Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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Someone once asked Wayne Gretsky, the great hockey player, how he managed to become the best goal-scorer in the history of the game. He simply replied, "While everyone else is chasing the puck, I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
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Family According to the Religion & Ethics Newsweekly survey on Faith & Family in America, a third of Americans define “family” as parents and children. 52% feel divorce is alright, while 49% believe its OK for a couple to live together. Even with such changes in the modern American family, 55% of
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. These are Christians.
• 48% could not name the four Gospels.
• 52% cannot identify more than two or three of Jesus’
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Baptist
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Michael S. Hamilton, Assistant Professor of History at Seattle Pacific University wrote, "In the 1930’s, most missionary agencies emphasized evangelism, church-planting, and discipleship. In 1998, however, four of the five largest overseas ministries specialized in relief,
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 26, 2009
MATERIAL GAINS ARE NOT ENOUGH
William Bennett is a great American, Secretary of Education, and a compelling writer. He wrote in wrote in his best seller, America: The Last Best Hope, "Material gains will never be enough for America, if we achieve full employment, have great economic growth, have
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Winston Churchill is remembered as perhaps the greatest prime minister in the history of Great Britain. By the steel of his will, he led his island nation to stand against Hitler and eventually triumph in World War ll. But years before that victorious moment for the ages, Churchill found himself
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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DIVORCE NEGATIVELY AFFECTS CHILDREN: STATS
Children get emotionally scarred and traumatized from divorce.
Children and Divorce: A report on educating students from divorced and single-parent homes by the NEA Standing Committee on Instruction and Professional Development:
The majority of research
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Contributed by Rick Shockley on Jun 29, 2002
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The most recent issue of Tim Magazine was most revealing to say the least. Who would ever think that such a nationally known magazine would have this unique subject on its cover page and inside? (Issue: July 1, 2002)
“The Bible & the Apocalypse! Why more Americans are reading and talking
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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Born-Again Doesn’t Mean What It Used To: According to University of California-Santa Barbara researcher and author Wade Clark Roof, 1/3 of American’s 77 million baby boomers identify themselves as born-again, but only 55% of those have any link to a conservative Protestant church. 50% say that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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U.S. Donor Profiles: According to Campbell research, the following are typical profiles of U.S. donors. (1) Gender: 60% female, 40% male. (2) Ethic Origin: 85% Caucasian, 7% African American, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian and 4% other. (3) Median Age: 54. Of course individual organiza-tions donor profiles
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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What has caused people to not have a Biblical worldview and to edit the Ten Commandments to please one’s self? Maybe it’s not just the preacher you listen to. A study of 104 leading television writers and executives conducted by the center for media and public affairs found that Hollywood’s
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Sep 16, 2006
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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
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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Karl Menninger, a famed psychiatrist, once said that if he could convince the patients in psychiatric hospitals that their sins were forgiven, 75 percent of them could walk out the next day!
Source: Today in the Word, March
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