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A New York Times Examination Of Lottery ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

A New York Times examination of lottery documents, as well as interviews with lottery administrators and analysts, finds that lotteries accounted for less than 1% to 5% of the total revenue for K-12 education last year in the 23 states that use lottery money for schools. Most of the money raised by ...read more

Tags: School

The New Face Of Christianity Will Be "The Black ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

The New Face of Christianity will be “the black woman,” claims Kwok Pui Lan of the William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at the Episcopal Divinity School. In mid ’07, Europe claimed the greatest number of Christians in the world: 532 million, followed by Latin America at ...read more

Tags: Religion

Eternity Magazine Contained A New Item On ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008

Eternity magazine contained a new item on immortality and people's fascination with it. The article read: “The quest for pseudoimmortality took a giant leap forward with the announcement that you can send your remains "to the heavens" when you die. The Celestis Group of Melbourne, Florida, has ...read more

Tags: Fool

Denomination: Other

The New Covenant In The Blood Of Christ, Which ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 23, 2008

The New Covenant in the blood of Christ, which we re-present at this hour, is the fulfillment of the Old. We forget this important reality at our peril, because it leads us to either pass by our indebtedness to our older brothers, the Jews, or, like certain preachers, think ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Catholic

A Baptist Congregation Installed A New Full ...

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008

A Baptist congregation installed a new full immersion baptistery in the sanctuary as part of an extensive remodeling project. But the county building inspector wouldn’t okay its’ installation. “I can’t,” he said, “unless it has a separate septic tank.” The trusties couldn’t understand why a ...read more

Tags: Baptism

Denomination: Lutheran

There Are Those Who Believe That A New Modernity ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There are those who believe that a new modernity demands a new morality. What they fail to consider is the harsh reality that there is no such thing as a new ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

When A Dog Bites A Man, That Is Not News, But ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When a dog bites a man, that is not news, but when a man ...read more

Tags: Culture

News, Like Substances, Ought To Be Divided Into ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"News, like substances, ought to be divided into solids, fluids and gases and appropriately ...read more

Tags: Culture

The News On An Ordinary Day [is] A Strange ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The news on an ordinary day [is] a strange assembly that swoops down on ones life like cousins from Oslo one has never seen before, will never see again, and ...read more

Tags: Culture

What Appears In Newspapers Is Often New But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What appears in newspapers is often new ...read more

Tags: Culture

Its Amazing That The Amount Of News That Happens ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world everyday always ...read more

Tags: Culture

The Media Dont Cover The News. They Hunt It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The media dont cover the news. They hunt it down, beat it to death, resuscitate it ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

It Is When Life Creates A New Play That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is when life creates a new play that the theatre moves its limbs and wakens from its mesmerized fixation on ordinary reality; ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Christ Brought To The World A New Conception Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Christ brought to the world a new conception of royalty. He rules by love and not by force. That, as he expressly said, is the difference ...read more

Tags: Government

To Enter The Country Of Old Age Is A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To enter the country of old age is a new experience, different from what you supposed it to be. Nobody, man or woman, knows the country until he has ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Progress Implies Both New And Continuing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Progress implies both new and continuing problems and, unlike Presidential administrations, ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

New Year Is Not Only The Oldest And The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"New Year is not only the oldest and the most universal of festivals; it is also, in a sense, the parent of them all. More than a mere accident of the calendar, it is a triumphant reassertion, from year to year, ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

What An Inspiration For The New Year If We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What an inspiration for the new year if we should plan our life as though it ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

A New Idea Is Delicate. It Can Be Killed By A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to ...read more

Tags: Thought

Entertain New Ideas As Though They Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Entertain new ideas as though they were royalty, for you dont know ...read more

Tags: Thought