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  • 55% Of U.s. Adults Attended A Conventional Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    55% of U.S. adults attended a conventional church service in the past month. 28% of all adults who did not attend a conventional church activity participated in an alternative means of experiencing and expressing their faith in God. 12% engaged in spiritual activity on the Internet. 9% participated ...read more

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  • Randy Comes To Our Young Adult Ministry Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,340 views

    Randy comes to our young adult ministry every week. He has a speech impediment and usually stands in the corner by himself. When I go to greet him and tell him how glad I am to see him, he says the same thing to me every week. “I almost didn’t come tonight, and I don’t think I’ll be coming ...read more

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  • Is Spiritually Passing On? A New Barna Group ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Is Spiritually Passing On? A new Barna Group study finds 62% of Americans consider themselves to be deeply spiritual, unchanged n the past decade. Yet, the younger a person is, the less likely they are to claim to be deeply spiritual. In fact only 4% of Mosaics made such a claim compared to 55% of ...read more

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  • The Temple In Jerusalem Was Built With A 3' To 4' ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 4,232 views

    The Temple in Jerusalem was built with a 3’ to 4’ high wall which ran through the court and separated the court of the Gentiles from the rest of the inner court. Only Jews were permitted past this dividing wall. Archaeologists in 1871 uncovered the inscription: ‘No man of another race is to ...read more

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  • According To Dr. Willimon, "For Mary And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    According to Dr. Willimon, “For Mary and the rest of the disciples, it was the appearance of the risen Christ, that enabled them to see what was actually before them. He did not leave them to their own thought processes. He did not expect them to build upon their past experiences. He did not leave ...read more

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  • In 1896, H. G. Wells Published A Book Titled The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2010
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    In 1896, H. G. Wells published a book titled The Time Machine, an imaginative tale of a scientist who builds a machine that can transport someone through time. The time traveler is preoccupied with the future, not the past. Like many scientists, he believes “progress” will enable the human race to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Roman Short Whip

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025
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    Roman short whip, also called a flagrum. It was made of two or three leather (ox-hide) thongs or ropes connected to a handle. The leather thongs were knotted with several small pieces of metal, usually zinc and iron, attached at various intervals. Scourging would quickly remove the skin. According ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • The Church At This Point Has A Few Options At Its ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2009
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    The church at this point has a few options at its disposal to confront this injustice (Idea here pulled from Jim Cymbala’s book “Fresh Power “ pg. 88,89). a. They could start a demonstration – they could march on Washington and protest because there are 5,000plus in the church at this point in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Americans Read Christian Books: Barna Research ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Americans Read Christian Books: Barna Research Group found that 48% of all U.S. adults and 51% of teens read at least one Christian book other than the Bible in the past year. Moreover, 35% of all U.S. adults and 34% of teens bought at least one Christian book in that same time period. 50% of all ...read more

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  • From Usa Today September 13, 2007 ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
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    Illustration from USA TODAY September 13, 2007 edition page 11a “Live and Let Live – Public opinion polls reflect what many people see in their daily lives: When it comes to gay rights, issues of race and beyond, the USA has become a more tolerant nation over the past 25 years.” (See ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Opportunity's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    OPPORTUNITY’S BALD-SPOT In the past, there was a well-known bronze statue of Kairos by a Greek sculptor named Lysippos. On this famous statue was an epigram about the meaning of the statue. The epigram was a series of questions and answers. After inquiring about the author and his origins, it ...read more

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  • True Christianity

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
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    This past Wednesday, many across our country and others, went to their local churches to have ashes placed on their foreheads, as a sign of repentance. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period that many “give-up” something in preparation for the coming of Easter. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sylvester Stallone Of "Rocky" Fame, Now ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 27, 2005
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    Sylvester Stallone of “Rocky” fame, now middle-aged and married with 4 children, is taking stock of his life–and he doesn’t like everything he sees in his past. “Climbing that mountain of ambition. Being so prolific, put the emphasis on the wrong side of my life. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Public Acceptance Of Homosexuality Has Increased ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 1,741 views

    Public Acceptance of homosexuality has increased in a number of ways in recent years. On three specific issues - allowing gays to serve openly in the military, adoption by homosexual couples and legalizing gay marriage - opposition has fallen considerably in the past decade, though each issue ...read more

  • Public Acceptance Of Homosexuality Has Increased ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,636 views

    Public Acceptance of homosexuality has increased in a number of ways in recent years. On three specific issues - allowing gays to serve openly in the military, adoption by homosexual couples and legalizing gay marriage - opposition has fallen considerably in the past decade, though each issue ...read more

  • It Was Told That In One Of His Speeches To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It was told that in one of his speeches to the soldiers of the first World War, General John J. Pershing said: “I have known Jesus Christ now for forty-seven years, and I could not face life without Him. It is no small thing to know that all the past is forgiven, that help is available from God ...read more

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  • John Tyler, After Death Of William Henry Harrison ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    John Tyler, after death of William Henry Harrison … When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge ...read more

  • The Ability To Think Straight, Some Knowledge ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,216 views

    "The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community these are the most vital things education must try to produce. If we can achieve them in the citizens of our ...read more

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  • Sin Is Like A Vacuum Cleaner

    Contributed by Daniel J. Little on Nov 15, 2011
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    SIN IS LIKE A VACUUM CLEANER SIN we said, is stretching our will and our actions past the limits of God’s laws. The result is not unlike pulling a vacuum cleaner beyond the length of its cord, you still have the machine (your body) but now it is disconnected from the power that makes it behave ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • According To A New Study By Sociologists At Duke ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Canfield on Nov 9, 2006
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     | 1,325 views

    According to a new study by sociologists at Duke University and the University of Arizona. Americans’ circle of confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past two decades and the number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled, “This change ...read more

    Denomination: Christian Church