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151. Persistent Attention

Mark 7:31-37

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Michael B. Brown

... 's presence and power most effectively not with eloquent words but ...

152. He Threw the Book at Them

Luke 4:21-30

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Will Willimon

... would have used a more effective rhetorical strategy, would have saved ...

153. Circuit Breakers

John 17:20-26

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Keith Wagner

... more we will be an effective church in the world.

154. Speaking for the Lord

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James Packer

... sinners to receive the reconciliation effected at Calvary, he was declaring ...

155. Healing with Laughter

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Staff

... hospital. Aware of the harmful effects that negative emotions can have ...

156. Inerrancy of Scripture

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Staff

... in 1987 clearly reveals the effects of this significant change of ...

157. From One Sufferer To Another

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Bob Greene

... didn't sugarcoat the side effects. They told Douglas he would ...

158. Regionally Arranged

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Staff

... , so he began seeking an effective way to arrange them. Initially ...

159. Symptoms of Groupthink

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Irving L. Janis

... stupid to put up an effective defense. Participants of groupthink, says ...

160. A Cheap Reputation

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Staff

... that seemed to affirm the effectiveness of this priority system by ...

161. Human Government

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Charles Colson

... where its laws are in effect. Paul commands us to pray ...

162. A Free Gift

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Robert Farrar Capon

... a fatted calf are, in effect, just so many permissions to ...

163. Freedom With Interest

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Douglas E. Moore

... the Emancipation Proclamation, to the effect that the slave was to ...

164. IQ Test in Heaven

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... organ transplant techniques and their effects on life expectancy. Can you ...

165. A Decision Over the Atlantic

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Warren Wiersbe

... too many ministries to be effective and therefore began to concentrate ...

166. It's God's Decision

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James Packer

... but when God said, in effect, "Now look, Moses, in order ...

167. Just a Little Insane

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Staff

... boss does. This is especially effective if your boss is of ...

168. Quittin' Meetings

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... . Sam's messages were very effective, and many people promised to ...

169. Placing Painless Pressure

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J. Reed

... he'll soon become so effective that some larger church will ...

170. Repentance and Salvation

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Oswald Chambers

... put the emphasis on the effect instead of on the cause ...

171. Care, Dare, Share, & Prayer

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S. Briscoe

... . Prayer: Don't discount the effectiveness of prayer in the preparation ...

172. The Typical Millionaire

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Zig Ziglar

... are at home, the more effective we are in our careers ...

173. A Speaker Who Can't Listen

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Staff

Kevin Murphy, in his book, Effective Speaking, tells of a speaker ...

174. Make Me Clean!

Mark 1:9-13

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King Duncan

... has come to you, in effect saying through her tears: ‘I ...

175. When You Are Wrongly Criticized

Mark 3:21

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Leonard Sweet

... personal attacks are the most effective way of swaying public opinion ...

176. Baptism Is Like a Wedding Ring

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Michael P. Green

... ring, it is such an effective symbol that it should never ...

177. Cell Division or Unity

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Michael P. Green

... , so that the body operates effectively as each cell gives itself ...

178. First, Get Their Attention

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Michael P. Green

... . For any communication to be effective, interest must first be awakened ...

179. Christ Brings Holiness

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Michael P. Green

... tends to have a dramatic effect on this life, not only ...

180. Loss of Hope is Deadly

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Michael P. Green

In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl, successor of Sigmund Freud at Vienna, argued that the “loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect on man.” As a result of his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, Frankl contended that when a man no longer possesses a motive for living, no future to look toward, he curls up in a corner and dies. “Any attempt to restore a man’s inner strength in camp,” he wrote, “had first to succeed in showing him some future goal.”

181. The Judas Goat

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Michael P. Green

... be good to do. In effect, we act like sheep. In ...

182. 80% Emotions

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Michael P. Green

The human personality is said to consist of roughly four-fifths emotions and one-fifth intellect. This means that our decisions are arrived at on the basis of 80 percent emotion and only 20 percent intellect. To engage in a confrontation, or even a discussion, without taking emotions into account is to be only 20 percent effective in your dealings with people.

183. Depart This Life Unwailed

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Michael P. Green

... that such conduct had the effect of nullifying his teaching on ...

