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  • Addressing A National Seminar Of Southern ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Nov 28, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,227 views

    “Addressing a national seminar of Southern Baptist leaders, George Gallup said, "We find there is very little difference in ethical behavior between churchgoers and those who are not active religiously...The levels of lying, cheating, and stealing are remarkable similar in both groups. Eight out of ...read more

  • Robert Wuthnow, Author Of God And Mammon In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
     | 1,503 views

    Robert Wuthnow, author of God and Mammon in America states, "The more orthodox the (church) member’s belief and faith, the higher the giving--except among Catholics." (In general Catholic giving lags behind Protestant giving.) He also has discovered very predictable giving increases as a result of ...read more

  • Younger Children 800% More Likely To Receive ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,736 views

    Younger Children 800% More Likely To Receive Christ: Barna Research reports teens between ages 14 and 18 have only a 4% likelihood of accepting Christ compared to kids ages 5 through 13 who have a 32% probability. This challenges the widely held notion that the teen-age years are a prime time for ...read more

  • No Religion: Experts Who Compared The Results Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,690 views

    No Religion: Experts who compared the results of religious identification surveys for ’90 and ‘01 report that those who said they have “no” religious identification are the fastest growing U.S. religious group. They comprised 8% of respondents in ‘90 and 14% in ‘01, or approximately 30 million ...read more

  • Working Poor: There Are 35 Million People In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,362 views

    Working Poor: There are 35 million people in the country living in poverty. Most of the adults in that group work, notes Ron Suskind, the author of The Price of Loyalty. Worker Output rose at a 2.7% annual rate in Q4 of ’03, down from 9.5% in Q3 reports the Labor Department. Productivity for year ...read more

  • Not A Sin: Born Again Adults Are Twice As Likely ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,635 views

    Not A Sin: Born again adults are twice as likely as non-born agains (24% vs. 10%) to agree divorce without adultery is a sin, finds a new Barna Group survey. However, 52% of born agains disagree that divorce without adultery is sin. 74% of all non-born again adults disagree with the statement. 58% ...read more

  • 92% Of U.s. Adults Say They Or A Household Member ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,305 views

    92% of U.S. adults say they or a household member made a financial contribution to a nonprofit organization in the past year. 49% of those who contributed gave less than $500, while 6% donated $5,000 or more. In ‘06, 50% of donors gave to churches and religious organizations, 50% to disaster relief ...read more

  • Ghost

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Jan 8, 2010
     | 2,253 views

    Ghost Perhaps you have seen the movie "Ghost". Admittedly it came out in 1990 so maybe it is a bit old for some of you. It stars Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. Early in the movie Patrick dies and becomes a "ghost". Near the end of the movie Demi has to let him go as he walks to a group of ...read more

  • One Day In Pittsburg, Pa, A Car Was Stolen. As ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 3, 2010
     | 1,235 views

    One day in Pittsburg, PA, a car was stolen. As the thieves began stripping the vehicle they came across papers identifying the owner as Fred Rogers, host of the children’s television program Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. They quickly reassembled the car, cleaned and vacuumed it, and returned it with ...read more

  • You Have A God Who Hears You, The Power ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 25, 2010
     | 1,532 views

    “You have a God who hears you, the power of love behind you, the Holy Spirit within you, and all of heaven ahead of you. If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner, and an anchor for every storm. You have everything you need. And who ...read more

  • Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 16, 2010
     | 1,972 views

    Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers (Newfoundland comedy group) feature a song on one of their albums called “Only 19”. It is the story of a young man who married what he thought was his young bride until they got ready for their first night together. She removed her cork leg, make-up that’s ...read more

  • We Will Remain Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,401 views

    "WE WILL REMAIN CHRISTIANS" An American journalist in 1993 interviewed a group of children from a Sunday school in southern Sudan where Arab Muslims regularly raided their village and slaughtered Christians. Many of their relatives had already been killed. The journalist asked, "Would you turn to ...read more

  • Senior Citizens

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,544 views

    Senior Citizens A group of Florida senior citizens were talking about their ailments: • "My arms are so weak I can hardly hold this cup of coffee." • "Yes, I know. My cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee." • "I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck." • "My blood ...read more

  • After The Service Was Over, A Young Man Was ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 9, 2008
     | 2,151 views

    After the service was over, a young man was sitting off to the side of a group. This young man had been in some trouble and was going the wrong direction, but was trying to turn around. The pastor went up to him and asked him about his commitment to God. The young man responded, "I have always ...read more

  • Addressing A National Seminar Of Southern Baptist ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jul 25, 2008
     | 1,222 views

    Addressing a national seminar of Southern Baptist leader, George Gallup said, "We find there is very little difference in ethical behavior between churchgoers and those who are not active religiously...The levels of lying, cheating, and stealing are remarkable similar in both groups. Eight out of ...read more

  • On His Side

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 2,609 views

    On His Side During the US civil war, Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast. Lincoln was a man of deep, if at times unorthodox, faith. At one point one of the ministers said, "Mr. President, let us pray that God is on our side". Lincoln's response showed far greater ...read more

  • Gma Dove ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,060 views

    GMA DOVE AWARDS The 39th annual GMA Dove Awards were awarded 1/25/08 and televised live on the Gospel Music Channel. The Dove Awards in the overall categories went to: Artist of the Year: Toby Mac Female Vocalist of the Year: Natalie Grant Male Vocalist of the Year: Chris Tomlin Group of the ...read more

  • Jenna Day Tells Of A Christmas 20 Years Ago That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,614 views

    Jenna Day tells of a Christmas 20 years ago that she remembers well. At her small school in central Maine, there were two classes for each grade: the children who got good grades, wore nice clothes and whose parents were in the PTA, and the kids who were in the slow class, and got poor grades. She ...read more

  • On A Rather Insignificant Sphere  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,754 views

    ON A RATHER INSIGNIFICANT SPHERE A senior angel is showing a very young angel around the splendors of the universe. They view whirling galaxies and blazing suns, and then flit across the infinite distances of space until at last they enter one particular galaxy of 500 billion stars. As the two ...read more

  • When Your Sin Finds You Out.  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 16, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,765 views

    I was 18 years old when I stole my first and only item. I was a bagger at a local grocery store. The store had some small battery operated record players that played 45s. (For those too young to remember what 45s were, they looked like bid CDs with a hole in the middle.) A lot of the record players ...read more

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