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1. Production Mark-ups

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Staff

... mill were not meeting their production quota. He asked the foreman ...

2. Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (Long Version)

John 3:1-36

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Staff

... nuclear power plants. in the production of styrofoam. as a fire ... "junk-foods" and other food products. Companies dump waste DHMO into ... has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this ...

3. Number One on the List

Mt 6:31-34

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Brett Blair

... Bethlehem Steel to become more productive. Ivy Lee was brought in ... a couple months of outstanding production from his staff Schwab sent ... . It's a million dollar productivity approach for a lot of ...

4. It's Only Money

Luke 12:13-21

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John R. Steward

... had parents who were both products of the Great Depression shaped ...

5. Watered-down Versions of the Faith

Mark 16:1-20

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William A. Ritter

... ... and then delivering the finished product half-heartedly, as if apologizing ...

6. An Amazing Organization

Acts 2:1-21

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Russ Blowers

... everything and lives everywhere. Our product is free for the asking ...

7. Oh, No You Do Not

Luke 11:1-13

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... we desire is the finished product. Who among us would not ...

8. Three Kinds of Givers

Luke 12:13-21

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Keith Wagner

... to life; it is the product of the ongoing work and ...

9. Athanasian Creed

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Brett Blair

... write it. It was the product of the church of his ...

10. Teaches One Thing, Practices Another

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Francis Schaeffer

... element enters into the final product. The result is music that ...

11. Life's Intermission

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Robert Jeffress

... and second half of a production. In life, intermission is that ...

12. No! I am not a virgin!

Matthew 1:18-25

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John Thomas Randolph

... it, Jesus is not the product of human evolution, the highest ... race, but he is the product of the intervention of a ...

13. Decisions Based on Integrity

Matthew 21:23-32

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Keith Wagner

... , his family business sold tobacco products. On that day, Thomas, his ... cigars, snuff, and pipe-tobacco products and piled them in the ...

14. The Truest Beauty

John 1:43-51

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Keith Wagner

A successful beauty product company asked the people in ... show the world that our products aren't necessary to be ...

15. Tacky Messages in Choir

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Staff

... was initially skeptical about the product's profitability, but in 1980 ... , the product was introduced around the world ...

16. Slowing Down America

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Staff

... that would slow down the productivity advances in the U.S ... machine that would cut American productivity by one third. After two ...

17. Why Bother?

Mark 10:46-52

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... he lives a fruitful and productive life. No matter where he ...

18. The Weaver

John 18:28-40

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... must come and see this production Sunday evening, John," said Karenza ...

19. Reach Out

Mark 5:21-43

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Harold H. Lentz

... became one of the most productive and famous scientists of all ...

20. Growing in Our Environment

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Bill Bouknight

... your mind on,’ then our production soars.

21. Motorcycle Churches

Matthew 14:22-36

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King Duncan

... began to talk about his product. He talked about speed, acceleration ...

22. When Our Only Measure Is Fairness

Matthew 20:1-16

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Joel D. Kline

... to discover that the most productive part of the garden was ...

23. Planting the Seeds

Jn 1:1-18; Mt 11:1-19

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Brett Blair

... don't get the finished product?" "No, this is a place ...

24. Two Kinds of People in This World

Mark 1: 21-28

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... wind is nothing but the product of the movement of the ...

25. Jesus Christ Marked Down 50%

Mark 1: 21-28

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Staff

... Swindoll tells about a commercial product put out by one of ...

26. When a Grain of Wheat Falls - Sermon Starter

John 12:20-36

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Brett Blair

... cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water. All ...

27. Put Everything You Have Into It

Mark 10:1-12

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Donald B. Strobe

... have into it during your productive life, and over the years ...

28. We Want to Be in Charge

Luke 9:57-62

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Maurice A. Fetty

... from him as a safe product. Unable to keep up with ...

29. A Change in Posture

John 1:29-42

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King Duncan

... he gazed upon the finished product with great satisfaction. It was ...

30. Blessed Are the Cheese Makers

Matthew 5:1-12

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Brett Blair

... to any manufacturers of dairy products. Trouble: See. If you hadn ...

31. God Is Good, Life Isn’t Fair

Matthew 20:1-16

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Johnny Dean

... you work and the more productive you are, the more you ...

32. Cheating Spouse Statistics

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... % of all children are the product of infidelity. Infidelity is becoming ...

33. A Life of Despair

Mt 5:1-12; 22:36-40; Deut 30:11-20

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Brett Blair

... . Combination of education with industrial production. What is there left to ...

