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  • Yankelovich Partners Recent Research Measuring ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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    Yankelovich partners recent research measuring American’s response to our increasingly stressful culture detected the following. 35% of Americans report "spiritual well-being is more important than mental or physical"--up from 30% who held that view a year ago. Yankelovich terms this phenomena ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
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    “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

  • Restless Workers: 47% Of Workers Are Looking For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Restless Workers: 47% of workers are looking for another job or plan to look within the next 12 months according to a new Yahoo.com poll. 34% either weren’t sure or definitely would not recommend their employer to others. 45% cite lack of career growth potential as a reason for leaving. 51% of ...read more

  • Building Boom: The U.s. Population Is Expected To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Building Boom: The U.S. population is expected to increase 33% to 376 million by ‘30, according to a new Brookings Institute analysis. That’s 94 million more than in ‘00. To serve them, almost 60 million housing units will have to be built. About 20 million of these units will replace destroyed or ...read more

  • Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    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

  • Apologetics Hot, Thom Rainer, Dean Of Billy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Apologetics Hot, Thom Rainer, Dean of Billy Graham School of Missions says Christian apologetics is a coming hot book genre during CBA’s Independents Day event Cultural conflicts between religions, heightened by the war on terrorism, will drive churches to understand other faiths while defending ...read more

  • Pray Away Pain: Need An Effective Painkiller? ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Pray Away Pain: Need an effective painkiller? Pray! More than half of those who responded to a USA Today/ABC News/Stanford University Medical Center poll say they use prayer to control pain. Of those, 90% say it worked well, and 51% say “very well.” Among a dozen therapies, including bed rest, ...read more

  • Addicted To Post-Its: Contact Management Software ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Addicted To Post-Its: Contact Management Software not withstanding, a new Plaxo survey finds 37% of small business persons manage their contacts with Post-It notes or a Rolodex. Only 35% noted they used Microsoft Outlook to manage personal and business contacts, 17% reported using their PDAs or ...read more

  • Christian T-Shirts Are More Popular Among Young ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Christian T-shirts are more popular among young adults (18-34) than NBA-themed or Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) logo tees, finds a new DATOmana survey. When presented with NBA and A&F shirts, 40% of those surveyed chose a religious T-shirt, vs. 16% for the NBA shirt and 30% for the A&F shirt. Most said ...read more

  • Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    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

  • Religious America: Because Wealthier Nations Tend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Religious America: Because wealthier nations tend to place less importance on religion—with the exception of the U.S., Americans’ views are closer to people in developing nations than to the publics of developed nations finds a new Pew Research study. With 6 in 10 Americans saying religion plays a ...read more

  • Costly Out-Of-Stocks: A Grocery-Industry Survey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Costly Out-Of-Stocks: A grocery-industry survey found when customers can’t find what they want in stock, up to 43% go to another store--many taking the rest of their shopping away as well. Another 25% won’t buy the item at all. Out-of-stock causes include retailers underestimating demand, using ...read more

  • Discussing Religion Or Politics Is No Longer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Discussing Religion or politics is no longer considered taboo in our society, according to a new Barna Research Group survey. The seven most talked about topics (by American adults) in a typical week are: 66% talked about the content of movies or TV programs, 57% discussed money, 55% focused on ...read more

  • He Is Rich Who Owns The Day, And No One Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well ...read more

  • A Relative Of A Christian Sister Of Mine Once ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 22, 2009
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    A relative of a Christian sister of mine once told her that it might be in God’s plan for her (my sister) to suffer or to be deprived of things, but it wasn’t God’s plan for her. His plan for her, it seemed, was that she be healthy, wealthy and wise. She even went so far as to say that the ...read more

  • Unclean Gentiles

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2009
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    UNCLEAN GENTILES The Mishna says, "The dwelling places of Gentiles are ritually unclean (Ohalot 18:7). David Stern summarizes other passages in the Mishna, "…Jews may not remain alone with Gentiles, leave cattle at their inns, assist them in childbirth, suckle their children, do business with them ...read more

  • Now To A Jewish Person, Any Time The Word ...

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 19, 2010
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    Now to a Jewish person, any time the word “sacrifice” was used, they would’ve immediately thought about the lambs that were sacrificed at the temple. Those sheep were raised up, they were fed, taken care of and protected, for the sole purpose of the sacrifice on the alter of God. That’s what a ...read more

  • When Barbara Bush Visited Tokyo She Was Lunching ...

    Contributed by Paul Green on Feb 5, 2010
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    When Barbara Bush visited Tokyo she was lunching with Emperor Hirohito at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace. Looking around her elegant surroundings, she complimented Hirohito on his official residence. "Thank you," he said. "Is it new?" pressed Mrs. Bush. "Yes." "Was the old palace just so old that it ...read more

  • No Wonder The People Wept When They Heard The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2010
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    No wonder the people wept when they heard the message! (The Hebrew word Bochim means “weepers.”) However, their sorrow was because of the consequences of their sins and not because the wickedness of their sins had convicted them. It was a shallow and temporary sorrow that never led them to true ...read more

  • Paint Me With Diamonds

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 22, 2011
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    PAINT ME WITH DIAMONDS A woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist, "Paint me with diamond rings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets, a ruby broach, and gold Rolex." "But you are not wearing any of those things," he replied. "I know," she said. "It's in case I should ...read more