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  • Generation X Marketing Advice: Following Are Key ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Generation X Marketing Advice: Following are key points drawn from the Generation X Parents: From Grunge to Grown Up. (1) They want value and permanence, being such a rare commodity sells even better. (2) Gen Xers want “quantity time” with their kids. (3) If an Xer thinks you’re offering a great ...read more

  • More Millionaires: There Were An Estimated 7.7 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    More Millionaires: There were an estimated 7.7 million millionaires in the world at the end of ‘03, 500,000 more than at the end of ‘02, as stock markets and economic growth picked up and the rich took more risks with their cash. These wealthy individuals saw their riches increase 7.7% to $28.8 ...read more

  • The Suit Is Back, And America's Boardrooms And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    The Suit Is Back, and America’s boardrooms and bars are looking smart again. Retailers are crazy about the trend because it also is helping to beef up men’s apparel sales. Sales of men’s tailored clothing surged 19% from January to June this year, after falling 11% in ’03 when total men’s apparel ...read more

  • Companionship Can Literally Add Years To Your ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Companionship can literally add years to your life. Stephen W. Smith references the following from The Wall Street Journal in his Life and Legacy Conversations. In a study of men and women over age 65, those who had more friends had a lower risk of health problems and recovered faster when they did ...read more

  • Living Longer: In 1900, A Newborn American Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Living Longer: In 1900, a newborn American could expect to live 47.3 years; in ‘50, life expectancy was 68.2. Overall life expectancy in the U.S. in ‘01, however, was 77.2 years, up 4 months from ‘00, when it was 76.9. In ’01 women had a life expectancy of more than 5 years longer than men—79.8 ...read more

  • A Large Majority Of Men--Married And Single--Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    A large majority of men--married and single--say they wouldn’t have an affair, even if they were certain their loved one would never find out, says a Gallup poll commissioned by Self magazine, in the June (1992) issue. Of 500 men surveyed, 67% of married men and 60% of unmarried men say an affair ...read more

  • Half Of Americans In A Recent Poll Said They Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Half of Americans in a recent poll said they or their family members have suffered from depression, 46% considered it a health problem, and 43% saw it as a "sign of personal or emotional weakness," according to the National Mental Health Association. Other topics measured included alcoholism (seen ...read more

  • What Will Your Heritage Be?  PRO

    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 ...read more

  • Families In Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2006
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    Bobby Eklund states: 1. Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • Religion Switch 72% Of Americans Have Maintained ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    Religion Switch 72% of Americans have maintained the same religious preference throughout their life. 15% have changed from one religious preference to another. 10% moved away from religion altogether. American’s have a relatively stable religious identity. Yet, the most common reasons for changing ...read more

  • Arthur Custance Writes: "It Is A Curious Fact ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
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    Arthur Custance writes: “It is a curious fact that demons were notable for their physical strength, and it is also a curious fact that they had for some reason a fear of water. The instance of the Gadarene swine could conceivably be a case where the Lord permitted the evil spirit to enter animal ...read more

  • Even Scientists Are Stumped By There Own Response ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
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    Even scientists are stumped by there own response to what is infallible proof¡ Science says if there is any such thing as infallible proof, it is the repetition of the same experiment. Jesus rose from the dead, and Mary Magdalene encountered him¡ experiment one. The women encountered him¡ ...read more

  • According To Abc News, "Stressful ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
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    ILLUSTRATION: According to ABC News, “Stressful is perhaps the best way to sum up the last year of Ken Lay’s life. In May the former CEO of the Enron Corp. was convicted of defrauding investors and employees by repeatedly lying about Enron’s finances. He was expected to receive a long jail ...read more

  • Steve Winger From Lubbock, Texas, Writes About ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
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    Steve Winger from Lubbock, Texas, writes about his last college test-a final in a logic class known for its difficult exams: “To help us on our test, the professor told us we could bring as much information to the exam as we could fit on a piece of notebook paper. Most students crammed as many ...read more

  • Religion Switch 72% Of Americans Have Maintained ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Religion Switch 72% of Americans have maintained the same religious preference throughout their life. 15% have changed from one religious preference to another. 10% moved away from religion altogether. American’s have a relatively stable religious identity. Yet, the most common reasons for changing ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    ON HUMILITY The moderator of a Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia, gave J. Hudson Taylor a flattering introduction. When the founder of the China Inland Mission stepped into the pulpit, he quietly said, "Dear friends, I am a little servant of an illustrious Master." The late A. W. Tozer ...read more

  • A Church's Mission Drives Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    A CHURCH’S MISSION DRIVES ITS MORALE John Polak in his book, The Future in Past Tense, says: "A study of the history of the people of God reveals an interesting fact--the wellbeing of the believing community was directly proportional to their obedience to God’s mission for them. When the people of ...read more

  • Divorce Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DIVORCE ACCEPTED A record 70% of Americans believe divorce is morally acceptable (up 59% from ’00), finds Gallup’s ’08 Values and Beliefs Survey. Marriage Savers’ Mike McManus says, “Since 1970, that’s 42 million divorces, shattering the lives of 40 million children. We have the highest divorce ...read more

  • Rich Landowner Learns That God Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Rich Landowner Learns that God Owns Everything The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. ...read more

  • Bill Hybels On Prayer As An Unnatural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Bill Hybels on Prayer as an Unnatural Activity Bill Hybels begins his book Too Busy Not to Pray with these words: “Prayer is an unnatural activity. From birth we have been learning the rules of self reliance and self sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of such deep seated values…. It is an ...read more