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  • Post-It Notes—success From Failure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,421 views

    Post-it® Notes--Success from Failure Everyone knows what Post-it® Notes are. They're those great little self-stick notepapers. Most people have Post-it® Notes. Most people use them. Most people love them. But Post-it® Notes were not a planned product. No one got the idea and then stayed up nights ...read more

  • In His Sermon, "A Dangerous Pentecost," Halford ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,776 views

    In his sermon, “A Dangerous Pentecost,” Halford Luccock tells of Lorenzo de’Medici, the great Florentine patron of the arts who was very proud of the spectacles he staged for the citizenry. Among his productions were several amazingly realistic religious pageants performed in church. But one ...read more

  • American Donors Give About The Same Over The Long ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,673 views

    American Donors give about the same over the long term. The IRS reports that those who itemize deductions on their tax returns have claimed since 1975 that between 1.6% and 2.16% of their income went to charitable concerns. Gallup polls finds that charitable donations run between 1.5% and 2% and ...read more

  • Sleepless: Over 82 Million (40%) U.s. Adults And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,678 views

    Sleepless: Over 82 million (40%) U.S. adults and teens suffer from some type of insomnia. National Sleep Foundation’s ‘02 poll reveals only 32% of Americans sleep 8 hours on weekdays. People work online late at night, are prey to a 24/7 philosophy of life, and have careers that require long hours. ...read more

  • Cultural Trends Alan Andrews, Director – U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,176 views

    Cultural Trends Alan Andrews, Director – U.S. Navigators, pointed out in a recent message on the state of American culture 4 cultural trends that the Church must face when sharing the Gospel: •Globalization; an essentially secular trend that promises materialism, affluence and pleasure through a ...read more

  • Cultural Trends: Alan Andrews, Director – U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,981 views

    Cultural Trends: Alan Andrews, Director – U.S. Navigators, pointed out in a recent message on the state of American culture 4 cultural trends that the Church must face when sharing the Gospel: •Globalization; an essentially secular trend that promises materialism, affluence and pleasure through a ...read more

  • Someone Tells About A Woman Who For Many Years ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on May 14, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,232 views

    Someone tells about a woman who for many years couldn’t sleep at night because she worried that her home would be burglarized. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he found a burglar. The husband said to the burglar, "Come ...read more

  • Miss Anne Was Not Able To Give Helen Keller Her ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,599 views

    Miss Anne was not able to give Helen Keller her sight. But she was able to lead her into an understanding of the world around her that she had never experienced before. As you watch the closing moments in the movie we began earlier, The Miracle Worker, think about how marvelous that moment must ...read more

  • Did You Ever Notice A Tag On A Piece Of Clothing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 4, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 3,182 views

    Did you ever notice a tag on a piece of clothing saying, “The irregularities in this product are not flaws, but are a natural result of the handworking of the fabric.”? That’s the way we are, too! God put into your very being certain things that reflect His nature and His character in a way that no ...read more

  • Albums Dying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,280 views

    ALBUMS DYING Last year, digital singles outsold plastic CDs for the first time. So far in '07, sales of digital songs have risen 54%, to roughly 189 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Digital album sales are rising at a slightly faster pace, but buyers of digital music are purchasing ...read more

  • Works Vs. Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,750 views

    WORKS VS. FRUIT A machine in a factory works and turns out a product, but it could never manufacture "fruit." Fruit must grow out of life, and, in the case of the believer, it is the life of the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). When you think of "works," you think of effort, labor, strain, and toil; when you ...read more

  • Some Time Ago "Reader's Digest" Told The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,873 views

    Some time ago "Reader’s Digest" told the story about a company who mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you have faith as small as this mustard seed in our (particular product), you are ...read more

  • In One Of His Books, James Emery White Tells Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,618 views

    In one of his books, James Emery White tells of the Russian-American comic, Yakov Smirnoff’s, initial response to the incredible variety of instant products available in American grocery stores. He said, "On my first shopping trip, I saw powdered milk--you just add water, and you get milk. Then I ...read more

  • 66% Of Latin American Protestants Attend A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,598 views

    · 66% of Latin American protestants attend a Pentecostal church. · Charisma magazine reports its average reader spends more than $570 on Christian products annually and household income averages over $51,000. · It also reports that in the past year: 88% of its readers last year purchased at least ...read more

  • Gen-Y Graduates: The Echo Boom Began Graduating ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,582 views

    Gen-Y Graduates: The Echo Boom began graduating from College last May and they will change our culture. Experience is everything to them. Traditional media won’t work. The most effective businesses offer them an experience, not just a product. Bookstores are popular gathering places for them, but ...read more

  • Value Concepts: To Younger Audiences, "Value" ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,628 views

    Value Concepts: To younger audiences, “Value” means price, fast service, free, bigger, instant gratification and ego building. Boomers and women place more value in quality, relationships, learning, personal service and making one’s life richer and more meaningful. Boomers and women will pay higher ...read more

  • Wal-Mart, With Sales Of $285 Billion, Accounts ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,332 views

    Wal-Mart, with sales of $285 billion, accounts for 8% of all U.S. retail sales, excluding autos and gasoline, and is expected to hit 12% by ’10 when sales will hit $500 billion. Al Meyers, Retail Forward VP, says the company “will have a material influence on gross domestic product” by ’10-’11. ...read more

  • Generation Y Wants To Be Engaged, But It Does ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,795 views

    Generation Y wants to be engaged, but it does not give marketers much time to do so. “So many are multi-tasking that the concept of time loses meaning with Gen-Y,” says Simmons Research Co-CEO Bill Engel.” They seem to squeeze 31 hours of time into one day. Their whole life is built on a multitude ...read more

  • As I Began To Write, A Very Clear, If Unusual ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
     | 1,077 views

    As I began to write, a very clear, if unusual illustration came to my mind. When you hear it at first you might be taken aback by the suggestion in the question. But, in light of what this series is about, discerning God’s purpose for each of us and our circumstances, it is a very good question to ...read more

  • Price Saving Beats Time Saving By 3-To-1 For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 995 views

    Price Saving Beats Time Saving by 3-to-1 for women shoppers finds ShopSmart Opinion Poll. 76% of American women enjoy shopping, but 33% say the most stressful part is waiting in check out lines, followed by 29% stressed by interacting with salespeople. The average woman spends 385 hours annually ...read more

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