34. Nickel and Dime Fortunes

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... of the oldest items. Every product was priced at ten cents ...

35. Faces to the Coal

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Don McCullough

... , England needed to increase its production of coal. Winston Churchill called ...

36. Preparing the Soil for Unexpected Good

John 12:20-36

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Charles Hoffacker

... of the heavens! And the products of it all will be ...

37. God Gives The Increase

1 Cor 3:6–7

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Michael P. Green

... in Iowa. It reported that production of a hundred bushels of ...

38. Life's A Cake Mix

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Michael P. Green

... to produce a delicious final product. God can be trusted to ...

39. Tell Someone Else, My Brothers

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Editor James S. Hewett

... by hand to increase the productivity. If you would care for ...

40. Mirror Image of God

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Editor James S. Hewett

... swords in tools of useful productivity and our spears into peaceful ...

41. Commercial Communication

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Neill Postman

... child. These commercials are about products only in the sense that ...

42. Truth In Advertising

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Jerry Della Femina

Advertising deals in open sores…Fear. Greed. Anger. Hostility. You name the dwarfs and we play on every one. We play on all the emotions and on all the problems, from not getting ahead…to the desire to be one of the crowd. Everyone has a button. If enough people have the same button, you have a successful ad and a successful product.

43. Mystery of the Peanut

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Rackham Holt

George Washington Carver, the scientist who developed hundreds of useful products from the peanut: "When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That knowledge is reserved for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well, George, that's more nearly your size.' And he told me."

44. The Coffee Break

Matthew 20:1-16

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Brett Blair

... work breaks and overnight their productivity and efficiency goes up, quality ... ? Because it contributes mightily to productivity. The coffee break may seem ...

45. A Vision For The Future

Isaiah 65:17-25

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Richard A. Jensen

... of our denomination and a product of one of our church ...

46. Rethink the Market

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... : "The customer never buys a product. By definition, the customer buys ... no markets for products only markets for what products can do. In ... customer needs; We must design products to meet specific needs; We ... must redesign products as needs change; We must ... delete products that no longer meet customer ...

47. Labor Day

Mark 9:14-32

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King Duncan

... fatigue and monotony had on productivity. He stumbled onto a motivation ... conditions didn't adversely affect production. Instead, it kept going up ... and loyalty. That explained why production levels rose even when rest ...

48. Life Can Be Dangerous

Ephesians 5:15-20

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Coyote and all the Acme products he bought, may be the ... so many warning labels on products toady. Warning labels point to ... that warning label on their product. There are a couple of ...

49. Genes of Joash

2 Kings 12:1-21

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Larry Powell

... suggest that Joash was the product of bad genes. There is ... hold that Joash was the product of his environment, doing well ...

50. Waiting Is an Opportunity

Mark 13:24-37

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Keith Wagner

... waiting time with being non-productive. Waiting does not have to ... . Our society has become so production focused that we have lost ...

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1. Production Mark-ups

Illustration

Staff

... mill were not meeting their production quota. He asked the foreman ...

2. Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (Long Version)

John 3:1-36

Illustration

Staff

3. Number One on the List

Mt 6:31-34

Illustration

Brett Blair

4. It's Only Money

Luke 12:13-21

Illustration

John R. Steward

... had parents who were both products of the Great Depression shaped ...

5. Watered-down Versions of the Faith

Mark 16:1-20

Illustration

William A. Ritter

... ... and then delivering the finished product half-heartedly, as if apologizing ...

6. An Amazing Organization

Acts 2:1-21

Illustration

Russ Blowers

... everything and lives everywhere. Our product is free for the asking ...

7. Oh, No You Do Not

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

... we desire is the finished product. Who among us would not ...

8. Three Kinds of Givers

Luke 12:13-21

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... to life; it is the product of the ongoing work and ...

9. Athanasian Creed

Illustration

Brett Blair

... write it. It was the product of the church of his ...

10. Teaches One Thing, Practices Another

Illustration

Francis Schaeffer

... element enters into the final product. The result is music that ...

11. Life's Intermission

Illustration

Robert Jeffress

... and second half of a production. In life, intermission is that ...

12. No! I am not a virgin!

Matthew 1:18-25

Illustration

John Thomas Randolph

... it, Jesus is not the product of human evolution, the highest ... race, but he is the product of the intervention of a ...

13. Decisions Based on Integrity

Matthew 21:23-32

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... , his family business sold tobacco products. On that day, Thomas, his ... cigars, snuff, and pipe-tobacco products and piled them in the ...

