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  • There Is An Organization Near Chicago With ...

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,229 views

    There is an organization near Chicago with approximately 12,000 members It requires each one of its members to give up one day’s earnings every week which averages out to about $110 per person equaling about $1.3 mil a week to further their cause. When a person joins this organization they must ...read more

  • Education Pays: A White Woman With A Bachelor's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,854 views

    Education Pays: A white woman with a bachelor’s degree typically earned $37,800 in ‘03, vs. $43,700 for an Asian woman, $41,100 for a black woman and $37,600 for a Hispanic woman with an education. Regardless of race or gender, a college grad on average earned over $51,000, compared with $28,000 ...read more

  • Persistent Kids: The Center For A New American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,296 views

    Persistent Kids: The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they ...read more

  • Persistent Kids: The Center For A New American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 1,986 views

    Persistent Kids: The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they ...read more

  • Persistent Kids The Center For A New American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,685 views

    Persistent Kids The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they ...read more

  • Persistent Kids The Center For A New American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,623 views

    Persistent Kids The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they ...read more

  • Persistent Kids The Center For A New American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,645 views

    Persistent Kids The Center for a New American Dream reports 55% of young people say they are usually successful on getting their parents to give in. 40% have asked their parents for an advertised product they thought their parents would not approve of, and of those 59% say they don’t give up—they ...read more

  • Extreme Makeovers Are In. Of The 6.6 Million ...

    Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jun 30, 2008
     | 1,955 views

    Extreme makeovers are in. Of the 6.6 million cosmetic-plastic-surgery patients in 2002, nearly a third had multiple procedures at the same time. To facilitate the trend, a one-stop beauty shop has opened called the Advanced Aesthetics Institute. Interested customers consult with a "concierge" and ...read more

  • Gallup On Committed Christians

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,449 views

    GALLUP ON COMMITTED CHRISTIANS Fewer than 10 percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians, says pollster George Gallup, who adds that these people "are far, far happier than the rest of the population." Committed Christians, Gallup found, are more tolerant than the average American, more ...read more

  • Alcohol Use

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
     | 1,867 views

    ALCOHOL USE According to MSNBC, “Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested Thursday. Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States ...read more

  • The Door

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,467 views

    THE DOOR There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were ...read more

  • The World's Worst Predictions.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jan 3, 2015
     | 4,912 views

    The book The World’s Worst Predictions lists some of history’s all-time prophetic goofs. King George II said in 1773 that the American colonies had little stomach for revolution. An official of the White Star Line, speaking of the firm’s newly built flagship, the Titanic, launched in 1912, ...read more

  • Private Help: A Yearlong Study Finds That More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,479 views

    Private Help: A yearlong study finds that more Americans now depend on private food kitchens and pantries than use the federal food stamp program. The survey, paid for by America’s Second Harvest, a network of food banks, shows food pantries, kitchens and emergency shelters provided for more than ...read more

  • Our American Culture, As Well As Many Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,381 views

    Our American culture, as well as many other parts of the world, is becoming increasingly more friendless. A recent study by American Sociological Review indicates that the average American has just two close friends, compared with three in 1985. In the last 20 years our circle of close friends is ...read more

  • Nearly 70% Of U.s. Churches Provide Direct ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,913 views

    Nearly 70% of U.S. churches provide direct health services and 65% provide educational health programs, according to the National Council of Churches (NCC) USA Congregational Health Survey. Only 6.4% offer no programs of any kind in health care ministries. The congregations surveyed have an average ...read more

  • Yet, In A Way Ray Was A Hero (At Least By Our ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
     | 1,440 views

    Yet, in a way Ray was a hero (at least by our culture’s standards). He was selfish. He was self-centered. He was egotistical. He was self-absorbed and was focused too much on power, privileges, and the pleasures that excessive wealth could bring. I say he was a hero because basically Rehoboam was ...read more

  • Life Expectancies

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,389 views

    LIFE EXPECTANCIES The highest present-day life expectancy belongs to the women in Norway (77 years) and the men in Sweden (72 years). In most European countries and the Americas, men and women can expect to live to be over 60. On the other hand, most African countries report life expectancy of ...read more

  • The Value Of A Pearl  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 4, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,213 views

    THE VALUE OF A PEARL Pearls were perceived in the first century in much the same way we view diamonds today. They were the most valuable gem in the world at that time. If you owned a pearl, you owned a fortune. And there was a good reason for it. Pearl hunting involved immense danger. The fine ...read more

  • In Forty Years Of Involvement In His Church's ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 110 ratings
     | 2,497 views

    In forty years of involvement in his church’s visitation program, Wilt Durant had led one person to Christ. You know what they say, if only one person comes to Christ its worth all the effort, right? When he retired in 1992, he moved to Rogers, AR and joined Immanuel Baptist Church. One Sunday, ...read more

  • The French Mathematician, Lecompte De Nouy, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,427 views

    The French Mathematician, Lecompte de Nouy, examined the laws of probability for a single molecule of high dissymmetry to be formed by the action of chance. De Nouy found that, on an average, the time needed to form one such molecule of our terrestrial globe would be about 10 to the 253 power ...read more