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  • Desktop Dining: In '03 66% Of American Workers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Desktop Dining: In ’03 66% of American workers ate meals in odd bites around work or personal multi-tasks. We eat at our desks to save time, save money, take care of personal business and occasionally to take a break and relax finds an ADA Survey. Doing anything else while we’re eating may be ...read more

  • Media Saturated Kids: American Kids Spend An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Media Saturated Kids: American kids spend an average of 8 hours and 33 minutes in media each day (including TV, radio, music, print resources, computers, the Internet and video games) according to a Kaiser Health survey. Kids often multi-task by using more than one form of media simultaneously, so ...read more

  • Camera, Action 16% Of American Adult Internet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Camera, Action 16% of American adult internet users have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam. That translates into roughly 21 million people who have viewed material on web cams. And on any given day, about two million internet users are checking ...read more

  • Teens Under God: According To An American Bible ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Teens Under God: According to an American Bible Society study, 82.4% of teens think the words “under God” belong in the Pledge of Allegiance. 63% say they think about the words while they are reciting the pledge. 71.8% think students should be allowed to pray in ...read more

  • Moral Compass: 54% Of American Adults Claim They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Moral Compass: 54% of American adults claim they make their moral choices on the basis of specific principles or standards they believe in. 16% claim they make their moral choices based on the Bible. 60% of evangelicals rely on the Bible as their main source of moral counsel vs. 20% of ...read more

  • Among Americans 45 Or Older Who Describe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Among Americans 45 or older who describe themselves as somewhat religious, 20% say prayer is the best way to find spiritual or religious satisfaction, according to USA Today. Other pleasing spiritual experiences include living a moral life and helping others, both at 19%. And 13% view being with ...read more

  • Americans Read Christian Books: Barna Research ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Americans Read Christian Books: Barna Research Group found that 48% of all U.S. adults and 51% of teens read at least one Christian book other than the Bible in the past year. Moreover, 35% of all U.S. adults and 34% of teens bought at least one Christian book in that same time period. 50% of all ...read more

  • Spiritual Superstition More Than 30% Of Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Spiritual Superstition More than 30% of Americans believe in astrology and over half believe in ghosts. However, many of the same folks say they believe in God, the resurrection of Christ and the virgin birth. A recent Harris Poll finds the trend is strong among the young, with 60% of those under ...read more

  • More Cars: There Are Now More Cars In American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    More Cars: There are now more cars in American house-holds than drivers, according to a Transportation Dept. report. The average household now has 1.75 drivers but 1.90 “personal vehicles.” By comparison, the average household has 0.86 adult-size bicycles. When people, not just drivers are counted, ...read more

  • Living Longer: In 1900, A Newborn American Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Living Longer: In 1900, a newborn American could expect to live 47.3 years; in ‘50, life expectancy was 68.2. Overall life expectancy in the U.S. in ‘01, however, was 77.2 years, up 4 months from ‘00, when it was 76.9. In ’01 women had a life expectancy of more than 5 years longer than men—79.8 ...read more

  • During The Second World War A Company Of American ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Uebergang on Apr 12, 2006
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    During the Second World War a company of American soldiers was marching through France when a little old lady approached them with a broom over her shoulder. She joined the soldiers and began to march with them. The soldiers smiled at the lady and told her to please step aside because she could ...read more

  • Americans Spend $50 Million A Year On Subliminal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Americans spend $50 million a year on subliminal message tapes designed to help them do everything from improve their self-image to stop smoking. But there’s no hidden message in the National Research Council’s verdict on such techniques. The Council’s report, released in September 1992, concludes ...read more

  • Fred W. Cropp, President Of American Bible ...

    Contributed by Wincci Yin Chee on Jun 19, 2006
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    Fred W. Cropp, president of American Bible Society, received a letter asking a question, “what do you recommend for keeping the leather on the back of bibles from still, cracking and peeking?” the reply was “there is one oil that is especially good for treatment of leather on bibles. In fact it ...read more

  • Does God Exist? 73% Of Americans Are Classic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    Does God Exist? 73% of Americans are classic true believers, convinced beyond a doubt God exists. 87% are basic believers, saying either they are convinced God exists or He probably exists and they have only a little doubt. 92% tilt toward the existence of God, stating that at the least they think ...read more

  • One Of Every Eight Americans Has A Significant ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Sep 5, 2006
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    • One of every eight Americans has a significant problem with alcohol or drugs, with 40 percent of the group having a "dual diagnosis," or concurrent mental/nervous disorder; • Approximately 27 million Americans either use illicit drugs regularly or are "heavy drinkers." Of these almost 16 million ...read more

  • There's A Native American Fable About A Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006
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    There’s a Native American fable about a young brave who happened upon a nest of golden eagle eggs. Deciding to have some fun, he took one of the eggs and placed it in the nest of some prairie chickens. The egg hatched and the changeling eagle grew up with the brood of prairie chickens. Believing ...read more

  • Seoul -- At His Father's Funeral, American Carl ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
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    Seoul -- At his father’s funeral, American Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s hands. "Don’t worry," he told his surprised mother. "I’ll get another one." A year later, in the 100-meter final at the 1988 games, Lewis was competing against Canadian ...read more

  • Home Ownership Nearly 70% Of Americans Own Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
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    Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a ...read more

  • Financially Enslaved Americans *90% Buy Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Financially Enslaved Americans *90% buy things they can’t afford. *80% of graduating college seniors have credit card debt. *49% can’t cover one month’s living expenses if they lose their income. *75% of airline miles “rewarded’ are never redeemed. *Most people carry a car loan, paying $378 a ...read more

  • Home Ownership Nearly 70% Of Americans Own Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,835 views

    Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a ...read more