14. The Truest Beauty

John 1:43-51

Illustration

Keith Wagner

A successful beauty product company asked the people in ... show the world that our products aren't necessary to be ...

15. Tacky Messages in Choir

Illustration

Staff

... was initially skeptical about the product's profitability, but in 1980 ... , the product was introduced around the world ...

16. Slowing Down America

Illustration

Staff

... that would slow down the productivity advances in the U.S ... machine that would cut American productivity by one third. After two ...

17. Why Bother?

Mark 10:46-52

Illustration

... he lives a fruitful and productive life. No matter where he ...

18. The Weaver

John 18:28-40

Illustration

... must come and see this production Sunday evening, John," said Karenza ...

19. Reach Out

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

Harold H. Lentz

... became one of the most productive and famous scientists of all ...

20. Growing in Our Environment

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... your mind on,’ then our production soars.

21. Motorcycle Churches

Matthew 14:22-36

Illustration

King Duncan

... began to talk about his product. He talked about speed, acceleration ...

22. When Our Only Measure Is Fairness

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

Joel D. Kline

... to discover that the most productive part of the garden was ...

23. Planting the Seeds

Jn 1:1-18; Mt 11:1-19

Illustration

Brett Blair

... don't get the finished product?" "No, this is a place ...

24. Two Kinds of People in This World

Mark 1: 21-28

Illustration

... wind is nothing but the product of the movement of the ...

25. Jesus Christ Marked Down 50%

Mark 1: 21-28

Illustration

Staff

... Swindoll tells about a commercial product put out by one of ...

26. When a Grain of Wheat Falls - Sermon Starter

John 12:20-36

Illustration

Brett Blair

... cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water. All ...

27. Put Everything You Have Into It

Mark 10:1-12

Illustration

Donald B. Strobe

... have into it during your productive life, and over the years ...

28. We Want to Be in Charge

Luke 9:57-62

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

... from him as a safe product. Unable to keep up with ...

29. A Change in Posture

John 1:29-42

Illustration

King Duncan

... he gazed upon the finished product with great satisfaction. It was ...

30. Blessed Are the Cheese Makers

Matthew 5:1-12

Illustration

Brett Blair

... to any manufacturers of dairy products. Trouble: See. If you hadn ...

31. God Is Good, Life Isn’t Fair

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

Johnny Dean

... you work and the more productive you are, the more you ...

32. Cheating Spouse Statistics

Illustration

... % of all children are the product of infidelity. Infidelity is becoming ...

33. A Life of Despair

Mt 5:1-12; 22:36-40; Deut 30:11-20

Illustration

Brett Blair

... . Combination of education with industrial production. What is there left to ...

34. Nickel and Dime Fortunes

Illustration

... of the oldest items. Every product was priced at ten cents ...

35. Faces to the Coal

Illustration

Don McCullough

... , England needed to increase its production of coal. Winston Churchill called ...

36. Preparing the Soil for Unexpected Good

John 12:20-36

Illustration

Charles Hoffacker

... of the heavens! And the products of it all will be ...

37. God Gives The Increase

1 Cor 3:6–7

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... in Iowa. It reported that production of a hundred bushels of ...

38. Life's A Cake Mix

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... to produce a delicious final product. God can be trusted to ...

39. Tell Someone Else, My Brothers

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... by hand to increase the productivity. If you would care for ...

40. Mirror Image of God

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... swords in tools of useful productivity and our spears into peaceful ...

41. Commercial Communication

Illustration

Neill Postman

... child. These commercials are about products only in the sense that ...

42. Truth In Advertising

Illustration

Jerry Della Femina

43. Mystery of the Peanut

Illustration

Rackham Holt

44. The Coffee Break

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

Brett Blair

... work breaks and overnight their productivity and efficiency goes up, quality ... ? Because it contributes mightily to productivity. The coffee break may seem ...

45. A Vision For The Future

Isaiah 65:17-25

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... of our denomination and a product of one of our church ...

46. Rethink the Market

Illustration

47. Labor Day

Mark 9:14-32

Illustration

King Duncan

48. Life Can Be Dangerous

Ephesians 5:15-20

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

49. Genes of Joash

2 Kings 12:1-21

Illustration

Larry Powell

... suggest that Joash was the product of bad genes. There is ... hold that Joash was the product of his environment, doing well ...

50. Waiting Is an Opportunity

Mark 13:24-37

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... waiting time with being non-productive. Waiting does not have to ... . Our society has become so production focused that we have lost ...

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