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  • I Remember Attending A Promise Keeper Meeting In ...

    Contributed by Mike Watson on Jun 23, 2007
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    I remember attending a Promise keeper Meeting in Denver Colorado when I was give the chance to hear Tony Evans speak to 70,000 plus men gathered together in the Broncos football arena. As I sat there in sure amazement I was challenged by the message that he spoke. He said, If we are going to ...read more

  • Retail Spending Decreasing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,446 views

    RETAIL SPENDING DECREASING "The retail numbers leave little doubt that shoppers are in belt-tightening mode," TNS Retail Forward says. "No part of retail spending is immune right now. From stores to online retailers and lower-income to higher-income shoppers, ...read more

  • In A Recent Experiment, Psychologists Asked ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
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    In a recent experiment, psychologists asked undergraduates to complete a survey that included a happiness scale and measures of gratitude and thankfulness. Then over the next six weeks, the participants wrote down, once a week, five things for which they were grateful. It had a dramatic effect on ...read more

  • As A Man Grows Older, He Values The Voice Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "As a man grows older, He values the voice of experience more, The voice of prophecy less. He finds life's wealth in home, health, and children. He thinks more of men's worth And less of men's wealth. He boasts less and boosts more. He ...read more

  • When You Want To Know How Effective Your ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
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    When you want to know how effective your anti-freeze is, you use one of those little droppers with the colored balls in it. The more you have floating, the higher the percentage of anti-freeze to water. But God does not use a little dropper. ...read more

  • Friday, The American Medical Association Released ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
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    Friday, the American Medical Association released the results of an interesting study teenage anger. The study was conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. It found that teenagers, who don’t manage their anger, are at a higher risk for weight gain than those who do. ...read more

  • Depression: Aetna Plans To Cover The Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,755 views

    Depression: Aetna plans to cover the cost of depression screenings by primary-care physicians. The bottom line is to squeeze higher productivity from workers by spotting and treating depression early. According to some researchers, over ten times as many people in the U.S. and Europe ...read more

  • Educated Donors: Only 26% Of The General Us ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Educated Donors: Only 26% of the general US population has attained a bachelor’s degree or higher. In comparison, a little more than half of the US donor population (55%) have four-year degrees or more. A similar proportion of donors to faith-based organization ...read more

  • Home Ownership Nearly 70% Of Americans Own Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
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    Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a ...read more

  • Home Ownership Nearly 70% Of Americans Own Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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    Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a ...read more

  • Attending Church Matters

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 27, 2010
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    ATTENDING CHURCH MATTERS The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry in spring 1997 released an article that shows older people who base their Christian faith on TV programmes have a higher rate of depression and lower health than the general population. While those who base their Christian life ...read more

  • Devil Says "I'll Make Your Music Career Take Off ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 21, 2008
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    Devil says “I’ll make your music career take off if you quit singing gospel” “I’ll make you popular if you Party and have sex” “I’ll make your self esteem higher if you sleep with a lot of people” “I’ll give ...read more

  • Noble Career  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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    NOBLE CAREER There is no career more noble than that of motherhood at its best. There are no possibilities greater and in no other sphere does failure bring more serious penalties. To attempt this task unprepared and untrained is tragic, and its results affect generations to come. On the other ...read more

  • In '70, Unmarried People Represented 28% Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    In ’70, unmarried people represented 28% of the adult population in the U.S. In ’96 40% of all adults are unmarried. Causes are postponement of first marriage (average age is now 27.1 for men and 24.8 for women), higher levels of divorce (10% of the population has been divorced and not remarried) ...read more

  • What Makes Life Worthwhile Is Having A Big ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
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    "What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know ...read more

  • Canadian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    CANADIAN IMMIGRATION New Census Bureau data shows one in five Canadians is foreign-born. Between ’01 and ’07, the nation’s foreign-born population increased by 13.6%--four times the rate of the overall population. Australia (22%) is the only western country with a higher ...read more

  • Deadly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    DEADLY PROFESSION Every year, between 300 and 400 doctors take their own lives (roughly one per day). No other profession has a higher suicide rate. And, in sharp contrast to the general population where male suicides outnumber female suicides 4 to 1, the rate among male and ...read more

  • Held Up By Our Father

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 17, 2011
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    HELD UP BY OUR FATHER 3-year old Tyler felt secure in his dad's arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deeper end, gently chanting, "Deeper and deeper and deeper," as the water rose higher and higher on Tyler. Tyler's face registered ...read more

  • Salvation Swing

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Dec 6, 2011
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    SALVATION SWING I remember back, as though it was yesterday, when my daughters were just little tykes. There was a great playground just down the hill from our seminary apartment where the girls would climb, slide and swing. Day after day they’d ask, "Mom, Dad, can we go to the park and swing?" ...read more

  • More Kids Living With Grandparents In '97, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    More Kids Living With Grandparents In ’97, the most recent year for which figures are available, 5.5% of all children under 18 in the U.S. live with a grandparent. That compares to only 4.9% in ’92 and 3.6% in ’80. The Census bureau blames social ills such as child abuse, ...read more

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