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  • Instead Of Trying To Sell Something, Fundraisers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,623 views

    "Instead of trying to sell something, fundraisers should ask people what matters to them and what they’ve done in terms of giving that made them feel good." Sound advice from Joe Breiteneicher, VP at Philanthropic Initiative, Boston. He also says, engage donors /prospects and create relationships ...read more

  • Internet Evangelism: The North American Mission ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,896 views

    Internet Evangelism: The North American Mission board of the SBC has appointed its 1st missionary devoted entirely to Internet evangelism. Siam & Jennifer Rogers will coordinate all of the agency‘s Internet evangelism efforts. Over 140,000 people visit their evangelism sites each month with an ...read more

  • Mistakes

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 5, 2006
     | 3,156 views

    MISTAKES: “bulletin bloopers” actual mistakes made in actual bulletins: --The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church. --Evening massage - 6 PM --Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow. --The third verse ...read more

  • Man Alive

    Contributed by Tom Blasco on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,949 views

    Michael Green, in his book "Man Alive" says, “Jesus made the most shattering claims in the course of His teaching. There is no parallel to them in any of the world’s religions. And it simply will not do to neglect them, as is commonly done by agnostic writers. Yet, if you account them as part of ...read more

  • No Peace In The World  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 25, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,343 views

    No Peace in the world The Society of International law in London states this incredible statistic: since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace less than 8% of the time. Over the last 4000 years of history, only 268 years saw peace. Moreover in excess of 8000 peace ...read more

  • Finding One Of Her Students Making Faces At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Aug 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,870 views

    Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Mrs. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, "Bobby, when I was a child, I was told if that I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay ...read more

  • Geo. Washington "It Is Impossible To Rightly ...

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 18, 2006
     | 1,421 views

    Geo. Washington “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God & the Bible.” ’Stonewall’ Jackson “The Bible is the rock upon which our republic rests.” John Adams “We have no government armed in power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality & religion. … Our ...read more

  • Consumers Spent More On Online Content In '05 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,118 views

    Consumers Spent more on online content in ’05 than ever before. The average annual spending per customer topped $100 for the first time, according to an Online Publishers Assoc. study. Categories with revenue growth: business/ investment, credit help, entertainment/lifestyle, greeting cards, ...read more

  • 5-Year-Old Johnny Was In The Kitchen As His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,288 views

    5-year-old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go alone. “It’s dark in there and I’m scared.” She said, “Its OK-Jesus will be in there with you.” Johnny walked ...read more

  • Robert Raines - My Ten-Year-Old Son, Bob, Had ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,693 views

    Robert Raines - My ten-year-old son, Bob, had made the all-star football team in school. As I rubbed his back while putting him to bed one night, out of the quiet came a still, small voice, "Dad, is this the first time you ever rubbed an all-star’s back?" ...read more

  • A Shallow View Of Love

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 24, 2007
     | 1,797 views

    Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. These lines spoken by Romeo in Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet, give us a very shallow view of love. Love, to Romeo, is really only infatuation. ...read more

  • Many Don't Want To Serve Except To Serve ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,521 views

    Many don’t want to serve except to serve themselves. But we all serve something. Some serve the idols of money and materialism. Some serve the idols of addictions. Some serve the idols of entertainment. Some serve gods made in their own image. We are called to remind people that God has created ...read more

  • Two Psychiatrists Meet At Their 20th College ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
     | 2,255 views

    Two psychiatrists meet at their 20th college reunion. One is vibrant, while the other looks withered and worried. "So what’s your secret?" the older looking psychiatrist asks. "Listening to other people’s problems every day, all day long, for years on end, has made an old man of ...read more

  • How To Make Someone A Soul-Winner  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,515 views

    HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE A SOUL-WINNER General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, once told his students, "If I had my choice, I wouldn’t send you to school, I’d send you to Hell for five minutes, and you’d come back real soul ...read more

  • After The Decision

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 11, 2011
     | 3,001 views

    AFTER THE DECISION John Wesley, talking of the conversion process, said that the new believer will often rest for days or months in the peace which follows the initial decision, but after a while they begin to become aware of "the ground of their heart, which God before would not disclose unto ...read more

  • Thank God For The Delusion!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
     | 2,813 views

    Someone told a reformed alcoholic that his experience wasn't valid; that his religion was a delusion. He said, "Thank God for the delusion; it has put clothes on my children and shoes on their feet and bread in their mouths. It has made a man of me and it has put joy and peace in my ...read more

  • Johnny Appleseed Gospel

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Feb 22, 2024
     | 1,042 views

    Demond Wilson was a TV actor in 1970's He starred along with Redd Foxx on the TV show, "Sanford and Son." Later in life Wilson became a gospel preacher. He made this beautiful statement: “I’m just a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who ...read more

  • Remember The Movie, The Field Of Dreams. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 18, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,009 views

    Remember the movie, The Field of Dreams. A farmer made a baseball field in a Iowa cornfield. And one of the scenes of the movie shows cars lined up coming to the field. Isaiah picture people from every nation streaming to the Light of Israel, which is Jesus Christ. The Lord address spiritual ...read more

  • E. Stanley Jones Stated It Graphically, "If You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,420 views

    E. Stanley Jones stated it graphically, "If you don’t make up your mind, then your unmade mind will unmake you. Here is the place where there must be no dallying. For any dallying will be the Trojan horse that will get on the inside and open the gates to the enemy. God can do anything for the man ...read more

  • What To Raise  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 29, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,108 views

    WHAT TO RAISE Adrian Rogers, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, tells about the man who made his sons work in the cornfields while their peers spent the afternoon at the swimming hole. Someone scolded the father saying, "Why do you make those boys work so hard? You ...read more