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Lives Molested: A New Study By The U.s. Centers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Lives Molested: A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprisingly discovered that 16% of adult men were sexually molested as children and that 38% of the perpetrators were female. 25% of adult women reported being molested, 94% of the time by males. Molestation victims ...read more

Tags: Children

Gallup's 2005 Update Of Americans' Confidence In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gallup’s 2005 update of Americans’ confidence in institutions finds the Military is #1 followed by Police #2 and Organized Religion as #3. HMO’s were ranked lowest. (Gallup Alert 6/1/05) 45% of American adults say they read the Bible during a typical ...read more

Tags: Church General

46% Of American Adults Listen To Christian Radio ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

46% of American adults listen to Christian radio vs. 56% 13 years ago, due to a 33% decline among non-Christians. ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

There Are 50,000 Centenarians In The U.s Today. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

There are 50,000 centenarians in the U.S today. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Death Nearness

Gift Bags Account For 33% Of The $2.7 Billion ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gift bags account for 33% of the $2.7 billion spent annually on gift wrap products. Tissue paper comprises 12%.(Foster ...read more

Tags: Giving General

There Are 7.3 Million Children In The U.s. With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

There are 7.3 million children in the U.S. with one or more parents in prison. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

A Recent Kaiser Family Foundation Study Finds 70% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation study finds 70% of 15- to 17-year-olds have viewed pornography online. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

There Were 49.6 Million Children Attending Public ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

There were 49.6 million children attending public and private schools in the U.S. in ’03, the highest number ever. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Children

The Number Of American Gamblers Has Increased By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of American gamblers has increased by 20 million in the past 5 years. 73 million will visit a casino this year with the average gambler making 6 such visits ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Healthdaynews Estimates 2,000,000 American Adults ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

HealthDayNews estimates 2,000,000 American adults will become compulsive gamblers at some point in their lives. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

The Largest Group Of New Users Of The Internet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The largest group of new users of the Internet are kids 2-5. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren Recently ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren recently sent an open letter to President Bush saying, “I deeply believe that if we as evangelicals remain silent and do not speak up in defense of the poor, we lose our credibility and our right to witness about God’s love for the world. Endorsed by Billy ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

No Conscience Clause: Canadian Federal Justice ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

No Conscience Clause: Canadian Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler admits that under the proposed Liberal same-sex “marriage” bill being fast-tracked through parliament, there would be no guarantees of protection for religious organizations that ...read more

Muslims Turn To Christ: Baptist Missiologist And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Muslims Turn To Christ: Baptist missiologist and author David Garrison says, “More Muslims have come to Christ in the past two decades than at any other point in ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

G-Rated Most Profitable: The Average G-Rated Film ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

G-Rated Most Profitable: The average G-rated film is 11 times more profitable than its R-rated counterpart, but the film industry made more than 12 times as many R-rated as G-rated movies from ’89 –’03. This is according to a recent study by The Dove Foundation. 51.4% of movies released in this ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Online Donations To The Biggest U.s. Charities ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Online Donations to the biggest U.S. charities surged 63% last year from ‘03, finds a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study. The 164 groups surveyed raised a combined $166.2 million online. That is less than 1% of the total raised by most of the charities, but the growth will spur more online ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Addicted To Post-Its: Contact Management Software ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

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

Tags: Workplace

Camera, Action 16% Of American Adult Internet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Camera, Action 16% of American adult internet users have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam. That translates into roughly 21 million people who have viewed material on web cams. And on any given day, about two million internet users are checking ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Giving Up: The Latest Giving Usa Foundation ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Giving Up: The latest Giving USA Foundation reports ’04 charitable contributions overall were at a record high last year, increasing by 5% to an estimated $248.5 billion. Individuals gave 765 of the total. Donations to Religious Organizations (includes churches) topped all other giving categories ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Laugh It Off: Vanderbilt University Researchers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Laugh It Off: Vanderbilt University Researchers have found that 10-15 minutes of genuine giggling and laughter can burn off calories equal to those in a medium square of ...read more

Tags: Entertainment