184. The Bible Looks Forward

John 9:3

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Francis I. Anderson

Men seek an explanation of suffering in cause and effect. They look backward for a connection between prior sin and present suffering. The Bible looks forward in hope and seeks explanations, not so much in origins as in goals. The purpose of suffering is seen, not in its cause, but in its results. The man in John 9 was born blind so that the works of God could be displayed in him.

185. The Age of Elizabeth I

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John Richard Green

... . But far greater was the effect of the Bible on the ...

186. Sad but True

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Editor James S. Hewett

... hard for new leaders to effect any change at all, much ...

187. Edison's Tribute

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Thomas Edison

... all my life. The good effects of her early training I ...

188. Humor Is Job One

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Staff

A study was done at Harvard University to determine some of the major reasons for people being fired from their jobs. Their research revealed that a person is twice as likely to lose his/her job for an inability to deal effectively with people as he/she is to lose it for inability to do his/her work. So, humor could be the key to excelling at your job. Is this enough motivation to get you to laugh?

189. A Renewal of Faith

Matthew 28:16-20

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Mark Trotter

... "renewal" of his faith. The effect on him of the renewal ... of his faith is the effect it has on everybody. He ...

190. A Flattened 9 to 5 World

John 6:25-59

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Thomas H. Yorty

... who live in flattened, cause-effect world full of data and ... sorrow into tidy cause and effect formulas. When something terrible happens ...

191. Mental Strength

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... attitude has an almost unbelievable effect on his powers, both physical ... submit themselves to test the effect of mental suggestion on their ...

192. The Gravity of Sin

Romans 6:6

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Michael P. Green

... Romans 6:6? Consider the effect of gravity on a book ... is “stronger” than gravity’s effect on the book. For the ...

193. Bedside Manners

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Barbara Brown Taylor

... have a healing effect. “It had a bludgeoning effect, as people who ...

194. GARDENER

John 20:15

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Stephen Stewart

... compost. And it certainly was effective! The Hebrews also used their ...

195. MAGICIAN, SORCERER

Micah 5:12; Acts 8:9

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Stephen Stewart

... easily fooled. They achieve their effects by the skillful use of ...

196. PROPHET

Hebrews 11:32

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Stephen Stewart

... chooses the best and most effective medium at any one time ...

197. TENTMAKER

Acts 18:3

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Stephen Stewart

... it a striped or stippled effect, which was not unpleasing. New ...

198. Whispering the Lyrics

John 14:15-31

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Thomas Long

... the Holy Spirit is, in effect, to whisper the lyrics of ...

199. Evangelism Has Fallen on Hard Times

Luke 10:25-37

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Clovis G. Chappell

... that has lost its winsomeness [effectiveness]. Somehow on its journey from ...

200. Jesus, The Light of the World

John 1:3-9

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John H. Townsend

... gave passers-by the full effect of the window's story ...

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Showing 151 to 200 of 229 results

151. Persistent Attention

Mark 7:31-37

Illustration

Michael B. Brown

... 's presence and power most effectively not with eloquent words but ...

152. He Threw the Book at Them

Luke 4:21-30

Illustration

Will Willimon

... would have used a more effective rhetorical strategy, would have saved ...

153. Circuit Breakers

John 17:20-26

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... more we will be an effective church in the world.

154. Speaking for the Lord

Illustration

James Packer

... sinners to receive the reconciliation effected at Calvary, he was declaring ...

155. Healing with Laughter

Illustration

Staff

... hospital. Aware of the harmful effects that negative emotions can have ...

156. Inerrancy of Scripture

Illustration

Staff

... in 1987 clearly reveals the effects of this significant change of ...

157. From One Sufferer To Another

Illustration

Bob Greene

... didn't sugarcoat the side effects. They told Douglas he would ...

158. Regionally Arranged

Illustration

Staff

... , so he began seeking an effective way to arrange them. Initially ...

159. Symptoms of Groupthink

Illustration

Irving L. Janis

... stupid to put up an effective defense. Participants of groupthink, says ...

160. A Cheap Reputation

Illustration

Staff

... that seemed to affirm the effectiveness of this priority system by ...

161. Human Government

Illustration

Charles Colson

... where its laws are in effect. Paul commands us to pray ...

162. A Free Gift

Illustration

Robert Farrar Capon

... a fatted calf are, in effect, just so many permissions to ...

163. Freedom With Interest

Illustration

Douglas E. Moore

... the Emancipation Proclamation, to the effect that the slave was to ...

