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  • Dwight L.moody Was Once Preaching A Sermon Where ...

    Contributed by Richard Harsell on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
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    Dwight L.Moody was once preaching a sermon where he used the 103’rd Psalm as his text, and he came to verses 1&2 which read "Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inermost being, praise His holy Name.......Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" He suddenly stopped and said to ...read more

  • Have You Seen The Commercial On Tv Lately Where ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,330 views

    Have you seen the commercial on TV lately where this woman is with her son in Office Max and she has the visions of him being a rocket scientist as she picks up his school supplies. And what happens when he gets to school? He picks up the new ruler he and his mom bought and he uses it to hurl a ...read more

  • Costa Rican Tomato Frog

    Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    Costa Rican Tomato Frog Deep in the Costa Rican jungle lives the small tomato frog. Red in color like a tomato, he has a unique defense against predators. Once he’s attacked, he emits a deadly, milky white poison all over his skin. As the attacking animal bites into a tomato frog, it ...read more

  • It Is Natural To Mourn. A Minister Once Told Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2004
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    It is natural to mourn. A minister once told me about a young woman in his church who asked him to talk to her grandfather. “He’s been so down and irritable lately,” she said. The preacher said, “Is there anything that you can point to that would contribute to his emotional condition?” “Well, ...read more

  • Riches Revealed In The Trinity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,829 views

    RICHES REVEALED IN THE TRINITY There is a cartoon showing a lawyer reading the last will and testament of his client to a room full of greedy relatives. The caption reads: “I, John Jones, being of sound mind and body, spent it all!” When Jesus wrote his will, He gave us all He had. Not only that ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis - Weight Of Glory: If We Consider The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 7, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,925 views

    C. S. LEWIS - Weight of Glory: If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition ...read more

  • The 10% Figure Began As A Misinterpretation Of ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2004
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    The 10% figure began as a misinterpretation of studies done in the 1940s by sexologist/entomologist (student of insects) Alfred Kinsey and his associates. Scholars like Dr. Judith Reisman and Edward Eichel have challenged Kinsey's research methodology as flawed (he used an unspecified percentage of ...read more

  • Learn When To Shut Up  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 15, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,878 views

    1) Learn when to Shut Up . It is commonly known in the world of advertising that the most successful ad campaigns don’t try to change people: they try to reflect how people are already feeling. Advertisers know that consumers won’t respond to an ad unless the ad is a response to them. This is why ...read more

  • A Newspaper Held A Competition To Find Out How ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 26, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,305 views

    A newspaper held a competition to find out how people would describe friendship. The winning answer was, “A friend is someone who’s walking in when everyone else is walking out.” You and I have a friend that will do that, a friend who will stick closer than a brother. Jesus said, “Surely I am ...read more

  • There Was A Lady That Broke Down In The Middle ...

    Contributed by Shane Rodriguez on Nov 8, 2004
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     | 8,191 views

    There was a lady that broke down in the middle of the desert. As she walked the heat beat down on her and her tongue swelled and her lips cracked from no water. She finally sat down and gave up from walking any further. Later she was found dead from lack of water. The sad thing is a mile north from ...read more

  • One Pleasant Surprise While In Mexico Last Month ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 10, 2004
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    One pleasant surprise while in Mexico last month was seeing a total lunar eclipse. It would have been nice to have had Rick’s telescope down there but most nights there was just too much light from the area to really see many stars. Yet, as the moon took on its orange glow from the shadow of the ...read more

  • Gregory Of Nanzianzus Captured The Mystery Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 14, 2005
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    Gregory of Nanzianzus captured the mystery of triune life using the image of dance (perichoresis)… The metaphor suggests moving around, making room, relating to one another without losing identity. The divine unity lies in the relationality of Persons, and the relationality is the nature of the ...read more

  • Discipleship Is Like The Generation Gap Between ...  PRO

    Contributed by Byron Maynard on Apr 22, 2005
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    "Discipleship is like the generation gap between parents and children: We often tell kids to grow up. They can’t grow up. They need mentoring. They can’t grow up because they’ve never been there before. We as parents, have been there. The goal is not for them to grow up but for us to become ...read more

  • So What Was It That Drove Thomas To Leave All He ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jan 30, 2004
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    So what was it that drove Thomas to leave all He knew and travel a vast distance and die for the cause? .He is often labeled doubting Thomas, but the evidence in India would suggest He doesn’t deserve this label. I had the privilege to go up to the point where he was murdered for the cause of ...read more

  • These Two Grand Mananers Took A Ferry Off The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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    These two Grand Mananers took a ferry off the island and went deep into the woods on the mainland, searching for a Christmas tree. After hours of subzero temperatures and a few close calls with hungry wolves, one Grand Mananer turned to the other and said, "I’m chopping down the next tree I ...read more

  • Dr. C. I. Scofield, The Eminent Bible Teacher, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
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    Dr. C. I. Scofield, the eminent Bible teacher, once attended a Bible Conference in New York City. The chairman called on another minister to pray. His prayer went something like this: “Oh, thou great and terrible God. great is thy majesty. A great distance separates us from Thee. Poor lost sinners ...read more

  • Clarence Jordan, Author Of The "Cotton Patch" New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
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    Clarence Jordan, author of the “Cotton Patch” New Testament translation and founder of the interracial Koinonia farm in Americus, Georgia, was getting a red-carpet tour of another minister’s church. With pride the minister pointed to the rich, imported pews and luxurious decoration. As they stepped ...read more

  • The Most Common Reasons Donors Discontinue ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    The most common reasons donors discontinue giving: · 53% Don’t have the money · 30% Don’t know how the money is used · 27% Don’t know the ministry accomplishments · 23% Ministry spends too much on fund raising · 22% Don’t understand the ministry’s purpose Of course every reason has a reason behind ...read more

  • Typical Religious Donors Are 40% Male And 60% ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Typical religious donors are 40% male and 60% female, compared to the general U.S. population that’s 49% male and 51% female. Often the type of ministry will influence this mix, e.g. child sponsorship organizations are 70% female while missionaries receive support from 60% males. Caucasians ...read more

  • Church Stats

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Church Stats: · 23.9% of Americans belonged to an evangelical denomination in ’65 compared to 25.4% in ’96. · In ’65, 27.2% belonged to a mainline denomination, in ’96 it was down to 22.1%. · Catholics have declined from 23.9% of the U.S. population in ‘65, to 21.8% in ’96. · In ’90, 65% of ...read more