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  • Suppose You Were To Move Into A Large House In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2001
    based on 106 ratings
     | 1,096 views

    Suppose you were to move into a large house in San Francisco with a group of ten randomly selected homosexual men in their mid-thirties. According to the most recent research from scientific sources, whose authors are without exception either neutral or positive in their assessment of homosexual ...read more

  • Inmates 4 Times As Many Prisoners Are Released ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,372 views

    Inmates 4 times as many prisoners are released into society today as 20 years ago. An estimated 600,000 U.S. prisoners will be released in ’04 (over 1,600 are released daily). The Justice Bureau of Statistics estimates that 2 out of 3 released inmates were “rearrested within 3 years,” wreaking more ...read more

  • According To The National Highway Traffic Safety ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 5, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,510 views

    According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 6,390 young people ages 15-20 died in motor vehicle crashes in the year 2,000? Of them alcohol was involved in 2,339 deaths. And as related to drivers – 3,594 young drivers ages 15-20 died in motor vehicle crashes in 2,000 and of ...read more

  • 85% Of All Children That Exhibit Behavioral ...

    Contributed by Joshua Parrish on Jun 19, 2008
     | 2,553 views

    * 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. * 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. * 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. * 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless ...read more

  • The Next Time You Feel God Can't Use You....

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 4, 2014
     | 3,089 views

    Noah was a drunk. Abraham was too old. Isaac was a daydreamer. Jacob was a liar. Joseph was abused. Moses had a stuttering problem. Gideon was afraid. Sampson was a womanizer. Rahab was a prostitute. Jeremiah and Timothy were too young. David had an affair and was a murderer. Elijah was ...read more

  • Lives Molested: A New Study By The U.s. Centers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,273 views

    Lives Molested: A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprisingly discovered that 16% of adult men were sexually molested as children and that 38% of the perpetrators were female. 25% of adult women reported being molested, 94% of the time by males. Molestation victims ...read more

  • There Are Many People Today Who Are In Bondage ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 13, 2006
     | 1,838 views

    There are many people today who are in bondage to things they can no longer control. We hear about them every day. Keith Urban, the Country Music star who is married to Nicole Kidman, checked himself into a rehabilitation treatment center last week for alcohol abuse, and could not appear at the ...read more

  • Sometimes There Things That I React So Strongly ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 17, 2007
     | 1,323 views

    Sometimes there things that I react so strongly to not because there is a tendency in me but because I have strong emotional connection to the issue. The biggest example for me personally is sexual abuse of children. My parents were social workers in the child welfare system and even though I was ...read more

  • Traditional Family Is Alive Of The Nation's 73 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,252 views

    TRADITIONAL FAMILY IS ALIVE Of the nation's 73 million children, nearly 45 million (62%) live with their biological parents, according to the Census Bureau. Another 19 million live with their unmarried, biological mothers. Based on '04 surveys, the report also shows cohabiting families are on the ...read more

  • Traditional Family Is Alive

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,822 views

    TRADITIONAL FAMILY IS ALIVE Of the nation’s 73 million children, nearly 45 million (62%) live with their biological parents, according to the Census Bureau. Another 19 million live with their unmarried, biological mothers. Based on 2004 surveys, the report also shows cohabiting families are on the ...read more

  • The Jews Of Paul's Time, By And Large, Rejected ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 11, 2008
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    The Jews of Paul’s time, by and large, rejected the Son of God, and the covenant of faith. That’s why they revolted over and over against the Romans, who ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and scattered them all over the world. Here, Paul gets really cutting. He lumps the Jews who reject Christ ...read more

  • Alcohol Use

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
     | 1,603 views

    ALCOHOL USE According to MSNBC, “Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested Thursday. Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States ...read more

  • Forrest Gump: Sometimes There Aren't Enough ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 9, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,066 views

    FORREST GUMP: SOMETIMES THERE AREN'T ENOUGH ROCKS In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest has a lifetime friendship with Jenny. In one scene, when both of them are grown and Jenny is just beginning to retreat from her lifestyle of sex and drugs, they are walking down a dirt road. Soon they come to the ...read more

  • The Moral Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
     | 3,104 views

    THE MORAL BASIS OF GOVERNMENT Richard Halverson, present chaplain of the United States Senate, wrote: ``To be sure, men will abuse and misuse the institution of the State just as man because of sin has abused and misused every other institution in history including the Church of Jesus Christ, but ...read more

  • The Importance Of Really Living The Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jun 28, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
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    The importance of really living the Christian life is illustrated in the life of the famous author Mark Twain. Church leaders were largely to blame for his becoming hostile to the Bible and the Christian faith. As he grew up, he knew elders and deacons who owned slaves and abused them. He heard men ...read more

  • In The Movie "Forrest Gump", Toward The End, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 1 rating
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    In the movie "Forrest Gump", toward the end, Jenny goes back to her old home place that she grew up. As she & Forrest walk toward the house, she goes further & picks up rocks & throws them at the house. Eventually after breaking a window, she falls to the ground & Forrest comes & sets down on the ...read more

  • Ngisc Commissioner Richard C. Leone - June ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Mcclain on Jan 22, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 1,392 views

    NGISC Commissioner Richard C. Leone - June 2001: "In my view, state lotteries have paved the way for great increases in legalized gambling. They have promoted the notion of beating the odds, they have been able to advertise while others have not, and they have propagated the myth that gambling is ...read more

  • Bayless Was A Drug Addict. Bayless Grew Up In ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 20, 2008
     | 1,848 views

    Bayless was a drug addict. Bayless grew up in Southern California where, during his teenage years, he became involved in a lifestyle of drug and alcohol abuse. After years of searching for truth, and a number of near-death experiences, he found Jesus as his Savior when a 12-year-old boy shared the ...read more

  • They Need A Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,667 views

    THEY NEED A FATHER ... “almost 75 percent of American children living in fatherless households will experience poverty before the age of eleven, compared to only 20 percent of those raised by two parents. Children living in homes where fathers are absent are far more likely to be expelled from or ...read more

  • They Need A Father  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,300 views

    THEY NEED A FATHER ... “almost 75 percent of American children living in fatherless households will experience poverty before the age of eleven, compared to only 20 percent of those raised by two parents. Children living in homes where fathers are absent are far more likely to be expelled from or ...read more