164. IQ Test in Heaven

Illustration

... organ transplant techniques and their effects on life expectancy. Can you ...

165. A Decision Over the Atlantic

Illustration

Warren Wiersbe

... too many ministries to be effective and therefore began to concentrate ...

166. It's God's Decision

Illustration

James Packer

... but when God said, in effect, "Now look, Moses, in order ...

167. Just a Little Insane

Illustration

Staff

... boss does. This is especially effective if your boss is of ...

168. Quittin' Meetings

Illustration

... . Sam's messages were very effective, and many people promised to ...

169. Placing Painless Pressure

Illustration

J. Reed

... he'll soon become so effective that some larger church will ...

170. Repentance and Salvation

Illustration

Oswald Chambers

... put the emphasis on the effect instead of on the cause ...

171. Care, Dare, Share, & Prayer

Illustration

S. Briscoe

... . Prayer: Don't discount the effectiveness of prayer in the preparation ...

172. The Typical Millionaire

Illustration

Zig Ziglar

... are at home, the more effective we are in our careers ...

173. A Speaker Who Can't Listen

Illustration

Staff

Kevin Murphy, in his book, Effective Speaking, tells of a speaker ...

174. Make Me Clean!

Mark 1:9-13

Illustration

King Duncan

... has come to you, in effect saying through her tears: ‘I ...

175. When You Are Wrongly Criticized

Mark 3:21

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... personal attacks are the most effective way of swaying public opinion ...

176. Baptism Is Like a Wedding Ring

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... ring, it is such an effective symbol that it should never ...

177. Cell Division or Unity

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... , so that the body operates effectively as each cell gives itself ...

178. First, Get Their Attention

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... . For any communication to be effective, interest must first be awakened ...

179. Christ Brings Holiness

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... tends to have a dramatic effect on this life, not only ...

180. Loss of Hope is Deadly

Illustration

Michael P. Green

181. The Judas Goat

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... be good to do. In effect, we act like sheep. In ...

182. 80% Emotions

Illustration

Michael P. Green

183. Depart This Life Unwailed

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... that such conduct had the effect of nullifying his teaching on ...

184. The Bible Looks Forward

John 9:3

Illustration

Francis I. Anderson

185. The Age of Elizabeth I

Illustration

John Richard Green

... . But far greater was the effect of the Bible on the ...

186. Sad but True

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... hard for new leaders to effect any change at all, much ...

187. Edison's Tribute

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Thomas Edison

... all my life. The good effects of her early training I ...

188. Humor Is Job One

Illustration

Staff

189. A Renewal of Faith

Matthew 28:16-20

Illustration

Mark Trotter

... "renewal" of his faith. The effect on him of the renewal ... of his faith is the effect it has on everybody. He ...

190. A Flattened 9 to 5 World

John 6:25-59

Illustration

Thomas H. Yorty

... who live in flattened, cause-effect world full of data and ... sorrow into tidy cause and effect formulas. When something terrible happens ...

191. Mental Strength

Illustration

... attitude has an almost unbelievable effect on his powers, both physical ... submit themselves to test the effect of mental suggestion on their ...

192. The Gravity of Sin

Romans 6:6

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... Romans 6:6? Consider the effect of gravity on a book ... is “stronger” than gravity’s effect on the book. For the ...

193. Bedside Manners

Illustration

Barbara Brown Taylor

... have a healing effect. “It had a bludgeoning effect, as people who ...

194. GARDENER

John 20:15

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... compost. And it certainly was effective! The Hebrews also used their ...

195. MAGICIAN, SORCERER

Micah 5:12; Acts 8:9

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... easily fooled. They achieve their effects by the skillful use of ...

196. PROPHET

Hebrews 11:32

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... chooses the best and most effective medium at any one time ...

197. TENTMAKER

Acts 18:3

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... it a striped or stippled effect, which was not unpleasing. New ...

198. Whispering the Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Thomas Long

... the Holy Spirit is, in effect, to whisper the lyrics of ...

199. Evangelism Has Fallen on Hard Times

Luke 10:25-37

Illustration

Clovis G. Chappell

... that has lost its winsomeness [effectiveness]. Somehow on its journey from ...

200. Jesus, The Light of the World

John 1:3-9

Illustration

John H. Townsend

... gave passers-by the full effect of the window's story ...

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