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  • An Estimated 80% Of Adult Problem Gamblers ...

    Contributed by John Gerald on Nov 11, 2004
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    An estimated 80% of adult problem gamblers started before age 14. A fifteen-year-old girl, an illegal gambler, lost $5,000 at New Jersey resorts, even as her father begged the casinos to bar her as a minor. Another teenager stole $20,000 to pay his bookie, while another boy prostituted his ...read more

  • Yankelovich Partners Recent Research Measuring ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 2,134 views

    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
     | 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

  • 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
     | 1,654 views

    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
     | 1,400 views

    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
     | 1,061 views

    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
     | 1,050 views

    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

  • A Short While Before Dr. J. B. Chapman Passed ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Apr 2, 2006
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    “A SHORT WHILE BEFORE Dr. J. B. Chapman passed away, he was addressing a gathering of preachers, when he said, “We have reached the place where one plays a handsaw and another gives a “Life’s Story,” gathering a big crowd and we call that revival. No! that is not a revival; that is a farce. ...read more

  • Ah, Dearest Jesus, Holy Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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     | 2,579 views

    Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee. My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep, I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song, Glory to God in highest ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • Karma - More And More People Are Relying On Karma ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    Karma - More and more people are relying on Karma to get them blessed here and to heaven. In NBC new show "My Names Earl" the main character has a list of all the things he has done wrong, and in order to get Karma to smile on him he has to undo all the bad he has done. There are those who really ...read more

  • Evangelical Christianity Is Flourishing In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Evangelical Christianity Is Flourishing In Europe. France has witnessed an 8-fold increase in Evangelical Christians during the past 50 years, from roughly 50,000 to 400,000. Evangelicals represent less than 2% of the European population. Growth is particularly strong among immigrants from Africa, ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,187 views

    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more