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  • What America's Children Really Think About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 991 views

    What America’s Children Really Think About Working Parents, (William Morrow, $25) by Ellen Galinsky, reports the findings of a study of 1,000 3rd through 12th graders. From their perspective, the thing they desire most is that their parents would bring less stress home from work, and they want ...read more

  • Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,311 views

    Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart’s sales were up 3% and Target’s up 5.1% during the ‘04 holidays, fewer U.S. households actually shopped there. A Leo J. Shapiro survey finds 54% of households shopped at Wal-Mart (down 2% from ‘03) and 36% at Target (down 7%). ...read more

  • Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,215 views

    Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna has identified 4 factors he describes as “indicative of the reshaping of the church in the U.S.” They are: (1) The priorities embraced by church leaders. Most local churches essentially ignore: ministry to children, ministry to families and prayer. (2) ...read more

  • Men Are Doing More Around The House And There Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,400 views

    Men Are Doing More around the house and there are more dual-income households today, notes the National Study of the Changing Workforce by the Families and Work Institute. Fathers do about 2 hours of housework on any given weekday, 42 minutes more than in ‘77. Almost 80% of married workers live in ...read more

  • Divorced Adults Are More Susceptible To Severe ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
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     | 1,362 views

    - "Divorced adults are more susceptible to severe emotional and psychological problems, plus early death from an assortment of causes, than for married individuals. The suicide rate for divorced white men, for example, is four times higher than for their married counterparts. The situation for ...read more

  • British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith Once Spent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,107 views

    British prime minister Herbert Asquith once spent a weekend at the Waddesdon estate of the 19th-century Rothschild family. One day, as Asquith was being waited on at teatime by the butler, the following conversation ensued: "Tea, coffee, or a peach from off the wall, sir?" "Tea, please," ...read more

  • On A Wall Near The Main Entrance To The Alamo In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed here by the family that ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Man Who Was Making His Way ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2007
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    The story is told of a man who was making his way across a snow-covered field to a bar. As he neared the bar, he happened to look back and notice that his little boy had followed him across the field by placing his little feet in his dad’s footprints. The little boy looked up and said rather ...read more

  • Known By The Likeness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,725 views

    ((Bill Morgan?)) says that On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed ...read more

  • If You Read Psalm 42 You Will See It Is A ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
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    If you read psalm 42 you will see it is a contemplation of the sons of Korah. Korah was a direct relation to the high priesthood of Israel he led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron basically against God and God dealt with them, the ground opened up and swallowed them and all the rebels in front of ...read more

  • British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith Once Spent ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 13, 2007
     | 790 views

    British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith once spent a weekend at the Waddesdon estate of the 19th-century Rothschild family. One day, as Asquith was being waited on at teatime by the butler, the following conversation ensued: “Tea, coffee, or a peach from off the wall, sir?” “Tea, please,” answered ...read more

  • I Was Driving The Other Night And Saw A Car With ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
     | 1,223 views

    I was driving the other night and saw a car with those stick on characters that depict their family. Usually it has the stick outline of a dad, mom, a couple of kids and maybe a dog. The particular car I saw the other night was different. It began with a phrase followed with a mom and two kids. ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget The Episode Of "Home ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Dec 26, 2007
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     | 2,860 views

    I’ll never forget the episode of “Home Improvement” in which one the Taylor children had a part with three others in the Christmas pageant at church holding up cardboard letters that were supposed to spell “NOEL.” They got backwards and spelled “LEON.” Al Borlan, Tim’s sidekick, leaned over to ...read more

  • Roughly Six In Ten U.s. Households Contribute To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,858 views

    Roughly six in ten U.S. households contribute to charity routinely, according Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy Panel Study. The ongoing survey asked the same 8,000 families about their charitable gifts made in '00, '02 and '04. While the total percentage of gifting households was similar ...read more

  • Circumcise Your Sin

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jul 22, 2008
     | 2,773 views

    CIRCUMCISE YOUR SIN Thousands of years ago, before Christ was even born, devout Jewish parents would practice rituals or customs when having a child. The first of the customs was that the child be circumcised; the cutting of the skin. This symbolized that you were a part of the family of ...read more

  • Religious Pluralism (Accepting Different ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
     | 1,499 views

    - Religious pluralism (accepting different religions) is a definite reality in Canada. One neighborhood school has 65 nationalities. - Accepting? Definitely! Engage and dialogue? Absolutely! - Respect other religions and beliefs? We shouldn’t have to ask that question; people should assume we ...read more

  • Arthritic Church

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 30, 2009
     | 2,695 views

    ARTHRITIC CHURCH Dennis is suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis. Many of you are familiar with the disease. The body attacks itself causing pain, disfigurement, and an inability for the body to function as it should. My friends, the Bible says that we are the Body of Christ. This church and our ...read more

  • Unburied Dead

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 10, 2009
     | 1,185 views

    A recent Time article (July 09) read: "Have economic times gotten so bad that some of the dead are going unburied? Several large counties across the country are experiencing unprecedented increases in the number of unclaimed deceased - not only because the dead people could not be identified, were ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Hunger  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jan 30, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,219 views

    Blessed Are Those Who Hunger A family had the habit of treating their children for ice cream after the church service. One Sunday the father decided to break the habit. The children were not happy about it. They started whining. The father decided use spirituality to deal with the situation. He ...read more

  • It Seems A Little Guy Was Attending Church With ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 4, 2010
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    It seems a little guy was attending church with his family when a flash of insight concerning prayer and conflict resolution suddenly came over him. Here’s how the storyteller related the incident: "We watched an especially verbal and boisterous child being hurried out, slung under his irate ...read more

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