Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004
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ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS
82: Percentage of women ages 40-44 who are mothers (down from
90% in 1976)
4 million: Number of women a year who become mothers (or about 40%
of all births in a year)
25.1: Average age of first-time mothers (a record high, up
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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WHAT WILL YOUR HERITAGE BE?
An investigation into the famed 18th
century revival preacher Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) showed that, of the 1,394
known descendants of Jonathan Edwards, 100 became preachers and missionaries,
100 lawyers, 80 public officials, 75 army and navy officers, 65
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2001
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Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live for ever, and this must either be true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am
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Contributed by Wayne Major on Jan 19, 2002
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On the southern coast of Italy, there is a harbor which is very treacherous and difficult to navigate, especially at night. But experienced seamen understand that there is a safe, proven method to steer the waters. There are three lighted buoys placed at intervals right in the middle of the
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Methodist
Contributed by Robert Massey on Mar 23, 2002
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Norma Jean was a person who appeared to have everything. The most famous men in the world courted her. Even presidents desired her. She made millions, her name was splashed across almost every newspaper in the country. Yet, she died from an overdose, and she choked to death on her own vomit,
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Church Of God
Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Aug 11, 2007
Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws":
Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.)
Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 7, 2007
Fact: Since 1900, the percentage of the world’s atheistic and non-religious peoples (agnostics, secularists, communists, and so on) has grown from 0.2 percent to 21.3 percent - in other words from less than one-fifth of one percent to over one fifth of the world’s population. This is the most
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2007
A little boy came to the Washington Monument and noticed a guard standing by it. “I want to but it.” “How much do you have?” asked the guard. “35 cents.” “You need to understand three things,” the guard explained. “First, 35 cents is not enough to purchase the monument; in fact, 35 million
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 27, 2008
She has used up husbands the way each of us uses up unsatisfactory water. We keep trying all these ways to cure our souls. We try this self-help book. We try that therapist. We try this drug. We try that drink. We try this husband. We try that wife. But, ultimately, we have no husband.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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IN THE 1980’S AND EARLY 1990’S, NIKE CORPORATION MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY MARKETING THE PHRASE “I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE.”
1. SPORTS AND NON-SPORTS FANS ALIKE NEW THAT “MIKE” WAS MICHAEL JORDAN, THE BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR FOR THE CHICAGO BULLS.
2. CHILDREN ACROSS AMERICA DREAMED OF BEING THE NEXT
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