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  • E-Libraries: The Newest Books In The New York ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
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    E-Libraries: The newest books in the New York Public Library don’t take up any shelf space. They are e-books library cardholders can point and click through the collection choosing among best sellers, nonfiction, novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    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

  • Ivy League Revival: As Late As ‘65, A White ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Ivy League Revival: As late as ‘65, a white mainline Protestant was 250% more likely to have a college degree as a white evangelical, according to Calvin College Prof. Corwin Smidt. But by ‘00, a mainline Protestant was only 65% more likely to have the same degree. And since ‘85, the percentage of ...read more

  • Pastors Families: According To Recent Ellison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Pastors Families: According to recent Ellison Research for Facts & Trends, 93% of pastors have children, including 43% with adolescents, and 50% whose children are 18 or older. 14% are the child of a pastor. 93% believe there is extra pressure being married to a pastor and 91% feel there is extra ...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

  • Red States And Blue States Really Differ When It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Red States And Blue States really differ when it comes to marriage reports the Census Bureau. Generally, men and women in the Northeast marry later than those in Midwest, West or South. In the Northeast the median age of first marriage is 29 for men and 27 for women, about 4 years later than other ...read more

  • New Age Is Gaining Mainstream Acceptance. Judith ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    New Age is gaining mainstream acceptance. Judith Rosen reports in Publisher’s Weekly, “After years on the fringes, New Age--which includes some alternative health, addiction and recovery, psychology and spiritual titles, as well as books on Eastern traditions--may finally be approaching the middle ...read more

  • Carlyle Had A Very Devoted Wife Who Sacrificed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Carlyle had a very devoted wife who sacrificed everything for his sake, but he never gave her a single expression of appreciation for which her heart yearned. She came to regard herself as the most miserable woman in London and evidently died of heart hunger. After her death, Carlyle, reading her ...read more

  • When John G. Mitchell, Of Multnomah School Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    When John G. Mitchell, of Multnomah School of the Bible, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, he heard Dr. G. Campbell Morgan preach. The man knew his text, and young Mitchell was impressed. In fact, he asked the visiting Bible teacher how he understood Scripture so ...read more

  • Author Leo Buscaglia Tells This Story About His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story about his mother and their "misery dinner." It was the night after his father came home and said it looked as if he would have to go into bankruptcy because his partner had absconded with their firm’s funds. His mother went out and sold some jewelry to buy food ...read more

  • We Live In A ‘church World' Of Extremes. Only ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Oct 21, 2006
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    We live in a ‘church world’ of extremes. Only this week in the paper, Terry Waite, who was the Archbishop’s envoy to Lebanon. He shot to fame by being held captive for five years. He spoke out about the modern trends in the Church of England. He was disgusted that a vicar did not wear his robes and ...read more

  • There's An Incredible Market Today In Counseling. ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Dec 18, 2006
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    There’s an incredible market today in counseling. Many people even seek out astrologers and psychics for counsel and advice. Listen to this counsel: Jesus Christ is the wisest man alive. He is the Perfect Counselor Who has all the right answers all the time. What’s more, He gives free advice. ...read more

  • Work From Home Only 23% Of U.s. Employees Work ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Work From Home Only 23% of U.S. employees work from home or have that option; 59% of workers believe telecommuting at least part-time is the ideal work situation. This includes the 38% who think a mix of coming into the office and working from home is preferable and the 21% who say working at home ...read more

  • Helen Keller Was Born Blind And Deaf. She Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Helen Keller was born blind and deaf. She was brought to a minister to explain the plan of salvation to her. In the simplest of terms the minister told the girl about Jesus. As she heard the Gospel, her face lit up and she spelled out in the hand of the preacher, “I knew all the time there must be ...read more

  • There Are Two (2) African Tribes Who Have An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There are two (2) African tribes who have an unusual way of expressing thanks One of them, the Masai tribe, a pastoral and hunting people of Kenya and Tanzania, West Africa, bow and put their foreheads on the ground, and say, "My head is in the dirt." The other tribe, whose name I do not know, sit ...read more

  • Do You Remember Me Saying That None Of Mary's ...

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007
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    Do you remember me saying that none of Mary’s family was there for the birth? It wasn’t that way at his death. We don’t know her name, but it doesn’t matter. Those words say a lot, “his mother’s sister.” Because of the way Mary lived her life, at least one member of her family came around. She ...read more

  • In Germany During World War Ii There Was A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
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    In Germany during World War II there was a Protestant church the stood near some railroad tracks. These tracks often carried Jewish families on their way to be exterminated by the Nazi death camps. The cries for help and justice were sometimes very loud and disturbing especially as the congregation ...read more

  • I Heard The Story Of A Blind Girl Who Sold ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Mar 29, 2008
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    I heard the story of a blind girl who sold costume jewelry in a busy airport. Someone running to catch a plane bumped into her stand and knocked everything over and scattered jewelry everywhere. Overwhelmed at trying to gather everything back up she began to cry in frustration. Seeing her plight, a ...read more

  • Ron Jon Surf Shop Has A Commercial They Used To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Ron Jon Surf Shop has a commercial they used to run all the time. You may remember the ad saying, “Ron Jon Surf Shop, not one of many, but one of a kind.” Christians understand that Jesus Christ is not one of many, to fit in somewhere between Buddha, Mohammed, and Confucius. He is not one of many ...read more

  • It's Kind Of Like Someone Who Has A Slow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Illus. It’s kind of like someone who has a slow leak in their tire. Each day it loses a little bit of air. And they might even notice it looks a little low. But they don’t take care of it. One morning they go outside and their tire is completely flat! And they think to themselves, “Man, my tire ...read more