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    Among seven risk factors, abortion is the “best predictor of breast cancer,” reports The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. The study showed that countries with higher abortion rates, such as England & Wales, could expect a substantial increase in breast cancer incidence. Where abortion ...read more

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  • A Pew Research Center Survey Reports 56% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    A Pew Research Center survey reports 56% of Americans say mothers are doing a worse job today than they did 20 or 30 years ago. Full-time work outside the home has lost some of its appeal to mothers, for both those who have such jobs and those who don't. Among working mothers with children 17 and ...read more

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  • In '06, American Consumers Spent $3.2 Billion ...

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  • An Increasing Number Of People In America And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    An increasing number of people in America and around the world don't believe in God. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found 20% of Americans ages 18 to 25 say they have no religious affiliation or consider themselves atheists or agnostics, nearly double the rate of 20 years ...read more

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  • Fearfighter, A Kind Of Psychiatric Computer, Is ...

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    Fearfighter, a kind of psychiatric computer, is one of two programs endorsed by Britain’s health advisory watchdog for people with panic attacks, mild depression, or phobias. People uncomfortable with getting advice from a computer can still choose to see therapists, but the option of logging on ...read more

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  • Income Decline

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    INCOME DECLINE 42% to 44% of retirees are expected to experience a drop in income between ages 67 and 80, with a medium decrease in income of $16,000 for today’s retirees and $23,000 ...read more

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  • 89% Of U.s. Moms Use The Internet At Least Twice ...

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    89% of U.S. moms use the Internet at least twice a day, and 90% have been using it for more than seven years. 86% say search engines are the most efficient way to find info, claims a Microsoft and ROI Research study. 70% use search engines to gather info before making any online purchase. 57% use ...read more

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  • More Than Half Of U.s. Couples Who Married In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    More than half of U.S. couples who married in the late '70s never saw their 25th anniversary, say the Census Bureau. It's the first time since World War II that married people had a less than even chance of still being married 25 years later, claims The New York Times. 70% of men who married ...read more

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  • A Famous Preacher Visited A Nursing Home That ...  PRO

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    A famous preacher visited a Nursing home that had some patients with Alzheimer's in it. He went around and greeted the people who were very glad to see him. He walked up to one lady and asked, "Do you know who I ...read more

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  • Mort Meyerson, Who Ran Perot Systems From 1992 To ...

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    Mort Meyerson, who ran Perot Systems from 1992 to 1997, created a stir when he canceled the company’s annual Christmas party. He saw that the event (for 13,000 employees) was costing $360,000 and decided the money could be put to better use. He said, "We’ll take the $360,000 and buy food and ...read more

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    Percentage of personal income in U.S. that went to charitable giving during the Great Depression: 2.9 Percentage of income ...read more

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  • A Husband And Wife Team Of Researchers, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2008
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    A husband and wife team of researchers, the founders of Empty Tomb, Inc., in Champaign, Illinois, have tracked American and American Christian expenditures as well as global needs. John and Sylvia Ronsvalle have estimated that $70-$80 billion a year could meet the most essential human needs around ...read more

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  • Laughter Is An Instant Vacation. Giving Is A ...

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    "Laughter is an instant vacation. Giving is a two-week cruise—with ...read more

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  • Romans 8:28 We Know That In All Things God Works ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 18, 2008
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    Romans 8:28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him... Sometimes we just want things to turn out well – especially in a bad situation. Before Tom left for deployment to Iraq – he prayed that God will guide him in doing good in a land full of violence. Recently, his ...read more

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  • Where Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a ...read more

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    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

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  • Dead To Sin, Remade In ...

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    DEAD TO SIN, REMADE IN CHRIST When Standard Oil Company began to refine petroleum, there was a black substance, a by-product, that no one knew what to do with. It was black, sticky, and stinky. It couldn’t be buried because it would just find its way to the surface again. It couldn’t be burned ...read more

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    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    THE VALUE OF STUFF It’s interesting the values people put on stuff. It’s amazing what sells on E-bay. A Brazilian manufacturer put a UFO detector with AA batteries included on E-bay. The detector could detect fluctuations in the earth’s magnetic field caused by visitations from alien spacecraft. ...read more

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  • Thom Rainer Tells Us In His Book Giant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    Thom Rainer tells us in his book Giant Awakenings that "71% of breakout churches report an increased emphasis on prayer over the past several years as compared to only 40% of churches which continued on the plateau." Rainer also tells us that "Earle Cairns notes with profound simplicity that ...read more

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    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    SECURITY? What’s good about America? How about peace and security? A lady said: Security and peace of mind were part of the reason we moved to a gated community. But both flew out the window the night I called a local pizza shop for a delivery. "I’d like to order a large pepperoni, please," I ...read more

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