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  • In September, 1985, The Camera-Equipped Argo ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2001
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    In September, 1985, the camera-equipped Argo robot submarine of the USA-France expedition photographed and confirmed the wreckage of the luxury liner Titanic resting 13,120 feet down on the Atlantic ocean floor. In its day, the Titanic was the world’s largest ship, weighing 46,328 tons, 882 1/2 ft ...read more

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  • Who Has Abortions?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WHO HAS ABORTIONS? Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 33 percent of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19 percent. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2 1/2 times as ...read more

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  • Promiscuity Statistics

    Contributed by Douglas Stull on Aug 31, 2011
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    PROMISCUITY STATISTICS Statistics show astronomical growth in sexual permissiveness and its attendant social problems in America since the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. Couples Living Together: YEAR TOTAL 2000 5,500,000 1997 4,000,000 1995 3,700,000 1990 ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Fewer Men In Church: In 1990, Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Fewer Men In Church: In 1990, church sociologist George Barna found that 40% of the men he polled had some kind of church relationship. That figure has now slipped to 26%. The situation is probably even worse than this data indicates. Many men are in church on Sunday only because their wives and ...read more

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  • Online Banking: 53 Million People, Or 44% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Online Banking: 53 million people, or 44% of internet users and 25% of all adults, say they now use online banking. This is a 47% increase over the number of Americans who were performing online banking in late ‘02. Of all the major internet activities tracked by the Project since its inaugural ...read more

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  • Home Schooling: Brian Ray, President Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Home Schooling: Brian Ray, President of the National Home Education Research Institute estimates 1 to 2 million children representing 2% to 4% of all U.S. school children are taught at home. 96% of colleges reported a steady or higher number of home-schooled applicants last year. In ’00 50% of U.S. ...read more

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  • When He Was An Attorney, Abraham Lincoln Was Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Doebler on Mar 11, 2003
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    When he was an attorney, Abraham Lincoln was once approached by a man who insisted on bringing a suit for $2.50 against poor debtor who couldn’t pay. Lincoln tried talk him out of it, but this man wanted his revenge. Finally, Lincoln took the case and charged the man legal fee of $10. Lincoln then ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • 1918-1919, A Fifth Of The Worlds Population Was ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
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    1918-1919, a fifth of the worlds population was infected with influenza. This pandemic killed 675K Americans, 10 times more than died in WWI (over 20M worldwide). Malaria now infects some 300 million people each year, killing at least 2 million children and adults. Two children die of malaria ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • G. Campbell Morgan On Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    G. Campbell Morgan says this about worship: "The word "worship" runs through the Bible, and the thought of worship is to be found from beginning to end. The thought of worship is the recognition of divine sufficiency, the recognition of our absolute dependence on the divine sufficiency, the ...read more

  • Money Raised Online For Many Nonprofit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Money Raised Online for many nonprofit organizations grew from virtually nothing only a few years ago to a median 27% increase an annual amount $362,485 from 7/1/05 to 6/30/06, according to a Convio study. Organizations with the most monthly unique Web site visitors built the largest e-mail ...read more

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  • Wal-Mart Net Sales ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WAL-MART NET SALES RISING Wal-Mart’s net sales for 2008 Q4 came in at $106.3 billion, an 8.3% jump over a year ago. Income from continuing operations for the quarter gained 4% to $4.1 billion. Same-store sales at its U.S. stores rose ...read more

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  • Mary Did You Know

    Contributed by Rev. Randy Barker on Apr 4, 2025
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    Mary did you know First choice Luke chapter 2:1-20 Second choice Matthew chapter 1: 18-25 1. I love Christmas but the reason why I love it has changed throughout the years!!! 2. Paul Harvey 3. Story of Bible (creation, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, the law, Christmas) 4. ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Prayer Is The Breath Of The Soul

    Contributed by Coz Von on Aug 27, 2017
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    I. INTRODUCTION A. Prayer is the breath of the soul B. Prayer is The most powerful force accessible to man. A lifting up our heart and soul to God: Ps 25:1; 143:8 Crying out to God: Ps 86:3 The breathing process of the Christian's soul. 5. A sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,348 views

    Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart’s sales were up 3% and Target’s up 5.1% during the ‘04 holidays, fewer U.S. households actually shopped there. A Leo J. Shapiro survey finds 54% of households shopped at Wal-Mart (down 2% from ‘03) and 36% at Target (down 7%). ...read more

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  • In The Late 70's Public School Teachers Polled.  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Moore on Mar 21, 2002
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    In the late 70’s Public school teachers polled. 1. Talking 2. Chewing Gum 3. Making Noise 4. Running In The Halls 5. Getting Out Of Place In Line 6. Wearing Improper Clothing 7. Not Putting Paper In The Waste Basket Early nineties 1. Drug Abuse 2. Alcohol Abuse 3. Pregnancy 4. Suicide ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Packaged Facts Reports African Americans In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,716 views

    Packaged Facts reports African Americans in the U.S. number 39 million and their buying power of $892 bn. is expected to exceed $1.1 trillion in ’12. This would be a cumulative growth of 28.4%. Also: 54% of African-American buying power lives in the South while 48% resides in central cities. ...read more

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  • Blots And Blemishes

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 19, 2010
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    BLOTS AND BLEMISHES In 2 Peter 2:13-14, false and immoral teachers are called "blemishes." Some of you are teenagers, but those of us who are older can remember the blessings of acne. There were two pimples that were particularly embarrassing: a large one on the tip of you nose that made you look ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Born Again Beliefs: The Number Of People Born ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Born Again Beliefs: The number of people born again varies widely by denomination. Using this definition, “they have made a personal commitment to Christ that is important in their life today and say that when they die they know they will go to Heaven solely because they have confessed their sins ...read more

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  • Church Growth: According To The 2003 Yearbook Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Church Growth: According to the 2003 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church experienced a 12% growth. Catholics followed with a 2.5% increase, while Mormons and the Assemblies of God each reported 2% growth in ‘01, the latest year for which figures ...read more

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  • What Is Carnality? According To The Greek ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    What is carnality? According to the Greek dictionary, it means to have the nature and characteristics of the flesh (or more simply, it means "fleshly"). What, then , is the flesh? Sometimes it refers to the whole material part of man (1 Corinthians 15:39; Hebrews 5:7), and based on this meaning, ...read more

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