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  • Afraid Of Competition

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 14, 2009
     | 2,396 views

    AFRAID OF COMPETITION Knute Rockne, the famous football coach at Notre Dame, once observed, "The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles ...read more

  • Which Dependent Are You?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 116 ratings
     | 1,997 views

    WHICH DEPENDENT ARE YOU? "Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own effort. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve the greatest ...read more

  • Knowing God, Hearing God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,287 views

    KNOWING GOD, HEARING GOD God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him. SOURCE: A.W. Tozer as quoted ...read more

  • Executive Search Firms Report '07 As Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,254 views

    Executive Search firms report ’07 as their biggest revenue year ever, up 17% over ’06, which was a great year itself. Despite the success of web sites like Monster.com and HCareers, never have search firms been ...read more

  • Donor Decision Making Campell Research Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,096 views

    Donor Decision Making Campell Research has discovered that the top 3 action steps a donor takes in making their decision about giving to a non-profit organization are, (1) Determine their giving budget, (2) determining their specific areas of interest [Am I passionate about the area of ministry of ...read more

  • Possessions

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Apr 9, 2006
     | 2,860 views

    ILLUSTRATION The test of a financial loss would reveal whether or not we are depending on God and whether or not we understand that our possessions belong to him. Once the great evangelist John Wesley was on a trip, he got word that fire had destroyed his home. Instead of being upset, he declared ...read more

  • Bob And Pam Tebow Were Advised To Abort Their ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 5, 2009
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     | 1,743 views

    Bob and Pam Tebow were advised to abort their baby, Timmy. That "baby" won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and will play quarterback for the Florida Gators in the College National Championship game. On his face, Tim wears eye black stickers with "Phil 4:13" - "I can do all things through Christ who ...read more

  • Christian Preaching Begins Only When Faith In ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 1, 2009
     | 1,473 views

    “Christian preaching begins only when faith in the message has reached such a pitch that the man or the community proclaiming it becomes part of the message proclaimed…” says James S. Stewart in his work, A Faith To Proclaim “…To be thus taken command of, so that our testimony, when we go out to ...read more

  • F.b.meyer Told Of A Preacher Who Was ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on May 7, 2005
     | 1,584 views

    F.B.Meyer told of a preacher who was marvellously used of God. He dreamed one night that he was beginning to take pride in himself and his gifts. An angel told him that his success was due primarily to a poor widow who ...read more

  • Democrats] Are The Same People Who Rediscover ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,504 views

    "[Democrats] are the same people who rediscover poverty every election and promise to cure it. Theyve cured it so often that they've now made a profession of it. They thrive on failures, on righting wrongs, aiding victims, and so forth. ...read more

  • The Modern Rich Man

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Oct 30, 2010
     | 2,852 views

    A popular story recounts a meeting that may have taken place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1923. There is debate whether the meeting in fact occurred, but what is not in question is the actual rise and fall of the men featured in the story, who were nine of the richest men in the world ...read more

  • Cradles Of Eminence  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,406 views

    CRADLES OF EMINENCE In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated. These 300 subjects had made it to the top. They were men and women whose names everyone would recognize as brilliant in ...read more

  • Erma Bombeck – Wrote Something Called Rules…  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 10, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,195 views

    Erma Bombeck – wrote something called rules… 1) Never have more children than you have car windows. 2) Never loan your car to someone to whom you have given birth. 3) Pick your friends carefully. A "friend" never goes on a diet when you are fat or tells you how lucky you are to have a husband who ...read more

  • In A Recent Article From Christianity Today.com ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,275 views

    In a recent article from Christianity Today.com songwriter and author, Michael Card reminds us of the four ‘successive curve balls’ that Job had thrown his way. There were the three ‘curve balls’ of financial destruction as Job’s wealth was taken away in a string of attacks on his property and ...read more

  • Mel Gibson's Stock High: Two Months After The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,884 views

    Mel Gibson’s Stock High: Two months after the phenomenal success of his film The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson is being courted by many in Hollywood for his ‘connection to middle America,’ but is still held at arm’s length by others who found his film divisive. In the film world, meanwhile, ...read more

  • Never Have More Children Than You Have Car ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,002 views

    1. Never have more children than you have car windows. 2. Never loan your car to someone to whom you have given birth. 3. Pick your friends carefully. A "friend" never goes on a diet when you are fat or tells you how lucky you are to have a husband who remembers Mother’s Day--when his gift is a ...read more

  • Flood In My Soul

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 3, 2011
     | 1,753 views

    FLOOD IN MY SOUL The night before my shoulder surgery last week I had what looked like the start of a kidney stone. My first thought was to cancel the surgery then Julie came in and settled me down. This happened from a medical procedure that went bad when I was 19. I still suffer some effects ...read more

  • A Study In Compassion

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,938 views

    A STUDY IN COMPASSION John Darley and Daniel Batson decided to replicate the story of the Good Samaritan with seminary students. A few variables were introduced. The seminarians were interviewed and asked why they wanted to go into ministry. There were a variety of responses, but the vast majority ...read more

  • The Meaning Of Thirst  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 9,345 views

    THE MEANING OF THIRST Do you know the importance of water to our physical bodies? When our bodies fail to retain the right amount of water, dehydration sets in. It is the water in our body that determines the vitality, strength, and energy associated with daily living. Think about these facts ...read more

  • Let Me Conclude With This Brief Story About Clay ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Hawk on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,967 views

    Let me conclude with this brief story about Clay King Smith. Mr. Smith killed 5 innocent people, 2 women and 3 children, after tripping out one evening on drugs. In May of 2001, Clay King Smith was executed. A local news reporter in Arkansas had the chance to sit down and talk with Smith a year ...read more