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  • I've Read That When Edward Vi, The King Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 1, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,611 views

    I’ve read that when Edward VI, the king of England in the 16th century, attended a worship service, he stood while the Word of God was read. He took notes during this time and later studied them with great care. Through the week he earnestly tried to apply them to his life. That’s the kind of ...read more

  • 1997------- From Time To Time We Hear Statistics ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,709 views

    1997------- From time to time we hear statistics about how people first came into church membership. These figures trace back to the Institute for American Church Growth, which asked 10,000 people about their pilgrimage. What led them in? Answers were: Special need, 2 percent; Walk-in, 3 percent; ...read more

  • Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,817 views

    Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines claiming women are leaving the workforce to become full-time moms have periodically appeared during recent years, but hard data just doesn’t back it up. The traditional family, with Mom at home full-time while Dad works shrank from 43% in ’80 to 27% in ...read more

  • Multi-Site Churches There Are Now At Least 1,500 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,528 views

    Multi-Site Churches There are now at least 1,500 multi-site churches in the U.S. finds a new Leadership Network survey. 51% say their reason for going multi-site was evangelistic outreach, and 21% did it to get closer to their target audience. The remaining 19% view it as a solution to overcrowding ...read more

  • Real Mothers

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    REAL MOTHERS Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried Playdoh doesn't come out of shag ...read more

  • To Have A Church Full Of Good Order, Requires A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,799 views

    To have a church full of good order, requires a church full of disciples. Many Christians are only "Christaholics" and not disciples at all. Disciples are cross-bearers; they seek Christ. Christaholics seek happiness. Disciples dare to discipline themselves, and the demands they place on ...read more

  • Any One More Than Forty-Five Years Old Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,717 views

    Any one more than forty-five years old can probably remember where they were when they first heard of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. British novelist David Lodge, in the introduction to one of his books, tells where he was--in a theater watching the performance of a satirical revue he ...read more

  • Principles For Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 3,779 views

    Principles for change: A. People must have reasons for change 1. They must see the value to them of the change 2. The plan must be understood by them 3. They must be involved in the process B. People must be prepared for change, don’t just drop it on them. Introduce the ...read more

  • Game Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Game of Life In 1860, a lithographer named Milton Bradley decided to invent a board game where people by playing it would learn life lessons. They would learn about the risks and the rewards in life and decisions and consequences. It was originally called “The Checkered Game of Life.” It was a ...read more

  • Can't Call Him A Liar

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
     | 4,945 views

    CAN'T CALL HIM A LIAR During quail season in Georgia, an Atlanta journalist met an old farmer hunting with an ancient pointer at his side. Twice the dog ran rheumatically ahead and pointed. Twice his master fired into the open air. When the journalist saw no birds rise, he asked the farmer for an ...read more

  • Singing

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 18, 2014
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    Do not neglect your gift. Susan Boyle, age 48, of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. REMEMBER HER? She thrilled England and the world when she stood on that stage competing in the Britain’s Got Talent contest on April 11, 2009, and sang, “I Dreamed A Dream.” That was the most watched youtube clip ...read more

  • A Colleague Was Invited To Hold A Speech In ...

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Aug 4, 2007
     | 3,348 views

    A colleague was invited to hold a speech in Japan. Aware of his reputation as a very good speaker, he was surprised that his audience did not react at all to any of his perfectly timed jokes and witticisms. In fact, the audience did not react to anything he said. Somewhat put down, he went back to ...read more

  • Science Proves Creationism

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,175 views

    SCIENCE PROVES CREATIONISM Allen Rex Sandage, the greatest observational cosmologist in the world--who has deciphered the secrets of the stars, plumbed the mysteries of quasars, revealed the age of globular clusters, pinpointed the distances of remote galaxies, and quantified the universe’s ...read more

  • Of All The Classical Spiritual Disciplines, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,080 views

    Of all the classical Spiritual Disciplines, service is the most conductive to the growth of humility. When we set out on a consciously chosen course of action that accents the good of other and is for the most part a hidden work, a deep change occurs in our spirit. Nothing disciplines the ...read more

  • If We Believe We Are The Product Of Atoms, Time ...

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 4, 2003
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    If we believe we are the product of atoms, time and chance, we will conclude as Bertrand Russell: "That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,702 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

  • New Church Research * Hartford Institute For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    New Church Research * Hartford Institute for Religion Research has just completed the most extensive survey ever conducted on American churches and reveals that · 50% of all congregations have fewer than 100 adults, and 25% have fewer than 50. · Fewer than 10% have more than 1,000 adults. · 52% ...read more

  • Online Donations To The Biggest U.s. Charities ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,728 views

    Online Donations to the biggest U.S. charities surged 63% last year from ‘03, finds a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study. The 164 groups surveyed raised a combined $166.2 million online. That is less than 1% of the total raised by most of the charities, but the growth will spur more online ...read more

  • Sales Of Religious-Themed Products Grew 28% From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 925 views

    Sales Of Religious-Themed Products grew 28% from 02 to 05 and are expected to reach $9.5 billion by ’10, reports The Religious Products Market in the U.S. from Packaged Facts. Books, inspirational gifts/merchandise, and audio/video /software sales reached $7.5 billion in ‘05, up 9% over ‘04. Books ...read more

  • Sales Of Religious-Themed Products Grew 28% From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,296 views

    Sales Of Religious-Themed Products grew 28% from 02 to 05 and are expected to reach $9.5 billion by ’10, reports The Religious Products Market in the U.S. from Packaged Facts. Books, inspirational gifts/merchandise, and audio/video /software sales reached $7.5 billion in ‘05, up 9% over ‘04. Books ...read more