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  • Born Again Types Barna Research Group Claims ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Born again types Barna Research Group claims the types of people most likely to be born again are: those in their 40’s (45%), parents of kids under 18 (43%), volunteers (49%), Republicans (49%), conservative (52%), college grads (42%) and women (45%). Least likely: those in their 20’s ...read more

  • Biblical Illiteracy Concerns: Seminaries ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,002 views

    Biblical Illiteracy Concerns: Seminaries concerned about lack of basic Bible knowledge has prompted some schools to send CD-ROM Bibles to incoming freshmen. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville discovered only 1 in 10 students could list the 10 commandments, while 3 in 10 ...read more

  • Women Working From Home: The Labor-Force ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 962 views

    Women Working From Home: The labor-force participation rate of women ages 25 to 54 with at least 4 years of college declined from 84.7% in ‘94-‘95 to 81.8% in ‘03-‘04, and the decline was most pronounced for married women with children under age 3, according to Regional Review. A ...read more

  • Listening And Obedience

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 8, 2011
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    LISTENING AND OBEDIENCE I heard Henri Nouwen at Austin College several years ago. I remember what he said about listening and obedience. The word 'obedience,' he said, comes from the Latin obaudire, which means 'to hear.' By contrast the Latin word for 'deaf' is absurdus, from which we get our ...read more

  • Adoniram Judson Returns To The Lord

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,589 views

    ADONIRAM JUDSON RETURNS TO THE LORD Adoniram Judson graduated at the top of his class in college, then he headed to New York City to seek fame and fortune as an actor and/or writer. He had left the God of his father, thinking he was beyond such "primitive notions." But such a life was empty for ...read more

  • Till Death Do Us Part  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
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    TILL DEATH DO US PART In his address to the 1997 graduation class at East Stroudsburg University, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum told a story seemingly unrelated to the usual commencement speeches about success and happiness. This is the story: A Baptist preacher in South Carolina wanted nothing ...read more

  • Quality Of Life: Barna Research Group Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,250 views

    Quality Of Life: Barna Research Group has uncovered a strong relationship between a person’s comfort with his quality of life and either his religious faith or socioeconomic status. 88% of adults claim they are either very happy or somewhat happy with their quality of life. 92% also feel integrated ...read more

  • Watches Over Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    WATCHES OVER US An engineer, after doing his internship with NASA in Houston, made a startling decision to change course and study medicine. Two decades removed from college, he shared his testimony in our church thanksgiving service: "Passing the Oral Board is the culmination of 10 years of ...read more

  • 63 Year-Old Man Went To School His Whole Life But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,535 views

    63 year-old Man Went to School His Whole Life but Never Worked Richard DeHaan shares this illustration: "I read about a man in New York City who died at the age of 63 without ever having had a job. He spent his entire adult life in college. He had acquired so many academic degrees that they looked ...read more

  • I Would Like To Illustrate What I Mean With Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 1, 2007
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    I would like to illustrate what I mean with two different family studies: Family One—which we will remain unnamed is traced back to criminal ancestor. “Out of 1200 of his descendants, 400 wrecked themselves physically through drugs, drinking or sexual diseases; 310 were beggars; 130 convicted ...read more

  • A Recent Gallop Poll Found That 47% Of Americans ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 28, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,146 views

    A recent Gallop poll found that 47% of Americans do, in fact they hold a strict creationist view, that God created man pretty much in his present form within the last 10,000 years. Some 30% believe in some combination of evolution and creationism, where God was involved. Only 9% of Americans ...read more

  • Bob And Pam Tebow Were Advised To Abort Their ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 5, 2009
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    Bob and Pam Tebow were advised to abort their baby, Timmy. That "baby" won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and will play quarterback for the Florida Gators in the College National Championship game. On his face, Tim wears eye black stickers with "Phil 4:13" - "I can do all things through Christ who ...read more

  • Without My Glasses  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 17, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,470 views

    WITHOUT MY GLASSES Soon after our last child left home for college, my wife was resting next to me on the couch with her head in my lap. I carefully removed her glasses. "You know, honey," I said sweetly, "without your glasses you look like the same beautiful young woman I ...read more

  • Traditionally We Define Grace As "The Unmerited ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 25, 2004
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    Traditionally we define grace as “The unmerited favor of God.” If I merit something, I deserve it; it means that I have earned it. A student takes “The National Merit Scholarship Exam,” scores high, and wins a college scholarship as the result. That student has earned the scholarship; he or she ...read more

  • William Weston, Sociology Professor At Center ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,367 views

    William Weston, sociology professor at Center College, Danville, KY reports in The Religion Market that strict churches are experiencing great growth. Strict is defined as having a clear, authoritative doctrine, rigorous religious practices, and demanding membership requirements. “What people want ...read more

  • I Worked With My Daddy On Saturdays In The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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    I worked with my Daddy on Saturdays in the grocery from the time I was a senior in high school through being a senior in college. The farmers would come to the movies on Saturday night and wait until after the double feature and the serial and the previews to pick up their groceries. Daddy would ...read more

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Thoughts On Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 2,505 views

    Theodore Roosevelt’s Thoughts on Family Theodore Roosevelt said in 1917, "No other success in life--not being president, or being wealthy, or going to college, or writing a book, or anything else--comes up to the success of the man or woman who can feel that they have done their duty and that ...read more

  • Garbage In Your Salad

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,455 views

    GARBAGE IN YOUR SALAD There was a mother peeling vegetables for a salad when her daughter, home from college, casually mentioned she was going to a questionable movie that evening. The mother suddenly picked up a handful of garbage and threw it in the salad. "Mother!" said the shocked girl. "Why ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
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     | 3,469 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • Nice Guys Do Finish First, According To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,779 views

    Nice Guys do finish first, according to a Harvard University study. The study involved college students playing a punishment-heavy version of the game Prisoner’s Dilemma over and over. The study found those who used punishments were the losers. Those who punished their opponents the least were the ...read more

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