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  • The White Witch Played On Ed's Cravings For ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 1, 2005
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    The White Witch played on Ed’s cravings for pleasure and importance. She magically gives him enchanted Turkish Delight, and the more he eats, the more he wants.(anybody been there?) She promised to make him a King of Narnia, and then he could eat all the Turkish delight he wanted. (Sound ...read more

  • Six Ways To Learn Everything You Ever Need To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
     | 1,394 views

    Six ways to learn everything you ever need to know about a man before you decide to marry him: 1. Watch him drive in heavy traffic. 2. Play tennis with him. 3. Listen to him talk to his mother when he doesn’t know you’re listening. 4. See how he treats those who serve him (waiters, maids). ...read more

  • Bible Readers Are Happier People: The More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Bible Readers are Happier People: The more people read their Bible, the happier they probably are, according to a recent Tyndale House survey. Nearly 90% of frequent Bible readers say that they feel at peace al or most of the time, compared to only 58% of people who read the Bible less than once ...read more

  • Spiritually Complacent Barna Research Reports ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Spiritually Complacent Barna Research reports that since ’91, Americans have become more spiritually complacent. 40% of born again Christians do not attend church or read the Bible in a typical week, 30% are not "absolutely committed to the Christian faith" and 70% are not involved in a small group ...read more

  • Jeff Bezos, 36-Year-Old Founder Of Amazon.com, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Jeff Bezos, 36-year-old founder of Amazon.com, shared the following 5 time management tips in the Wall Street Journal. Set aside Tuesdays and Thursdays as your own, without any regularly scheduled meetings. Break your routines. Visit Stores. Scrutinize your own Web site. Learn from unexpected ...read more

  • New Megachurch Research A Major New Study Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    New Megachurch Research A major new study of megachurches shows that 93% of churches with an average weekly attendance of at least 2,000 are found in the South, the West and the Midwest. The states with the largest concentration are California, Texas, Florida and Georgia. Dr. Scott Thumma, faculty ...read more

  • Women Avoid Negotiating: These Figures Are Taken ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Women Avoid Negotiating: These figures are taken from Women Don’t Ask, Negotiation and Gender Divide. 2.5 times more women than men feel “a great deal of apprehension” about negotiation. Men initiate negotiations about 4 times as much as women. When asked to pick metaphors for negotiations, men ...read more

  • Giving More ►$3 Out Of Every $4 Donated By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Giving More ►$3 out of every $4 donated by individuals in ’03 went to churches, synagogues and other religious worship centers, according to a Barna Group report. ►63% of households donated some money to a church, synagogue or other place of religious worship during ‘03. ►The mean ...read more

  • What A Difference A Century Makes! In 1904: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    What A Difference a century makes! In 1904: ►The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. ►Only 14% of the homes had a bathtub, 8% had a telephone. ►A 3-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11. ►There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and 144 miles of paved ...read more

  • Giving By Foundations Hit A Record Last Year, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Giving By Foundations hit a record last year, reversing 2 years of declines thanks to gains in asset values and continued gifts from philanthropists. The nation’s 66,000 independent, community and corporate foundations gave $32.4 billion in ’04 vs. $30.3 billion in ’03, an inflation adjusted 4.1% ...read more

  • Wal-Mart, With Sales Of $285 Billion, Accounts ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Wal-Mart, with sales of $285 billion, accounts for 8% of all U.S. retail sales, excluding autos and gasoline, and is expected to hit 12% by ’10 when sales will hit $500 billion. Al Meyers, Retail Forward VP, says the company “will have a material influence on gross domestic product” by ’10-’11. ...read more

  • Two Income Trap: Even Though The Modern ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Two Income Trap: Even though the modern two-earner family brings in 75% more inflation-adjusted income than the one-earner family of a generation ago, it actually has les discretionary income—and far more financial instability. The decline of public education has dramatically raised the price of ...read more

  • Abortion Views Changing: A New Gallup Survey Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Abortion Views Changing: A new Gallup survey of 13 to 17 year olds finds their views on abortion significantly more conservative than their parents’ generation: Abortion is morally wrong, Teens: 72% Adults: 26%; Abortion should be legal in all circumstances, Teens: 19% Adults: 26%; Abortion should ...read more

  • According To The Centers For Disease Control ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 30, 2006
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    According to the Centers for Disease Control domestic violence affects more than 32 million Americans, that is more than 10% of the U.S. population A woman is battered at least once every 15 seconds in the U.S. Battering is the single largest cause of injury to women in the U.S. 3 to 4 million ...read more

  • Six Ways To Learn Everything You Ever Need To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Six ways to learn everything you ever need to know about a man before you decide to marry him: 1) watch him drive in heavy traffic. 2) Play tennis with him. 3) Listen to him talk to his mother when he doesn’t know you’re listening. 4) See how he treats those who serve him (waiters, maids). 5) ...read more

  • Well I Thought That Since We Just Celebrated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hoover on Aug 3, 2006
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    Well I thought that since we just celebrated Christmas that I would start out this morning by sharing some of the most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts. So here they are, the top five most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts… 5. Hey, now there’s a gift. 4. If ...read more

  • What We Know About Mary Magdalene

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    Here is what we know - 1. She was from Magdala in Galilee 2. Jesus cast seven demons out of her. 3. She joined the band of disciples and followed Jesus where ever he went. Luke 8:2 4. She was at the cross when all the male disciples had fled (Mk 15:40, Jn 19:25) 5. She observed Jesus burial (Mk ...read more

  • In 24 Hours The Average Adult Body Accomplishes ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 29, 2007
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    In 24 hours the average adult body accomplishes much: 1, Your heart beats 103,689 times 2. Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles 3. You breathe 23,040 times 4. You inhale 438 cubic feet of air 5. You eat about 3 1/2 pounds of food 6. You drink about 2.9 quarts of liquid 7. You lose about a ...read more

  • Consumers Are Losing Faith In Many Companies They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
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    Consumers Are Losing Faith in many companies they deal with, and companies aren’t doing much to stop it, says a new Datamonitor report. 86% percent of U.S. and European consumers have become more distrustful of corporations within the past 5 years. What do people trust? Word of mouth ...read more

  • Men, Regardless Of Race Or Socioeconomic Group, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Men, regardless of race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to get bachelor’s degrees — and among those who do, fewer complete their degrees in 4-5 years claims the Department of Education. Men also get worse grades than women. Men are going to college in greater numbers and are more ...read more