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  • Fatherless

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    FATHERLESS 37% of juveniles, when first arrested for a serious crime, reported a parent or sibling in prison. Young men without father-figures are twice as likely to be ...read more

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  • Protecting Our Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Studies show 25-33% of girls and 5-15% of boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. The majority will be abused by family members or trusted family friends. Churches are urged to take steps in ...read more

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  • Reclaiming Church Dropouts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    RECLAIMING CHURCH DROPOUTS 70% of young adults will leave the church between ages 18 and 22, yet LifeWay Research has found 39% of them will return if gently nudged by their parents or other family members. ...read more

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  • Aging Are Leaving No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    AGING ARE LEAVING NO INHERITANCE An AARP analysis of the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances finds 21% of people born after 1964 thought they would inherit money someday. But with each passing year, the pressures on the nest-eggs of older people will only grow. A lot of ...read more

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  • Church Is Good For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    CHURCH IS GOOD FOR MARRIAGE Married couples who attend church services frequently are happier and more likely to succeed in their marriages than those who don’t attend church often or not at all, finds a Univ. of Virginia study. 70% of husbands who attend church regularly are “very happy” in their ...read more

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  • World's Population Growing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    WORLD’S POPULATION GROWING World population is projected to reach 7 billion only 4 years from now. The world added its 6 billionth resident in 1999; today its population is approximately 6.7 billion. World population growth is slowing down; it took about 12 years for the world population to rise ...read more

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  • Women Feel Used With Casual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    WOMEN FEEL USED WITH CASUAL SEX For decades many have claimed that the sexual and feminist revolutions freed women to enjoy casual sex without fear of adverse consequences. Yet according to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women after ...read more

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  • Growing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    GROWING PLURALISM Most Americans don’t believe their religious tradition is the only way to eternal life, even if their denomination teaches otherwise, finds a Pew Forum study. 57% of evangelical church-attenders believe many religions can lead to eternal life. 70% of Americans with a religious ...read more

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  • Ape Rights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    APE RIGHTS The Spanish Parliament’s move to grant rights previously reserved for human beings to chimpanzees and other apes is a victory for those seeking to minimize the uniqueness of humanity, a bioethics specialist says. An environmental committee in Spain’s legislature approved a resolution on ...read more

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  • The Bible As Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    THE BIBLE AS HOLY The Bible is deemed a holy book by 84% of the U.S. public. Although 84% of Barna Research respondents described themselves as Christian, 7% did not consider the Bible to be sacred, while 38% of adults who do not consider themselves Christian categorized it as such. Most ...read more

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  • 32% Of Evangelical Protestant Churches Are In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    32% of evangelical Protestant churches are in a strong financial position vs. 13% ...read more

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  • 6 In 10 Catholics Describe God As

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    6 in 10 Catholics describe God as "a person with whom people can have a relationship," while 3 in 10 described God as an ...read more

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  • Suit Over Bible "Hate" Language  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    SUIT OVER BIBLE "HATE" LANGUAGE A Michigan man is suing Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, claiming biblical references to homosexuality as a sin violate his constitutional rights and have caused him emotional pain and mental instability. Bradley Fowler, 39, is seeking $60 million from Zondervan and $10 ...read more

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  • Ashes To Diamonds

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    ASHES TO DIAMONDS A company in Switzerland transforms the ashes of the dearly departed into a diamond of up to 1 carat in 6-8 weeks. A pound of ashes is enough to make a diamond; a human body leaves behind an average 5.5 to 6.6 pounds of ashes. The carbon, which makes up about 15% of the ashes, is ...read more

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  • Death Or Disability? Americans Choose Death  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DEATH OR DISABILITY? AMERICANS CHOOSE DEATH 52% of people in the U.S. would rather be dead than disabled says a Disaboom study, a website for disabled people. 63 % of younger Americans chose death over disability. 56% of Americans 65 and older would rather die than live with a disability. Those ...read more

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  • Girls Growing Up Too Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    GIRLS GROWING UP TOO FAST A study by Girlguiding reveals 3 leading potential "triggers" for serious mental health problems in girls: premature sexualization, commercialization and alcohol misuse. The report reveals a loss of childhood innocence and says girls today experience high levels of ...read more

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  • Churched" Vs. "Unchurched" Doesn't Tell The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    "CHURCHED" VS. "UNCHURCHED" DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY New Ellison research on U.S. adult attendance at worship services found the traditional definitions of "churched" (attend services monthly or more often) — and "un-churched" (do not typically attend frequently enough to be considered ...read more

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  • Divorce Aftershocks

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    DIVORCE AFTERSHOCKS The National Child Development Study in the U.K. tracks 17,000 people born in Britain during the same week in 1958. Comparing those individuals with those born years later, the study revealed those in both generations with divorced parents were more likely to suffer from ...read more

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  • Evangelism?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    EVANGELISM? A 4-year study funded by the Lily Endowment designed to identify and analyze highly effective examples of evangelism by congregations in 7 mainline denominations reached two primary findings: (1) Of the 30,000 churches that qualified for the Mainline Evangelism Project, only 1/2 of 1% ...read more

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  • Each Year, Approximately 20,000 18-Year Olds In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    Each year, approximately 20,000 18-year olds in the foster care system are released into American ...read more

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