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  • The Moral Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
     | 3,585 views

    THE MORAL BASIS OF GOVERNMENT Richard Halverson, present chaplain of the United States Senate, wrote: ``To be sure, men will abuse and misuse the institution of the State just as man because of sin has abused and misused every other institution in history including the Church of Jesus Christ, but ...read more

  • It Is Said That As Benjamin Franklin Concluded A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darrin Koone on May 10, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,182 views

    It is said that as Benjamin Franklin concluded a stirring speech on the guarantees of the Constitution, a heckler shouted, "Aw, them words don’t mean nothin’ at all. Where’s all the happiness you say it guarantees us?" Franklin smiled and replied, "My friend, the Constitution only ...read more

  • A Father's Role  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 7,423 views

    A FATHER'S ROLE “The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.” “A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives ...read more

  • Viewing Versus Reading: Last Year, The Average ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,275 views

    Viewing Versus Reading: Last year, the average American spent about 1,100 hours watching broadcast TV, an additional 500 hours viewing Cable and 300 hours listening to music. Only 100 hours were spent ...read more

  • Researchers At The University Of Michigan Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,921 views

    Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that 40% of Americans seek help from clergy for their mental-health needs. At the same time many denominations are encouraging their pastors to refer parishioners to professional psychotherapists to insulate them from the growing ...read more

  • The Old Structures Of The Denominations Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 2,067 views

    "The old structures of the denominations are realigning, redefining and collapsing in a way that they haven’t for 200 years," says Bill Leonard, Dean of Wake Forest Divinity School and American Christianity historian. People switching to evangelical, nondenominational churches is on the ...read more

  • Info Hunger: According To A Recent Ball State ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,057 views

    Info Hunger: According to a recent Ball State University poll, average Americans spend more time online, on the phone, punching the remote, the radio and the game console than they do sleeping—9 hours a day. Much of that time they are using ...read more

  • Just Say Christmas: Put The Word "Christmas" Back ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,836 views

    Just Say Christmas: Put the word “Christmas” back in Christmas. American Family Association reports Kroger, Dell, Target, OfficeMax, Walgreen’s, Sears, Staples, Lowe’s, J.C. Penney and Best Buy have all omitted the ...read more

  • Black Churches: A Study Of 2,150 Black Churches ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Black Churches: A study of 2,150 black churches by C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya in their book "The Black Church in the African American Experience," report that “nearly 70% of black churches are involved with social service agencies and non-church ...read more

  • According To The Most Recent U.s. Census, 43% Of ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
     | 1,877 views

    According to the most recent U.S. Census, 43% of American children do not live with their father. Coinciding with that statistic is this: Those children who grow up in a fatherless home are twice as likely to drop out of high school; twice as likely to ...read more

  • Never Too Old

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 22, 2008
     | 1,695 views

    NEVER TOO OLD 71-year-old pitcher Clay Council pitched at the 2008 All-Star Game Home Run Derby for Josh Hamilton. Clay was Josh's American Legion coach. Old men might have less vision, but they can still ...read more

  • Rising Healthcare ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 846 views

    RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS By 2017, Americans will spend more than $4 trillion on healthcare, or $1 in every $5 dollars spent in the U.S. Healthcare spending is increasing at nearly three times the rate of inflation. In 2006, people and the government spent an ...read more

  • The Choice Before Us Is Plain: Christ Or Chaos, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,121 views

    "The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come it is now when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of ...read more

  • God Changes Things

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 2,302 views

    GOD CHANGES THINGS It was the late Donald Barnhouse the American pastor and author who stunned his congregation by saying, "Prayer changes nothing." The church was packed full of people, yet you could have heard a pin drop. Now his comment was ...read more

  • We Earn It!

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
     | 1,299 views

    WE EARN IT! But Americans regard approval, success, and status as rewards for performing well. When this value system gets translated into the Christian life, salvation becomes a matter of our efforts. A cartoon picturing modern day Pharisees was captioned, "We ...read more

  • Extra Credit

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 24, 2011
     | 1,179 views

    EXTRA CREDIT Extra credit is an academic concept, particularly used in American schools. Students are offered the opportunity to undertake extra work in addition to their mandatory school work. Many times extra credit can be used as a way to allow a student to ...read more

  • Denying Oneself

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
     | 3,623 views

    DENYING ONESELF "To deny oneself is not to do without something or even many things. It is not asceticism, nor self-rejection or self-hatred, nor is it even the disowning of particular sins. It is to renounce the self as the dominant element in life. It is to replace the self with God-in-Christ as ...read more

  • There Was Once A Doctor Who Was Laughed To Scorn ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,778 views

    There was once a doctor who was laughed to scorn because of his theory. His doctor peers seemed to think of him as a waterboy among doctors where his theory was concerned. He had speculated that the reason that so many patients were dying following surgery was because of a poor sanitation factor. ...read more

  • When We Look Down At Earth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,341 views

    WHEN WE LOOK DOWN AT EARTH On December 24, 1968 the world watched as Commander Frank Borman and his crew made history during the first manned flight to orbit the moon. The members of the Apollo 8 mission had an important message for the world that Christmas Eve -- they read from the biblical Book ...read more

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

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
     | 1,739 views

    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