Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 2, 2007
Neo-Paganism today (over a million in US/Canada). One example, Hellenic Neo-Paganism. This is from a UK Neo-pagan website:
What Gods Do You Worship?
Most of us worship at least the Twelve Olympians, in either Their Greek or Roman forms, as well as other divinities (e.g. Gaia, Persephone, Pan,
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Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Rodney Fry on Jan 14, 2007
All of us have heard the notion of “Safe Sex” proclaimed by the media. Is there any such thing? Some seem to suggest that if you could remove the specter of AIDS, STD’s, or unwanted pregnancy, it would be all right for people to have as much sex as they wished. Sex involves more than
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Drug Use among teens nationwide declined from 11.4% in ’02 to 10.9% in ’05. States that saw the biggest declines were IL,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
More Channels The average U.S. household received 96.4 TV channels in ‘05, up nearly 4 from ‘04. Yet, on average we only tune to 15.4,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Rousing Music Research shows that people who use high-energy music to start their day before they face challenging situations can increase their
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Someone (Zan Holmes) reminds us of our marching orders as Christians: "Christianity is a come-and-go affair. We come up to the mountain, but we must go back down again. We come to worship, but we must go to serve." (Raymond McHenry. ed. McHenry’s Quips, Quotes And Other
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Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
Rousing Music Research shows that people who use high-
energy music to start their day before they face challenging situations can increase their
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Today U.S. Adult Protestant Sunday school attendance has risen to 24% from 17% in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
U.S. megachurch average attendance is 30 times greater than the average U.S
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Annual giving to U.S. Protestant churches in 2005 is currently estimated at $93
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
The ’05 average income of the top 100 U.S. megachurches from all sources was $6
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
The number of pay phones in the U.S. has dropped from 1 million to 500,000 in the last 9
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Hispanics now comprise 14.5% of the U.S. population compared to blacks at
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Wireless Music According to an IDC study, U.S. wireless music services will have over 50 million users and generate more than a billion dollars in ’10. By the end of ‘06, the number of U.S. OTA customers, those with the ability to download and install content over a wireless network, will be
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Abstinence Up U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials, Wade Horn and Jeffrey Trimbath, publicly defend abstinence education programs. They claim the goal of such programs is to delay teens’ introduction to sexual activity, noting reliable statistics indicate that’s exactly what it
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