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  • For The First Time In 35 Years, The U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,663 views

    For the first time in 35 years, the U.S. fertility rate has climbed high enough to sustain a stable population, solidifying the nation's unique status among industrialized countries. The overall fertility rate increased 2% between '05 and '06, nudging the average number of babies being born to each ...read more

  • Religion In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 2,309 views

    RELIGION IN CHINA 31% of Chinese citizens consider religion very or somewhat important vs. 11% who consider it unimportant, finds an ’06 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey. Yet only 14-18% of Chinese adults would classify themselves in a particular religion in ’05, ’06 and ’07. In contrast, more ...read more

  • Fathers Make A Difference

    Contributed by John Bright on Jun 15, 2023
     | 1,154 views

    According to the 2022 U.S. Census Bureau, 18.4 million children, 1 in 4, live without a biological, step, or adoptive father in the home. That’s enough children to fill New York City twice or Los Angeles four times over. Research shows that a father's absence affects children in numerous ...read more

  • The Henry Ford Museum In Dearborn, Michigan, Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,184 views

    The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, is a monument to the Industrial Revolution in America. Created by Henry Ford himself, it chronicles Ford’s innovations that changed forever the nature of work in America. Ironically, next door to the Ford Museum is a different kind of monument – also ...read more

  • Bruce Larson, In There’s A Lot More To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
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    Bruce Larson, in There’s A Lot More To Health Than Not Being Sick, writes, Behavioral sciences in recent years have expounded the simple truth that "behavior that is observed changes." People who are accountable by their own choice to a group of friends, to a therapy group, to a psychiatrist or a ...read more

  • G. Hastings- People For Two Millennia Have Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 1,686 views

    G. Hastings- People for two millennia have been refuting and overthrowing this book, and yet it stands today as solid as a rock. Its circulation increases, and it is more loved and cherished and read today than ever before. People make about as much impression on this book as a man with a tack ...read more

  • Escaping Judgment?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,999 views

    ESCAPING JUDGMENT? Because of a minor infraction, a shipmate of mine aboard the USS Reeves, bound for Japan, was busted one rank, fined and given extra duty for three weeks. Looking forward to celebrating his 21st birthday on July 22, he consoled himself every night during his extra duty by ...read more

  • Leslie Parrot Has This To Say About Friendship ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
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    Leslie Parrot has this to say about friendship from the book Relationships: Friends make the ordinary-running errands or eating lunch, for example-extraordinarily fun. And good friends ease our pain and lighten our heavy load….Not only are friends good for the soul but for the body as well. ...read more

  • Fewer Than 1 Of Every 10 Born-Again Christians ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    · Fewer than 1 of every 10 born-again Christians possesses a biblical worldview that impacts his/her decisions and behaviors. · The people who believe Christianity is losing its influence in our society outnumber those who say its gaining influence by more than 3 to 1. 50% of regular worship ...read more

  • Collegiate Spiritual Practices: A New Survey Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,200 views

    Collegiate Spiritual Practices: A new survey of students attending 46 colleges and universities finds a majority says religion and spirituality are important in their lives, but they also show a sharp drop-off of religious involvements as they move through their college years. Findings include: 73% ...read more

  • Charitable Giving Was Steady Last Year, As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Charitable Giving was steady last year, as employment and the economy stabilized Americans gave an estimated $240.72 billion in ‘03, slightly up from the previous year, according to Giving U.S.A. Estimated giving in ‘03 equaled roughly 2.2% of the nation’s GDP, the 5th year since ’71 that it ...read more

  • Media Saturated Kids: American Kids Spend An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,070 views

    Media Saturated Kids: American kids spend an average of 8 hours and 33 minutes in media each day (including TV, radio, music, print resources, computers, the Internet and video games) according to a Kaiser Health survey. Kids often multi-task by using more than one form of media simultaneously, so ...read more

  • Staffing Up, Benefits Down: According To The 2003 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,814 views

    Staffing Up, Benefits Down: According to the 2003 American Express Monitor 35% of U.S. of small-business owners plan to hire full or part-time staff, up from 26% last fall. Companies with hiring plans are equally likely to add full-time or part-time workers, 41% for each. Nearly 20% plan to hire ...read more

  • Lonely Americans Have A Third Fewer Close ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,203 views

    Lonely Americans have a third fewer close friends and confidants than 20 years ago, a sign people may be living lonelier, more isolated lives than in the past. In ‘85, the average American had 3 people in whom to confide important matters vs. 2 in ’04, finds an American Sociological Review study. ...read more

  • Jill C. Manning Submitted A Testimony To The ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    Jill C. Manning submitted a testimony to the Senate Hearing On Pornography’s Impact On Marriage & The Family, Nov 10, 2005. It was a research paper, 52 pages on The Impact of Internet Pornography on Marriage and the Family. One study she cites describes the affect on marriage as noted in divorce ...read more

  • If God Is To Develop His Plan In Your Life And ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
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    If God is to develop His plan in your life and you are to work at it with all your heart, then you must grow new spiritual muscle for the challenge. As a runner begins to train, his or her entire being is transformed. Within weeks of starting training the runner actually grows new capillaries. ...read more

  • Global Warming Doubts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,377 views

    GLOBAL WARMING DOUBTS More than 31,000 U.S. scientists, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s (in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties) have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the U.N.’s assumption that human production ...read more

  • Gentle Dogmatism  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,695 views

    GENTLE DOGMATISM We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and human sentiment that is ...read more

  • A Gentle Dogmatism

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
     | 2,605 views

    A GENTLE DOGMATISM A. W. Tozer said, "We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and ...read more

  • For Blessings Already Received

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Feb 23, 2012
     | 3,880 views

    FOR BLESSINGS ALREADY RECEIVED "Returning thanks for blessings already received increases our faith and enables us to approach God with new boldness and new assurance. Doubtless the reason so many have so little faith when they pray is because they take so little time to meditate upon and thank ...read more