity is not leadership, results are. Leaders ...read more

  • Rock Of Ages

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 4, 2012
     | 4,248 views

    ROCK OF AGES "Rock of Ages" is a popular Christian hymn by Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady, written in 1763 and first published in The Gospel Magazine in 1775. Tradition says the hymn was written when Augustus Toplady was walking in the gorge of Burrington Combe in the Mendip Hills in England. ...read more

  • Words Can Kill

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
     | 2,241 views

    WORDS CAN KILL Matt Roush in USA Today writes, "The tongue has the power of life and death..." That may sound a bit extreme. I mean how can words kill anyone? But consider Karen Carpenter, the popular singer from the 1970’s who died in 1983 of heart failure as a result of complications with ...read more

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