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Creationists Impact Films: The Evolution Fight ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Creationists Impact Films: The evolution fight has reached the big, big screen. Several Imax theaters are refusing to show movies that mention the subject—or the Big Bang or the geology of the earth—fearing protests from people who object to films that contradict biblical descriptions of the origin ...read more

Tags: Evolution

The 2005 Child Well-Being Index Notes That Just ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The 2005 Child Well-Being Index notes that just 41% of 12th-graders attend weekly religious ceremonies in ‘04, down from 51% in ’75. ...read more

Tags: Children

68% Of Americans Oppose Same-Sex Marriage, Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

68% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, up from 55% just a year ago. (Foster Letter ...read more

According To The ‘03 Census, About 2.3 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

According to the ‘03 Census, about 2.3 million grandparents nationwide are now raising their grandchildren. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Family

33.2 % Of Cell Phone Users In America Are Between ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

33.2 % of cell phone users in America are between the ages of 5 and 19. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

U.s. Adults Average 6.9 Hours Of Sleep A Night ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

U.S. adults average 6.9 hours of sleep a night according to the National Sleep Foundation. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

$400 Million In Porn Was Downloaded To Cell ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

$400 million in porn was downloaded to Cell phones last year and it is expected to grow to $5 billion by 2010. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Bible Reading Upl Today, 45% Of U.s. Adults Read ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Bible Reading UpL Today, 45% of U.S. adults read the Bible during a typical week, not including when they are at church, up from 31% in ‘95. The rise is largely due to increased reading among Baby Busters and residents of the western states. 67% of born again individuals read the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:5-8

Tags: Bible Study

The Elderly Population In Every State Will Grow ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Elderly Population in every state will grow faster than the total population, and seniors will outnumber school-age children in 10 states in the next 25 years, reports the Census Bureau. It predicts 26 states will double their populations of people older than 65 by 2030, when the oldest members ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Should Pastors Continue Education? 48% Of All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Should Pastors Continue Education? 48% of all ministers say they are encouraged to continue their education using church time and/or funds. Another 8% are encouraged to further their education, as long as they use personal time and/or money. 40% are neither encouraged nor discouraged, while 2% ...read more

Tags: Church General

Searching Ucla's Higher Education Research ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Searching UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute found 75% of college freshmen are searching for meaning and purpose in life and would like their schools to help them explore such ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Profits Up—wages Down: Even Though The Economy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Profits Up—Wages Down: Even though the economy added 2.2 million jobs in ‘04 and produced strong growth in corporate profits, wages for the average worker fell for the year, after adjusting for inflation—the first such drop in nearly a decade. The problem is not with the jobs themselves, but that ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Dating Goes Golden: Internet Research Firm ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Dating Goes Golden: Internet research firm Nielsen// NetRatings says seniors are the fastest-growing group of online users. And many of them are looking for love or friendship on the Web. Some 26 million people visited online dating sites in January, and 18% of them, or 4.8 million, were over age ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Sanitized Movies: The Family Entertainment And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Sanitized Movies: The Family Entertainment and Copyright Act would allow parents to choose sanitized versions of movies for them and their children to view and assure manufacturers of DVD players and other devices using such technology they would not be violating copyright law. The bill also would ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

The Popes Death Triggered A Boost In Religious ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Popes Death triggered a boost in religious website traffic. Catholic sites recorded a 118% rise in online visits the week following, Mormon traffic rose 40%, Judaism sites 22% and ...read more

Tags: Death

No To Same Sex Marriage: Support For An Amendment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

No To Same Sex Marriage: Support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as “being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages between gay or lesbian couples,” has risen to 57% in a recent Gallup Poll. This is the highest measured across seven times the question ...read more

More Than 9 Out Of 10 American Adults Engage In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than 9 out of 10 American adults engage in some type of faith-related practice during a typical week. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Barna Research Reports Evangelicals Comprise Just ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Barna Research reports evangelicals comprise just 7% of the U.S. adult population, 40% of U.S. adults are born again. ...read more

Tags: Confession Of Sin

Atheists, Agnostics And Adults Associated With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Atheists, agnostics and adults associated with non-Christian faith groups make up 21% of the adult U.S. population while 39% are what Barna labels notional ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Daily North Americans Average 4 Hours And 24 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Daily North Americans average 4 hours and 24 minutes viewing TV, 1 hour and 21 minutes more than the world average. ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies