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Most American Catholics Believe That History Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Most American Catholics believe that history will judge Pope John Paul II favorably -- either as a great pope, or even one of the greatest ever. Seven in 10 predict the Catholic Church will make him a saint. Most American Catholics also say the choice of the next pope will matter to them ...read more

Tags: Church General

Tryvertising Is A New Breed Of Product Placement ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Tryvertising is a new breed of product placement in the real world, integrating goods and services into daily life in a relevant way, so that consumers can make up their minds based on their experience, not your message. It includes everything from traditional supermarket product sampling and free ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Digital Scrapbooking Is The Hottest New Way To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Digital Scrapbooking is the hottest new way to capture moments, create layouts, and art that result in scrapbooks. For an example visit ...read more

Kids Online: About 90% Of U.s. Children And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Kids Online: About 90% of U.S. children and adolescents ages 5-17 use computers, and about 60% use the Internet. About 25% of 5-year-olds use the Internet, and this number rises to over 50% by age 9, and to at least 75% by ages 15-17. ...read more

Tags: Children

Lower Risk Kids: The Foundation For Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Lower Risk Kids: The Foundation for Child Development reports the teen and adolescent birth rate has dropped from 20 births per 1000 girls in ’92 to 10.9 in ‘04. Binge drinking among high school seniors has fallen from 36.9% in ’74 to 29.2% last year. The number of youth offenders has fallen from ...read more

Tags: Church General

Media Bias: Political Science Professors At Ucla ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Media Bias: Political science professors at UCLA and the University of Chicago ranked major media outlets according to observable liberal political bias. Here are rankings on a scale of 0-100, the more liberal, the higher the score. Wall Street Journal 85.1 New York Times 73.7 CBS Evening News ...read more

Tags: Truth

Under Funded Retirement: The Annual Retirement ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Under Funded Retirement: The annual Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds 65% of workers are “very” or “somewhat” confident of funding their retirements. That’s down from 68% last year. Although the overall confidence reading remains high, most workers ...read more

Tags: Money

American Religion: Gallup's ‘04 Data Shows More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Religion: Gallup’s ‘04 data shows more than 8 in 10 Americans identify with a Christian religion, 24% Catholic, 50% Protestant, and 10% as some other form of Christianity. It also indicates 9% have no religious preference, and another 2% don’t answer the question, leaving 5% ...read more

Tags: Church General

Creationists Impact Films: The Evolution Fight ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Creationists Impact Films: The evolution fight has reached the big, big screen. Several Imax theaters are refusing to show movies that mention the subject—or the Big Bang or the geology of the earth—fearing protests from people who object to films that contradict biblical descriptions of the origin ...read more

Tags: Evolution

The 2005 Child Well-Being Index Notes That Just ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The 2005 Child Well-Being Index notes that just 41% of 12th-graders attend weekly religious ceremonies in ‘04, down from 51% in ’75. ...read more

Tags: Children

68% Of Americans Oppose Same-Sex Marriage, Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

68% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, up from 55% just a year ago. (Foster Letter ...read more

According To The ‘03 Census, About 2.3 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

According to the ‘03 Census, about 2.3 million grandparents nationwide are now raising their grandchildren. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Family

33.2 % Of Cell Phone Users In America Are Between ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

33.2 % of cell phone users in America are between the ages of 5 and 19. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

U.s. Adults Average 6.9 Hours Of Sleep A Night ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

U.S. adults average 6.9 hours of sleep a night according to the National Sleep Foundation. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

$400 Million In Porn Was Downloaded To Cell ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

$400 million in porn was downloaded to Cell phones last year and it is expected to grow to $5 billion by 2010. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Bible Reading Upl Today, 45% Of U.s. Adults Read ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Bible Reading UpL Today, 45% of U.S. adults read the Bible during a typical week, not including when they are at church, up from 31% in ‘95. The rise is largely due to increased reading among Baby Busters and residents of the western states. 67% of born again individuals read the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:5-8

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The Elderly Population In Every State Will Grow ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Elderly Population in every state will grow faster than the total population, and seniors will outnumber school-age children in 10 states in the next 25 years, reports the Census Bureau. It predicts 26 states will double their populations of people older than 65 by 2030, when the oldest members ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Should Pastors Continue Education? 48% Of All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Should Pastors Continue Education? 48% of all ministers say they are encouraged to continue their education using church time and/or funds. Another 8% are encouraged to further their education, as long as they use personal time and/or money. 40% are neither encouraged nor discouraged, while 2% ...read more

Tags: Church General

Searching Ucla's Higher Education Research ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Searching UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute found 75% of college freshmen are searching for meaning and purpose in life and would like their schools to help them explore such ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Profits Up—wages Down: Even Though The Economy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Profits Up—Wages Down: Even though the economy added 2.2 million jobs in ‘04 and produced strong growth in corporate profits, wages for the average worker fell for the year, after adjusting for inflation—the first such drop in nearly a decade. The problem is not with the jobs themselves, but that ...read more

Tags: Workplace