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  • 10 Commandments Of The Secular Progressive Movement

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In his book, “Culture Warrior” that I mentioned earlier Bill O’Reily lists what He refers to as the 10 Commandments of the Secular Progressive Movement. The first is… “Thou Shalt Not Make Any Judgment Regarding Most Private Personal Behavior. ...read more

  • Enrollments At The 90 Member Institutions Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,617 views

    Enrollments at the 90 member institutions of the council for Christian Colleges and Universities have grown 24% from ’90 to ’96, more than 4 times faster than growth at private institutions. Primary reason; distinctive academic environment that is physically safe, ...read more

  • College Costs Have Risen 13% This Year And 47% ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,148 views

    College Costs have risen 13% this year and 47% over the past decade. That’s an annual average increase of 3.9%. If room and board costs are included, the average student pays $26,854 a year to attend a private university and $10,636 for a ...read more

  • Sixty-Five Percent Of America’s High School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 17, 2001
    based on 123 ratings
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    Sixty-five percent of America’s high school students say that they would cheat on an important exam. Fifty-three percent of them said that they would lie to protect a friend who vandalizes school property. All this is based on a LOU HARRIS poll of more than ...read more

  • I Used To Work For An American Bank That Had The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 30, 2001
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    I used to work for an American bank that had the slogan "Quality Loyalty Consistency - QLC". This was drummed into its employees as a means of getting the most out of them. A colleague thought they were too demanding and countered the slogan - in private - with his own interpretation of what QLC ...read more

  • Quote Ken Gire In His Book 'intense Moments With ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
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    Quote Ken Gire in his book 'Intense Moments with the Saviour': "In so coming Jesus forces the hand of the religious aristocracy. After this public act, they would have to cast a public vote. No more meetings behind closed doors. No more plotting in private. They would have ...read more

  • The Idol Of Sexual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 27, 2012
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    THE IDOL OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY -The next idol hasn’t just slipped in the door, it has kicked in the door. It is the Eros problem, our society has overdosed on immoral sexual behavior. Kids in my generation had to seek out things that had sexual overtones and it was usually pretty difficult to find ...read more

  • Years Ago When I Was Doing Youth Ministry, We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 21, 2002
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    Years ago when I was doing youth ministry, we received applications from students who wanted to go on a mission trip. The missionary we were helping only had accommodations for a certain number to go, so the applications allowed the youth ministry sponsors to select the final team of students ...read more

  • Whatever Women Say In Public About Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
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     | 1,056 views

    "Whatever women say in public about their willingness to share the burden of making a living, in private I hear something entirely different. Married women tell me they resent working, if their working is an absolute necessity. Even part-time work sometimes irritates them if their income ...read more

  • The Story Of Bertha Smith

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 27, 2013
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    Bertha Smith is a name that we are not familiar with. Bertha Smith was a missionary many years ago in China. There was an uprising throughout China at that time and the Christian missionaries were forced to leave their congregations and flee to coastal cities for safety. Many of them, while ...read more

  • Why So ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
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    “Why so Cheerful?” On a train to Liverpool a Christian worker found himself in a crowded compartment seated near two soldiers, one a private, and the other a sergeant in his middle thirties. The private was a young lad, ruddy and open of countenance. The Christian worker’s heart went out to the ...read more

  • Every Thinking Man, When He Thinks, Realizes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure ourselves what that life would be if these standards were removed. We would lose almost all the ...read more

  • Love My Job: Gallup's Annual Work And Education ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,641 views

    Love My Job: Gallup’s annual Work and Education Poll finds most employed adults in the U.S. enjoy their jobs, including 59% who “like” and 32% who “love” them. Only 9% dislike or hate them. Non-profit organization, government, or self-employed workers are much more likely than those ...read more

  • How Difficult The Task To Quench The Fire And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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    How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking! How often are the laurels worn by those who have had no share in earning them! But ...read more

  • Home Schooling Continues Its Rapid Growth With 2 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,649 views

    Home Schooling continues its rapid growth with 2 million U.S. children being home schooled in ’05 vs. half that in ’02. Mike Smith, Home School Legal Defense Assoc., claims home schooling has proven through standardized achievement tests that home schooled children out perform those in both private ...read more

  • A Man On Staff With Chuck Swindoll Got Sexually ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 1,584 views

    A man on staff with Chuck Swindoll got sexually involved with his secretary. The church chose not to handle it in public, but rather deal with this privately. The next year, 17 marriages of senior leadership people in the church broke up! Paul is clear that when a leader sins, he/she needs to be ...read more

  • But, In 1787, A Group Of Well-Known And Powerful ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
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    But, in 1787, a group of well-known and powerful Philadelphians (called the Philadelphia Society) convened in the home of Benjamin Franklin. Dr. Benjamin Rush spoke on the Society’s goal, to see the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania set the international standard in prison design. He proposed a radical ...read more

  • Claiming ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2010
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    Claiming Forgiveness How do we know our sins are gone in God’s sight? Most of us know we have been born again. We see the difference. But how do we know we are forgiven? We know it only by taking God at His word and claiming it by faith. Emperor Napoleon, riding through his ranks fell ...read more

  • Home Schooling Continues Its Rapid Growth With 2 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,031 views

    Home Schooling continues its rapid growth with 2 million U.S. children being home schooled in ’05 vs. half that in ’02. Mike Smith, Home School Legal Defense Assoc., claims home schooling has proven through standardized achieve-ment tests that home schooled children out perform those in both ...read more

  • Long-Term Care

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 2,383 views

    LONG-TERM CARE A survey by Genworth Financial, a long-term care insurer, reports the cost of a private room in a nursing home for a year averages more than $76,000 (up 17% since ’04), an assisted-living facility $36,000 annually and $38 an hour for a Medicare-certified home health aide. Genworth ...read more