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  • Wary Workers Believe They're Monitored In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Wary Workers believe they’re monitored in the workplace to assure productivity and because employers don’t trust them, finds a Society for Human Resource management survey. HR professionals, however, say employee monitoring assures the integrity of business critical systems and safeguards ...read more

  • A Legacy Person Is Someone Who Has Been In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    A Legacy Person is someone who has been in the same job 3 to 4 years or more. They tend to not be innovative because they are protecting systems and products they’ve helped create. Robert Herbold, author of The Fiefdom Syndrome, (Currency 2004), encourages managers to fight legacy thinking, break ...read more

  • Tech Moms Among The Hottest Items For Mother's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Tech Moms Among the hottest items for Mother’s Day ’06 were digital cameras, which increased 27% in unit sales in ‘06; portable music players, up 40%; and satellite navigation systems, shot up over 400%. Consumers spent more than $865 million in the week before Mother’s Day, up 9% from ‘05’s $791 ...read more

  • The Oakland Police Force Recently Unveiled Its ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jan 2, 2009
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    The Oakland police force recently unveiled its first lowrider police car. The vehicle has the standard logo, lights and siren, but also includes chrome wheels, hydraulic lift, and a 500-watt sound system. The car was put on the force to help officers build better relationship with inner-city ...read more

  • Paul Confronts Sexual Immorality In Ancient Rome

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 22, 2023
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    Paul’s prohibition of (to use the Greek term) porneia—that is, illicit sexual activity, including prostitution—upended an ethical system in which male access to the female body was unquestioned and unquestionable. Whereas the Romans regarded male chastity as profoundly unhealthy, Christians prized ...read more

  • Charles Sykes Is The Author Of Dumbing Down Our ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007
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    Charles Sykes is the author of DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS. The following is a list he created for high school and college graduates of things he did not learn in school. In his book, he talks about how the "system" may have created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and set them up for ...read more

  • Cheap Grace

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
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    CHEAP GRACE (defined and adapted from Dietrich Bonhoeffer) a). Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace. b). Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth, the love of God ...read more

  • The "Regard For Others" Ethic

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Jan 24, 2012
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    THE "REGARD FOR OTHERS" ETHIC John Sommerville currently teaches history at the University of Florida. He has been carrying out an exercise with his students for years. He challenges his students with the following thought experiment. Imagine that you see a little old lady coming down the ...read more

  • Aromatherapy Means "Treatment Using Scents". It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 30, 2004
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    Aromatherapy means "treatment using scents". It is a treatment of caring for the body with pleasant smelling oils. The essential oils are added to the bath or massaged into the skin, inhaled directly or diffused to scent an entire room. Aromatherapy is used for the relief of pain, care for the ...read more

  • While Life Is Present, It Is Precious, But, For ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 7, 2008
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    While life is present, it is precious, but, for all its value, it is also fragile. If you take a moment to think about the animation of the human body, I can’t help but believe that you must be in awe. Take the simplest of operations. You are going to open your car door and get inside. You walk ...read more

  • Obituary

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 6, 2002
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    OBITUARY His parent were leaders in the community. He received the best education money could buy. He married a beautiful wife, and had two wonderful kids. He avoided damp weather. He stayed in during flu weather. He brushed his teeth twice daily with a famous toothpaste. His primary care physician ...read more

  • F. We Were Made By God, From Out Of The Dust Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    F. We were made by God, from out of the dust of the earth. Gen 2:7 (AMP) Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. 1. Your body contains about: a. Enough iron to make a small nail. b. Enough ...read more

  • Bible Facts  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Jun 6, 2001
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    BIBLE FACTS: The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing. According to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of Gideons, and the International Bible ...read more

  • The Way We Live  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2001
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    THE WAY WE LIVE Idolatry in its larger meaning is properly understood as any substitution of what is created for the creator. People may worship nature, money, mankind, power, history, or social and political systems instead of the God who created them all. The New Testament writers, in ...read more

  • In Ancient Greece They Had Great Theatrical ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Bond on Jan 24, 2002
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    In ancient Greece they had great theatrical events, plays in large amphitheaters. They didn’t have microphones to make their voices heard, and they didn’t have cameras to magnify their images onto screens, so they invented their own system. They developed big masks. The masks made them look like ...read more

  • ...gone Home  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 9, 2002
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    ...GONE HOME A troop of Boy Scouts was being used as "guinea pigs" in a test of emergency systems. A mock earthquake was staged, and the Scouts impersonated wounded persons who were to be picked up and cared for by the emergency units. One Scout was supposed to lie on the ground and await his ...read more

  • Many People Talk About Near Death Experiences: ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
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    Many people talk about near death experiences: Some people have even experienced near death experiences and they find themselves in a dark tunnel approaching a marvellous light. Many medical experts will debunk and explain these near death experiences as mere neurological actions of the brain and ...read more

  • Read The Instructions

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jan 25, 2009
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    READ THE INSTRUCTIONS Debbie's laptop broke several months ago, causing some frustration. We couldn't afford right now to put it in the shop, so we decided to attempt repair. We found a hard drive for really a great price, so we purchased and installed it into the drive bay. Suppose I failed to ...read more

  • Good Timing

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
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    GOOD TIMING Actress Shirley McLaine a new ager, was conducting one of her seminars at the Long Beach Arena teaching people about their own divinity. During the seminar, she had everyone light a candle. They turned off the lights so those candles could be seen shining in the dark. She said, "Just ...read more

  • Gandhi Wanted To Be A Christian...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 31, 2021
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    Gandhi, wrote in his autobiography that in his student days he was truly interested in the Bible. Deeply touched by reading the Gospels, he seriously considered becoming a convert, since Christianity seemed to offer the real solution to the caste system that was dividing the people of India. One ...read more