Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 28, 2008
RANDOM UNIVERSE
I had a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary who had an ongoing feud with a professor at another institution. My professor would argue that the universe is well thought out and therefore life is not random and so life has great meaning. His nemesis would argue the opposite,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2012
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A PEEK AT THE UNIVERSE
In 2004, scientists pointed the Hubble telescope at a blank-looking patch of sky near the Orion Constellation. The Hubble stayed focused on that spot for 400 orbits over 11 days. The patch of sky they were looking at is no bigger than a grain of sand held out at arm’s
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 29, 2002
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In 1947, a professor at the University of Chicago was scheduled to teach an advanced seminar in astrophysics. At the time he was living in Wisconsin, doing research. He planned to commute twice a week for the class, even though it would be held during the harsh winter months. Registration for
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 4, 2002
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A recent study by the University of Chicago showed couples who stay in an unhappy marriage and endure it are more likely to be happy 5 years later than those who decide to divorce. The study noted that even if no work is done on the marriage, ongoing problems were often viewed in new perspective
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*other
Contributed by Gary Bordelon on Sep 20, 2002
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Dallas Willard, professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Philosophy, offers this observation about the church - "By the middle of this [twentieth] century, [the church] had lost any recognized, reasonable, theologically and pychologically sound approach to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2003
A university English professor was new to the campus. He heard some students discussing a final test that was coming up. The students had a copy of the test in one of their sciences class. They were laughing because the science professor in this class used the same test every year that he had
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Contributed by Pat Herlitz on Jul 23, 2001
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“Slowly, through all the universe the temple of God is being built. And whenever, in any place, a soul by freewilled obedience, catches the fire of God’s likeness, it is set
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Matt Bombay on Apr 3, 2004
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The late Paul Hunsicker of the University of Michigan attempted to discover the answer to the question "What’s the toughest sport?" by taking 41 physical activities and gauging their demands in each of the following areas: coordination,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 30, 2003
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The existence of the universe requires me to conclude that God exists.—Robert A. Naumann, Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Princeton University* [Quoted in John Ankerberg and John Weldon’s Darwin’s
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Charismatic
Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 23, 2006
The Winter 1991 issue of the University of Pacific Review offers a chilling description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster: There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were "playing around" with the
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
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A University of Minnesota study on Motherhood released this week said moms should get $131,000 a year for what they do! When you add together all the different jobs they do it becomes obvious how valuable mothers are in our lives. Some reports say mothers do 17 different jobs while raising their
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2006
Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that 40% of Americans seek help from clergy for their mental-health needs. At the same time many denominations are encouraging their pastors to refer parishioners to professional psychotherapists to insulate them from the growing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2006
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Changing Researchers at the University of Chicago report that only 26% of American households are now comprised of married couples with children, compared to 45% in the early ‘70’s. Likewise, married couples with children under 18 living at home dropped from 50% to 36% over the same time span.
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The widest thing in the universe is not space; it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. And one of the world’s greatest tragedies is that we allow our
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 22, 2004
“Unmanufactured Tissue of the Universe!” Joshua 10: 12-15 Key verse(s): 13b: “The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
“What ‘cha doing?” The old man said to the young man as he sat lazily next to an old haystack at the side of the road. “Just killing a
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Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
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Bankruptcy: A study at Harvard University revealed these primary reasons for filing bankruptcy: Illness or Injury—28.3%, Uncovered medical bills—27%, Lost income because of illness—21.3%, Birth of a new family member—3%, Death
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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Everything in the universe is subject to change and everything
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary
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