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  • The 10% Figure Began As A Misinterpretation Of ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2004
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    The 10% figure began as a misinterpretation of studies done in the 1940s by sexologist/entomologist (student of insects) Alfred Kinsey and his associates. Scholars like Dr. Judith Reisman and Edward Eichel have challenged Kinsey's research methodology as flawed (he used an unspecified percentage of ...read more

  • A View Of Suffering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
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    A VIEW OF SUFFERING Yes, suffering is the enemy of the average American. In America, Christians pray for the burden of suffering to be lifted from their backs. In the rest of the world Christians pray for stronger backs so they can bear their suffering. It’s why we look away from the bag lady ...read more

  • Home School Movement: A New Study "Strengths Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Home School Movement: A new study "Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America" published by Brian Ray, president of National Home Education Research Institute, indicates home schooling is growing by 15% per year. 89% of home schoolers plan to continue through high school and totaled ...read more

  • The More Liberal Mainline Denominations Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    The more liberal mainline denominations have experienced substantial decline while others have seen healthy growth. Since 1980 the following shifts have occurred: · United Methodist Church declined 20.2% · Evangelical Lutheran Church in America declined 2.2% · Presbyterian Church (USA) declined ...read more

  • 3000 Miles Wide And 3 Inches Deep

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 13, 2012
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    3000 MILES WIDE AND 3 INCHES DEEP According to a 2008 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 57 percent of evangelical church attendees said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life. In fact, 70 percent of Americans with at least some religious affiliation shared that idea. The ...read more

  • Connecting With The Common Man

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 17, 2012
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    CONNECTING WITH THE COMMON MAN Sam Walton was in the mid 90s named as one of the richest men in America. You'd never know it! He drove a pickup and lived like a regular person. Asked why he didn't drive a Rolls Royce, he replied, "Where would I put my dogs?" He was successful at least in part ...read more

  • In 1961 The Soviet Union Shocked The World By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    In 1961 the Soviet Union shocked the world by sending the first man into space. One month later America followed with a 15-minute space flight by Alan Sheppard. Everyone was excited, but that was only the beginning. On September 12, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a bold, almost unbelievable ...read more

  • Websites Not Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    WEBSITES NOT ENOUGH America's biggest consumer advertisers are learning that just having a website isn't enough to establish and cultivate an ongoing customer relationship. Many have launched free e-magazines filled with relevant content offering entertainment and practical advice along with ...read more

  • Banana Man

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
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    Main Idea: Explains why believers in Christ are called Christians. Verse: “the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch” (Acts 11:26 NKJV). One day a man carrying bananas walked by a house in Central America. A woman cried out, “Hey, banana man!” His name is not banana man. Why does he ...read more

  • You Know, If You Want To Dabble In Fiction, You ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 5, 2005
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    You know, if you want to dabble in fiction, you can do some great things with a door. When I was a high school missionary kid living in Singapore, we all got to take a tour once on the U.S.S. Nimitz. And I now have a sci-fi film in my collection, about a time-travel portal that opens up and ...read more

  • Your Spirit Does Matter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    YOUR SPIRIT DOES MATTER A preacher wrote: "Today we have people who claim to be Christians shouting ’God hates fags’ at the funerals of soldiers who have died in Iraq, because these ’Christians’ believe God is punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuals. A recent editorial in the paper ...read more

  • No True Freedom Without God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    NO TRUE FREEDOM WITHOUT GOD According to Mark Parsec, Independence Day "celebrates America’s Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of England under King George." The Declaration of Independence of 1776, he says, was not intended to declare war with England, nor did it actually establish our ...read more

  • In James Michener's "Hawaii", Nyuk Tsin Kee ...

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 23, 2007
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    In James Michener’s “Hawaii”, Nyuk Tsin Kee stands before the officer in her examination for United States citizenship. She has relentlessly driven herself to prepare for this exam. More than anything else, she wants to become a citizen of America. But now she is strangely silent. When the ...read more

  • Newscaster Paul Harvey Tells A Remarkable Story ...

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 18, 2008
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    Newscaster Paul Harvey tells a remarkable story of God’s providential care over thousands of allied prisoners during World War II, many of whom were Christians. One of America’s mighty bombers took off from the island of Guam headed for Kokura, Japan, with a deadly cargo. Because clouds covered the ...read more

  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    SACRIFICIAL LOVE March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her ...read more

  • The Passenger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    THE PASSENGER PIGEON The Passenger Pigeon was a species of pigeon that was once the most common bird in North America. They lived in enormous flocks and during migration it was possible to see flocks of them a mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long, taking several days to pass and ...read more

  • Saddam Hussein: A Story Of Judgment

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    SADDAM HUSSEIN: A STORY OF JUDGMENT It was in the desert area of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was found in a small hole in the ground, hiding like a rat, curled up hoping to elude capture by the American troops. He was found near a farmhouse outside the city of Tikrit, in a swift raid conducted without ...read more

  • The Importance Of Children's Ministry

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 21, 2020
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    Children can surely come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as amply testified by the following well known believers... Polycarp, the great church father, was nine when he was saved. Matthew Henry was eleven. Jonathan Edwards, America’s greatest theologian, was seven. Hymn writer, Isaac Watts, ...read more

  • Squanto: A Picture Of Forgiveness--Communion ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2002
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    SQUANTO: A PICTURE OF FORGIVENESS--COMMUNION MEDITATION In 1605, Squanto, a Native American from the village of Patuxet and a member of the Pokanokit Wampanoag nation traveled to England with an explorer named John Weymouth. He experienced high adventure and learned some English. But on his ...read more

  • Paul Never Stopped Being A Ring Leader For Jesus ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2007
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    Paul never stopped being a ring leader for Jesus and as I have been reading about the founding of this nation in America neither did the Colonial pastor’s in America and the majority of its government leaders. These ring leaders for Jesus paid the price for their faithfulness to the Gospel and the ...read more