Synonyms: successful, effectual, efficacious, productive, constructive, fruitful, functional, potent, powerful, convincing, compelling, strong, forceful, forcible, weighty, plausible, sound, valid, well founded, telling, operative, in force, in effect, in operation, official, signed and sealed, virtual, practical, essential, actual, implied, implicit, unacknowledged, tacit
Antonyms: ineffective, weak, invalid, theoretical, ineffectual, useless, inefficient, worthless, unproductive, futile, unsuccessful, fruitless, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, abortive, vain, powerless, pointless, inept, unavailing, inefficacious, unable, incapable
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51. Satan's Board Meeting
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King Duncan
... judged to be much more effective. “Tell them there is no ... with Christ. Satan’s most effective tool--tell them there is ...
52. First Hand
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Michael B. Brown
... London, he maintained a particularly effective ministry to the entire community ...
53. Real Evangelism
Luke 10:1-20; Matt 9:35-10:8-23; Mark 6:1-13
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Staff
... we are going to be effective in reaching people for Christ ...
54. Our Midian Moment
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Staff
... burning bush God said, in effect, "Moses, don't give up ...
55. Healthy Are the Poor In Spirit
Matthew 5:1-12
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... psychiatrist was concerned about the effects off urban stress. Finally, Dr ...
56. Tutu's Tolerance
Matthew 4:1-11
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Thomas Long
... ." What he was saying, in effect, is that Tutu knows who ...
57. Why Did The Cheering Stop? - Sermon Starter
Matthew 21:1-11
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Brett Blair
... shouting Hosanna they were in effect saying “Save us now” Jesus ...
58. Building According to Code - Sermon Starter
Matthew 7:21-29
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Brett Blair
... are to have any genuine effect in our lives we must ...
59. Best Advice
Matthew 7:24-29
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Brett Blair
... has observed it. The most effective leaders, CEO's and head ...
60. We Thought You Said Daddy!
Ephesians 6:1-4
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... the following story about the effect that one father had on ...
61. The Burden Bearing Christ - Sermon Starter
Matthew 11:1-19
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Brett Blair
... thought. He who would be effective must first be free from ...
62. Coasting Along?
Matthew 14:22-33
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Leonard Sweet
... . One popular but not terribly effective scheme was to tuck your ...
63. Preparedness
Matthew 25:1-13
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John Wesley was asked what he would do if he knew his Lord would return at that time the next day. He said in effect, "I would go to bed and go to sleep; wake up in the morning, and go on with my work, for I would want Him to find me doing what he had appointed."
64. Second Coming
Matt 25:1-13; Rev 22
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R. Geoffrey Brown
... all about us, and the effect is one of an incomparable ...
65. Keep Your Head Right
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Stephen Brown
... can handle our distress more effectively.
66. Astonishing! - Sermon Starter
Mark 1:21-28
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Brett Blair
... could show the terrible ravaging effects of AIDS and people will ...
67. Greeks Seek Wisdom Not A Savior
John 12:20-36
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Brett Blair
... is Passion Week and, in effect says, the time for debating ...
68. Taking Offense & The Market Place
Mark 6:1-6
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Will Willimon
... only as a means to effect your simultaneous, previous or latest ...
69. Full Devotion
John 6:51-58
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Edwin D. Peterman
... were adopted and put into effect in December of 1791. The ...
70. Maintenance or Mission
Mark 10:35-45
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Brian Stoffregen
... congregation: 1. In measuring the effectiveness, the maintenance congregation asks, "How ...
71. Change in One’s Life
Luke 3:7-18
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... Christmas season will have an effect on the way that you ...
72. The Spilled Milk Experiment
Lk 2:41-52
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King Duncan
... failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle ...
73. Our Chaotic Life
Luke 13:1-9
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Staff
This notice appeared in the window of a coat store in Nottingham, England: "We have been established for over 100 years and have been pleasing and displeasing customers ever since. We have made money and lost money, suffered the effects of coal nationalization, coat rationing, government control and bad payers. We have been cussed and discussed, messed about, lied to, held up, robbed and swindled. The only reason we stay in business is to see what happens next."
74. Drawn to God
Jn 17:20-26
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King Duncan
... . Someone asked him about the effect of television on politicians. White ...
75. Shaped by the Winds of God
Acts 2:1-13
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David R. Cartwright
... director told me about the effect God's Wind has on ...
76. Who God Is
John 16:12-15
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Luke Bouman
... . The student wrote to the effect that the assignment was not ...
77. William Barclay on the Rich Fool
Luke 12:13-21
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William Barclay
... way. Note: It would be effective to read the parable once ...
78. The Seeds of Discouragement
Luke 17:11-19
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Keith Wagner
... replied, "Because they are so effective and they take root so ...
79. God Knows What I Need
Luke 18:1-8
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Stephen M. Crotts
... , we shall find. Note: An effective and humorous thing to add ...
80. Three Secrets of a Life Well Lived - Sermon Starter
2 Tim 3:10 - 4:8
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Brett Blair
... could not possible be an effective pastor let alone be accepted ...
81. I Shall Not Rush
Matt. 24:36-44; Luke 2:1-20; Psalm 23
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Kathryn Spink
... energy overflows Truly harmony and effectiveness shall be the fruits of ...
82. Coming Back a Saint
John 20:1-9
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... him, but they had in effect written him out of their ...
83. No Seagulls Came
Matt 11:1-19; Rom 8:28-39
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William B. Oglesby
... its a spiritual cause and effect; if only we had ample ...
84. Rephrasing the Question
Matthew 22:15-22
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Tom Long
Homiletics professor and Matthew commentator Tom Long rephrases the Caesar and Tax question to Jesus like this. "In effect," he writes, the opponents of Jesus ask, "Are you a foolish, uncompromising revolutionary whose allegiance to the kingdom of heaven is actually a political revolution in disguise, or are you a smooth-talking street preacher who stirs up people with glib talk of God's majesty but who underneath advocates a get-along-go-along policy with the Roman, Gentile pigs?"
85. Saturate Your Heart
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James M. Gray
... that he could freely and effectively communicate it to others.
86. Warning: Preaching Fake Stories
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Brett Blair
... for centuries, for their oratory effect. We include this here as ...
87. Where Do I Start?
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Staff
... and which are someone elses. Effective leadership knows the difference.
88. A Distracting Crime
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... . Too late." How often this effective strategy is used by the ...
89. Taking the Fall
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Staff
... ! . . . The incident had a profound effect. . . The men began to treat ...
90. The Moral Character of God
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James Packer
... judgment must have a direct effect on our view of life ...
91. Floodlight Ministry
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James Packer
... floodlights are trained. The intended effect is to make it visible ...
92. One Act At Time
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Robert P. Dugan, Jr.
... leader whose courage and humble effectiveness results in his country's ...
93. Between Two Sentences
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Klyne Snodgrass
... lesser penalty had gone into effect eighteen days after Palmer's ...
94. Penthouse or Outhouse
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Charles Swindoll
... of the most gifted and effective quarterbacks to ever play the ...
95. Cardinal Rules
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Stuart Briscoe
... to do, but unfortunately the effect was somewhat marred when he ...
96. Dimes In Your Eyes
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Cedric Gowler
... in the wrong position, will effectively obscure our view.
97. A Balanced Approach
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Staff
... school football teams on the effects of steroids. They found that ...
98. A Pocket Prayer
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... the world that would so effectively help one to survive even ...
99. All In Twenty-Four Hours
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Arnold Bennett
... . Its right use, its most effective use, is a matter of ...
100. No Good Unless It's Used
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Staff
... still filthy. I wonder how effective soap is, after all!" The ...
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