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Russia Reports 1.6 Million Women Had Abortions In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Russia reports 1.6 million women had abortions in ‘04, while 1.5 million gave birth. Economics is blamed. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Major Hotel Chains Earn About $190 Million Per ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Major hotel chains earn about $190 million per year from in-room pay-per-view porn videos. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

American Religion: Gallup's ‘04 Data Shows More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Religion: Gallup’s ‘04 data shows more than 8 in 10 Americans identify with a Christian religion, 24% Catholic, 50% Protestant, and 10% as some other form of Christianity. It also indicates 9% have no religious preference, and another 2% don’t answer the question, leaving 5% ...read more

Tags: Church General

Army Of One Today, Each Soldier Must Learn To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Army of One Today, each soldier must learn to manage him or herself and be self-sufficient, on their own in unfamiliar environments. Only 3 of 10 people in their primary recruiting group (males age 17-24) can qualify to be admitted to the Armed Services today. 6 of 10 people surveyed ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15

Tags: Christian Values

Generous & Stingy Givers According To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Generous & Stingy Givers According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the most generous people in the nation live in Salt Lake City, giving nearly 15% of their discretionary income, mostly to the Mormon Church. Others in the top 5 most-giving cities were Grand Rapids (10%), Minneapolis, ...read more

Tags: Giving General

It Is Said That God Doesn't Call The Qualified ...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 2, 2012

It is said that God doesn't call the qualified but qualifies the called. Joshua who succeeded Moses was not that great leader's biological son but rather was hand-picked by the Almighty out of His grace alone to replace Moses (Numbers 27:12-23). Cannot the same be said of Jesus' disciples? They had ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit Attributes

Denomination: *other

Anointing With Oil In The Name Of The Lord

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 13, 2024

"Anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord " (James 5:14) - This literally reads "after having oiled him." Whether this anointing is to be done before or during the praying is not clear from the Greek text. OIl most likely refers to olive oil. What does the oil signify? ...read more

Tags: Healing, Prayer, Miracles, Oil, Anointing, Health, Elders  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

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

Tags: Christian Values

The Resurrected Body Is Free From The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The Resurrected Body is Free From the Restriction on Lifespan 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; I read with interest Internet accounts on how long living creatures live. Let’s start with creepy crawlies. The ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Protestant Pastor Priorities: The Barna Group ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Protestant Pastor Priorities: The Barna Group recently surveyed Protestant Senior Pastors ministry priorities for the coming year. Overall, 12 different ministry emphases were listed by at least 3% of the pastors. The top priorities were discipleship and spiritual development (47%); evangelism and ...read more

Tags: Church General

The World Doesn't Hate You

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009

THE WORLD DOESN’T HATE YOU After a tough and discouraging day at work, Melvin plopped himself on the couch and began wallowing in self-pity. His moaned to his wife, "Nobody cares about me. In fact, the whole world hates me." Without even looking up from her work, Melvin’s wife replied, "That’s ...read more

Scripture: John 15:18

Tags: Disappointment

W.e. Vines Defines True Saving Faith

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 13, 2024

W E Vines defines genuine saving faith as consisting of the following: (1) A firm conviction which produces full acknowledgment of God's revelation of Truth - (2 Thess. 2:11 -"in order that they all may be judged who did not believe [pisteuo] the truth, but took pleasure in ...read more

Scripture: John 1:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Tags: Works, Believing, Faith, Salvation, Truth, Assurance  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Unemployed Longer: As Of November, About 1.8 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Unemployed Longer: As of November, about 1.8 million, or 1 in 5, unemployed workers were jobless for more than 6 months, compared with 1.1 million when the recession officially ended in November ‘01. Since the start of the recession in March ‘01, the average length ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Sad Scene A Recent Survey Of Teens In U.s. Drug ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Sad Scene A recent survey of teens in U.S. drug treatment centers found that 20% of teens have shared drugs with their parents and that in about 5% of ...read more

Tags: Addiction

The Number Of People 65 And Older Who Are Working ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The number of people 65 and older who are working or looking for work amounts to almost 4.5 million; a rise of almost 50% between ‘80 and ‘02. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

52% Of Adults Say It Is More Important For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

52% of adults say it is more important for children to learn to do research using the Internet than in libraries. 38% say learning library research ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will

Hoag's Ladder Of Learning

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007

Hoag’s Ladder of Learning We remember: - 5 % of what you hear - 10 % of what you hear and see - 50 % of what you read - 30 ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Lutheran

Ten Things To Know About The Love Of God - Devotional

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 12, 2023

There are 10 key points about the Love of God in I John 4:7-21: 1. LOVE IS OF GOD (4:7) - not that God is love only. He is not limited or bound by anything. So, what is love? Study I Corinthians 13...... There are 3 Greek words (agape, phileo, eros). This love is agape, unconditional, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21, Romans 5:8, John 3:16

Tags: Agape, God's Love, Hate, Unforgiveness, False Prophets, Unbelievers, Evangelism, Love, Christ, Holy Spirit, Missions, Cross  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Most Popular Methods Of Evangelizing, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

The Most Popular Methods Of Evangelizing, according to a new Barna study, are praying for others’ salvation (43%), living in such a way as to encourage questions about their faith (40% engaged in “lifestyle evangelism”) and interactive conversations about moral and life issues that hopefully lead ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

What Price Popularity? Sesame Street Asked Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

What Price Popularity? Sesame Street asked its Contact Kids readers (ages 8-14) “What makes you popular at school? Here’s how they replied. Being good looking (64%) and having niece clothes (52%) ranked nearly as high as being friendly (61%). Other responses were being funny (49%), being good at ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment