Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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Lost Trust: Recent research by Yankelovich finds that the determining factor in building trust is the history and quality of interaction between consumer and marketer. They have found that 66% of American consumers agree with the following statement: “If the opportunity arises, most businesses will
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That the Son of God became incarnate, took on human flesh, became one like us, and came so close to us in such a friendly way is a great story. But if the story stopped there, that is all that it would be: a great story! There is more to this story, though. It is that it has a messenger and a
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Lutheran
Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jun 28, 2006
I am struck by an idea of G. K. Chesterton. We are unworthy to receive any gift at all from God, and we are unaware of our unworthiness until we realize that we are unworthy of even the gift of a dandelion. This weed we would like to remove from our yard grows naturally and completely
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
The Average Online Shopper is female, age 44, and has an annual household income of about $68,000 according to an eMarketer Inc. study. She has a college degree, is more inclined to use an advanced Internet connection, and spends more than $360 a year on various purchases.
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 31, 2007
The answer we give to the question probably says as much about who we are as it does about our knowledge of who Jesus is. We may find ourselves like the German philosopher Schleiermacher. He was sitting on a park bench when a policeman, thinking him to be a street person,
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 17, 2008
ILLUSTRATION
Andy Griffith Show.
Episode where a bully was taking Opie’s milk money.
Andy told him, there will be a lot of bully’s in the world; you have got to stand up to them.
He stood up to the bully, got a black eye, and lit into that bully like a
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
The difficulty some have in entering the doorway to the kingdom of God is like the experience of the boy who got his hand caught inside an expensive vase. His upset parents applied soapsuds and cooking oil without success.
When they seemed ready to break the vase as the only way to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 11, 2008
Bonnie Jones shares this story:
"I was in the express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the checkout line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward,
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 23, 2008
What we see urged in the NT is zeal, which is not quite the same as the fad word "passion" (which implies the necessity of emotional exuberance and is emotionally driven) or "urgency" (which implies a desperate God and is usually guilt driven). Zeal is a spiritually driven energy grounded in a
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 2, 2008
True story from Reader’s Digest:
Our surname, Stead, rhymes with bed, but people often say steed, like the horse. One day a business associate of mine came over to the house and was greeted by my mother.
"Is Mr. Steed in?" the woman asked.
"He’s Stead,"
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 21, 2008
A young ROTC Cadet was on a training exercise to look for the enemy along a road. The road had a bend in it so you could not see far without exposing himself to the enemy. The cadet climbed a tree to get a better view and was able to complete his mission successfully. Just like
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Robert Drake on Feb 21, 2009
ASHAMED OF MYSELF
A young man got up to give his testimony for Christ at a tent meeting. He was not very accustomed to speaking in public, and he stumbled over his words quite a bit. An atheist in the back of the crowd yelled, "You should be ashamed of yourself, standing up there and
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Baptist
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