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  • In The Effects Of Divorce On America By Patrick ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
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    In The Effects of Divorce on America by Patrick F. Fagan and Robert Rector, we are told that American society may have erased the stigma that once accompanied divorce, but it can no longer ignore its massive effects. As social scientists track successive generations of American children whose ...read more

  • A Disease Struck A Certain Section Of Africa. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 10, 2005
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     | 1,689 views

    A disease struck a certain section of Africa. This sickness is caused by the bits of the tsetse fly, which lives in the dense forest. Many natives succumbed to it and some died. The Belgian government sent in a remedy for the sickness. Missionary doctors were sent to the villages to give this ...read more

  • So, Whose Job Is It? According To A Kaiser ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,389 views

    So, Whose Job Is It? According to a Kaiser Foundation study, “94% of parents want teachers to be the ones to discuss the pressures and consequences of having sex.” Another ‘99 study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that 50% of all teens say “they still trust their parents for the most ...read more

  • According To A Recent Survey, 70% Of Adult ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Sep 16, 2006
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     | 1,315 views

    According to a recent survey, 70% of adult American Christians believe there are no moral or ethical absolutes that apply to everyone. In other words most Christian adults have been poisoned by the drug of moral relativism. Most Christians have joined the non-Christian culture and believe we set ...read more

  • In The Movie Pearl Harbor There Is A Scene That ...

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Nov 12, 2006
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    In the movie Pearl Harbor there is a scene that demonstrates this Two friends Rafe and Danny are airforce pilots. Rafe’s plane crashes and then he is shot at by some Japanese soldiers. In order to save Rafe’s life….Danny crashes his plane into the Japanese soldiers. Which results in Danny ...read more

  • There Is No Substitute Or Shortcut To Gain The ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Dec 15, 2006
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    There is no substitute or shortcut to gain the measure of God you desire in your life. Time before God in His presence releases the store house of heaven that is full of blessings and opens the flood gate of revelation you desire! Intimacy with the living God is the hall mark of every great man or ...read more

  • You May Give Them Your Love But Not Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,540 views

    "You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, ...read more

  • Asking The Tough Questions Is Good Medicine! ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 11, 2007
     | 1,419 views

    Asking the tough questions is good medicine! James L. Mays, Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation at Union Theological Seminar in Virginia talks about how “Christians who live in a world that constantly raises the question ‘Where is your God’ {shows} the real nature of our ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Said, "He Who Is Alone With ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 19, 2007
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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone.” In fact he goes on to say, “The pious fellowship permits no one to be a sinner. So everyone must conceal his sin from himself and from their fellowship. We dare not be sinners. Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when ...read more

  • There Was A Man In The Same Church I Mentioned ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
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    There was a man in the same church I mentioned earlier, his name was Ed. When I knew Ed, he was approaching 100 years old. He was a navy veteran of World War I. He actually lived to be 101, born in the year 1900. I asked Ed, "Sir, what is the greatest thing ...read more

  • A Young Pastor Put Much Effort Into His Sermons ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
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    A young pastor put much effort into his sermons and ministry. He found some success and his ministry grew and people applauded his efforts. But all the while, his family struggled spiritually and his neighbors’ lives were falling apart. After several years, he finally realized that he had missed ...read more

  • Researcher George Barna In 2006 Asked Pastors ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Crowson on Mar 23, 2008
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    Researcher George Barna in 2006 asked pastors what they thought was the number 1 priority in the lives of their congregations. Pastors responded that 70% of their peoples #1 priority was their walk w/God. Keep in mind that Barna is asking pastors about people who regularly attend worship. When ...read more

  • It's Amazing To Think That The Creator Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    It’s amazing to think that the creator of the heavens and the earth wants to have a personal relationship with me! As Stuart Hamlin wrote: “How big is God? How big and wide his vast domain? To try and tell, these lips can only start. He’s big enough to rule this mighty universe; ...read more

  • Computers And Spouses Today 8 In 10 Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Computers and Spouses Today 8 in 10 Americans are more dependent on their computers than 3 years ago, claims a Kelton Research study. 65% of consumers are spending more time with a computer than with their spouse. “As computers become increasingly pervasive in our lives, our relationships with them ...read more

  • While Fewer Canadians Are Getting Married, It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    While fewer Canadians are getting married, it remains the single most common foundation on which Canadians build a family. According to the ’06 census, there is a married couple living in nearly 70% of all families. Even so, common-law and same-sex couples are on the rise, with the number of ...read more

  • One Sunday In Church, Members Were Praising The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 12, 2008
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    One Sunday in church, members were praising the Lord for what he had done in their lives that week. Mr. Segault had said that the roof of his house had caught on fire, but fortunately, a neighbor had seen it, and the possible disaster was averted with only minor damage. A minute ...read more

  • In Our Own Day The Dramatic Turnaround In The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 8, 2008
     | 1,347 views

    In our own day the dramatic turnaround in the life of such a person as Charles Colson can only be explained by a divine intervention from above. While many were at first wary of Colson’s “born-again” experience, no objective observer, not even his detractors, can gainsay the sincerity of his ...read more

  • Larger Families, Longer Lifespan

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,527 views

    LARGER FAMILIES, LONGER LIFESPAN A 2006 Univ. of Maryland study of Amish in Lancaster, PA found that men born between 1749 and 1912 who lived 50 or more years averaged 0.23 more years of life per additional child. Women from the same period averaged ...read more

  • One Professor Of Church History Gave This ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
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    One Professor of Church History gave this analysis. I think a reason some men "hate going to church" is, ironically enough, that many churches have failed to preach the Gospel. I don’t mean the Gospel of "Jesus dying for my sins." I mean the Gospel of God’s invasion into the ...read more

  • Two Men Once Robbed A Jewelry Store. One Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,165 views

    Two men once robbed a jewelry store. One was a lawyer and other was a high-school dropout. After being arrested, convicted and sentence, the lawyer received a ten-year imprisonment. The dropout received three years. The counselors for the lawyer protested the harsh judgment and the disparity of ...read more

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