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The Four Spiritual Laws Is The Most Widely ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The Four Spiritual Laws is the most widely distributed religious pamphlet in history. It has been printed in at least 200 languages and read by an estimated 2.5 billion people. (Rick ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Big Brands According To Business Week, The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Big Brands according to Business week, the most valuable brand in America is Coca-Cola, followed in order of value by Microsoft, IBM, GE, Intel, Nokia, Disney, McDonald’s, ...read more

Tags: Money

What God Chooses, He Cleanses. What God ...

Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 15, 2008

"What God chooses, He cleanses. What God cleanses, He molds. What God molds, He fills. What God fills, He uses." Source: J.S. Baxter, ...read more

Tags: Gifts General

Denomination: Lutheran

Jude

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002

Jude The brother of James, was commonly called Thaddeus. He was crucified at Edessa, A.D. 72. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - Chapter ". "Foxe’s Book of ...read more

Tags: People In The Gospel, Disciples

More Than 4 Million U.s. Households Are Now ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

More than 4 million U.S. households are now comprised of unmarried couples, up 8% since ’70. 36% of these couples have children under age 15 living with ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

In A Study Of 14,700 Teens, University Of North ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

In a study of 14,700 teens, University of North Carolina sociologist Kathleen Harris discovered that girls with involved fathers are more likely to delay sex and less likely to use drugs or ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Where The Stress Is: Government Researchers Cite ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

Where The Stress Is: Government researchers cite the following as the specific industries where workers experience the highest levels of job related stress: services, manufacturing, retail, finance, insurance and real ...read more

Tags: Workplace

The U.s. Chamber Of Commerce Estimates That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

The U.S. Chamber of commerce estimates that employee theft may be as high as $40 billion annually, with internal related employee thefts occurring 15 times more often than external ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Giving Up: Charitable Giving Rose 13% Last Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Giving Up: Charitable giving rose 13% last year according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Salvation Army received the most contributions ($1.396 million) while World Vision ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Games Are Hot: Sales Of Board Games Rose 23% In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Games Are Hot: Sales of board games rose 23% in the 1st 10 months of ’00. The boom is being fed by Americans wanting to spend more time with their kids. They are also a backlash against the ...read more

Cost Of Raising A Child According To Usa Today A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Cost of Raising a Child According to USA Today a family earning more than $64,000 a year can expect to spend $241,770 to raise a child over the next 17 ...read more

Tags: Children

Favorite Books Of The Bible: Gallup Finds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Favorite Books of the Bible: Gallup finds Americans claim the following books of the Bible their favorites: Psalms (13%), Genesis ((%), Matthew (7%), John (6%), Revelation (6%), Proverbs (3%), ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible

J.c. Penney Co Has Pulled A T-Shirt From Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

J.C. Penney Co has pulled a T-shirt from its shelves that was accused of ridiculing home-schooled children. The shirt carried the words "Home Skooled" and a picture of a ...read more

Tags: Children

Books Preferred: Americans Still Appreciate A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Books Preferred: Americans still appreciate a good book. When it comes to relaxing in their free time. 40% of adults say they read books for fun, compared to the 27% who surf the Internet for ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Torn: 75% Of Evangelicals Feel A Part Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Torn: 75% of evangelicals feel a part of mainstream American, but 75% also believe they are a minority under siege and must fight to be heard, finds a poll by Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Forms Cost Americans Fill Out 100 Billion Forms ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Forms Cost Americans fill out 100 billion forms every year. According to analyst firm CAP Ventures; each form costs about 5¢ to print and almost $1 to process. ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Carols Legal: "No Court Has Ever Ruled That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Carols Legal: “No court has ever ruled that the Constitution requires government officials to censor Christmas carols, eliminate all references to Christmas, or silence those who celebrate ...read more

Tags: Christmas

More Unchurched: The Number Of Unchurched Adults ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More Unchurched: The number of unchurched adults in the U.S. has doubled since ‘91. That growth has been especially pronounced among men, people under 40, singles, and people ...read more

Tags: Church General

Gallup's Annual Crime Poll Finds 3 In 10 U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gallup’s annual crime poll finds 3 in 10 U.S. house-holds experienced some type of crime during the past year; (18% with 1 and another 12% with 2 or ...read more

Tags: Sin General

American Life Expectancy Has Risen To A Record Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Life Expectancy has risen to a record of 77.6 years. Women now expect to live to age 80.1 and men 74.8. Japanese have the longest life ...read more

Tags: Death