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  • As An Adult Stage In Life, Marriage Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 2,158 views

    “As an adult stage in life, marriage is shrinking. Americans are living longer, marrying later, exiting marriage more quickly, and choosing to live together before marriage, after marriage, in between marriages, and as an alternative to marriage. A small but growing percentage of American adults ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 1,109 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
     | 1,363 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
     | 2,359 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
     | 1,510 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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     | 1,528 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
     | 1,216 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

  • Old Leaf  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Dec 8, 2003
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     | 3,294 views

    OLD LEAF A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed between the pages. "Mama, look what I found." the boy ...read more

  • I Like The Old Story About The Guy Who Came To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 23, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,075 views

    I like the old story about the guy who came to church with his family. As they were driving home afterwards he was complaining about everything. He said, “The music was too loud. The sermon was too long. The announcements were unclear. The building was hot. The people were unfriendly.” He went on & ...read more

  • Just This Past Week, An Acquaintance Stopped By ...

    Contributed by David Haun on Apr 4, 2004
     | 1,910 views

    Just this past week, an acquaintance stopped by our table at a restaurant to tell us of an illness in her family. I asked if she would like me to pray. She said yes, and we prayed there at the table. Later, after our friend had left, another person came up to our table and indicated she had seen ...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

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

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
     | 1,623 views

    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
     | 910 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'll Never Forget The Episode Of "Home ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Dec 26, 2007
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     | 3,128 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
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    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
     | 3,089 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
     | 1,648 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
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    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
     | 1,346 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
     | 6,676 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