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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Giving Americans donate $295 billion a year to charity, with just under a third of it ($97 bn.) to religious organizations. On average, Christians are giving ...read more
Scripture: Malachi 3:10
Tags: Giving General
HEROES AND ROLE-MODELS British adults were asked who they would want their children to look up to in an Opinion Research poll. Family members topped the list, followed by multi-millionaire entrepreneur and daredevil Richard Branson. Jesus Christ came in 3rd in the ...read more
Tags: Parenting
OLDER ADDICTS In 2005, 184,400 Americans who were admitted to drug treatment programs (roughly 10% of the total) were over 50, up from 143,000, (8%) in 2001. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration foresees 4.4 million older substance abusers by 2020 vs. 1.7 million in 2001. ...read more
Tags: Addiction
RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS By 2017, Americans will spend more than $4 trillion on healthcare, or $1 in every $5 dollars spent in the U.S. Healthcare spending is increasing at nearly three times the rate of inflation. In 2006, people and the government spent an ...read more
Tags: Money
TECHNOLOGY ANXIETY Disconnect Anxiety Solutions Research Group claims 27% of the population suffers increased levels of anxiety when separated from their cell phones or the Internet, and that a further 41% suffer ...read more
Tags: Technology
SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIONS 70% of American adults identify family or family members as their most significant connection. 33% gave their entire nuclear family this status while 22% conferred it up on their spouse and 17% their children. 29% of American adults say their church is their most ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 27:17, Proverbs 13:20
Tags: Friendship General
WHAT IS SIN? Sin, as defined by a new Ellison Research study, is something almost always considered wrong, particularly from a religious or moral perspective. Out the 30 behaviors studied, adultery was most often described as a sinful behavior by American respondents (81%). Next was racism (74%); ...read more
Scripture: Romans 3:9-20
Tags: Sin General
IN-FLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES The rate of medical emergencies aboard commercial flights nearly doubled from 2000 to 2006, from 19 to 35 per one million passengers. Analysts attribute increase to the rising number of older passengers and flights that go farther and last longer. Airline industry ...read more
Tags: Aging
LEADERSHIP CONFIDENCE LEVELS FALLING The 2008 Harris Poll of American leadership confidence has measured the confidence finds 15 of the 16 items listed show a fall in confidence from 2007. They are leadership in medicine down from 35% to 28%, the White House down 22% to 15% and small business ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:8
Tags: Leadership General
The 19th annual Christianity Today Book of the Year Awards went to: The Jesus Legend by Paul Rhodes Eddy and Gregory A. Boyd Resounding Truth by Jeremy S. Begbie Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament by G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson Caring for Mother by Virginia Stem Owens There Is ...read more
Tags: Books And Literature
PG PROFITS A Nielsen study finds PG-rated movies with less profanity made more money at U.S. box offices. The study cross-referenced box office figures for 400 films in wide release from the fall of 2005 to the fall of 2007. More parents are choosing PG films with extremely low levels of profanity ...read more
Tags: Television And Movies
READER GAP Those age 65 and older are nearly three times more likely than average to read the print edition of newspapers six times per week, while those age 18-24 are 38% more likely than average to NOT read a print ...read more
OPPOSITE PREFERENCES Canadian sociologists have found most men prefer pale, "innocent-looking" women, while women prefer dark, brooding types of men. Lighter-skinned women in all races are seen as the ideal because of a sub-conscious association with innocence, purity, modesty, virginity, ...read more
Tags: Men And Women
BELIEVERS HAPPIER People who believe in God are happier than agnostics or atheists, claim British researchers. They become even happier the more they pray and go to church. The report found religious people were better able to cope with disappointments such as unemployment or divorce than ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16
Tags: Happiness
SCREEN TIME A Canadian study reveals some teens spend as much time in front of a screen as it would take to work a full-time job. 52% of boys and 26% of girls report average total screen time of more than 42 hours ...read more
Tags: Youth
MULTI-TASKING YOUTH About 64% of U.S. teens go online while watching TV, and 49% do so from three times a week to several times a day, reports researcher Grunewald Associates LLC. 73% of TV-online multitasking kids are engaged in “active multitasking,” defined as content in one medium influencing ...read more
STDs RAMPANT More than three million girls aged 14 to 19 have an STD. A new Center for Disease Control and Prevention study finds at least one in four U.S. teen girls has a sexually transmitted disease. Pro-family groups say sex-ed programs and the morning after pill ...read more
Tags: Sexuality
CHURCH DROP-OUTS 70% of people who discontinue going to church in America do so between ages 18 and 22. Of those who attend college, 69% of active churchgoing youth stop attending church for at least a year between ages 18 and 22. Yet 71% of active churchgoing youth ...read more
EU IS NOW LARGEST ECONOMY The European Union has overtaken the U.S. as the world’s #1 economy due to the continued dramatic fall of the dollar, according to a Reuters report. The U.S. 2007 GDP is officially estimated at $13,843,800 billion compared with at 8,847,889 billion Euros for the 15 EU ...read more
75% of Americans identify colleagues from their church as the most important group or network in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-10
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