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  • One Day As I Was Picking The Toys Up Off The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,207 views

    One day as I was picking the toys up off the floor, I noticed a small hand print on the wall beside the door. I knew that it was something that I’d seen most every day, but this time when I saw it there, I wanted it to stay. Then tears welled up inside my eyes, I knew it wouldn’t last, for every ...read more

  • Four Preachers Met For A Friendly Gathering. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,381 views

    Four preachers met for a friendly gathering. During the conversation one preacher said, “Our people come to us and pour out their hears, confess certain sins and needs. Let’s do the same. Confession is good for the soul.” In due time all agreed. One confessed he liked to go to movies and would ...read more

  • In 1884 Grover Cleveland Was Running Against ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,319 views

    In 1884 Grover Cleveland was running against James G. Blaine for the presidency of the U.S. Blaine supporters discovered that Cleveland, who was a bachelor at the time, had fathered a son by Mrs. Maria Crofts Halpin, an attractive widow who had been on friendly terms with several politicians. ...read more

  • The French Mathematician, Lecompte De Nouy, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,439 views

    The French Mathematician, Lecompte de Nouy, examined the laws of probability for a single molecule of high dissymmetry to be formed by the action of chance. De Nouy found that, on an average, the time needed to form one such molecule of our terrestrial globe would be about 10 to the 253 power ...read more

  • On His First Voyage West In 1492, Christopher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 1,838 views

    On his first voyage west in 1492, Christopher Columbus knew that his crew felt uneasy about sailing into unknown waters for an unknown period of time. So he kept two logs for the journey. In the first, he recorded the distances traveled as he calculated them. In the second log, he deliberately ...read more

  • Church Loyalty: What Keeps Members And Seekers ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,348 views

    Church Loyalty: What keeps members and seekers attending their church on a regular basis? Currently 1 out of 7 adults changes churches each year while 1 out of 6 attends a handful of churches on a rotating basis. Ranked by importance, Barna Research says these are the 10 critical factors in ...read more

  • Great Pr: Companies Are Becoming More Creative In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 1,832 views

    Great PR: Companies are becoming more creative in how they support philanthropy. More are offering employees paid time off for volunteer work. Such policies make for excellent public relations. In today’s still-tight labor market, companies are also betting that work-life benefits such as volunteer ...read more

  • In Perspective Bureau Of Labor Statistics And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,842 views

    In Perspective Bureau of Labor Statistics and Current Population Survey data puts recent large-scale layoff announcements in perspective: Annually, job creation is still outpacing job elimination, and has since ’95; mass layoffs account for only 20% of unemployment—as they have for the past 5 ...read more

  • A Mother's Place Is At Home: 66% Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    A Mother’s Place Is At Home: 66% of American women with preschool children—and 56% of those with infants less than a year old—are in the labor force, but attitudes toward working mothers have changed little. Various research reports from the Lucile Packard foundation find that 75%-80% of Americans ...read more

  • Eharmony.com Founded By Christian Author And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    eHarmony.com founded by Christian author and marriage counselor psychologist Dr. Neil Clark led the Internet personals category in new subscriptions by grabbing nearly 38% of total U.S. subscription sales generated by the top 12 dating sites, reports comScore. eHarmony’s radio and television ad ...read more

  • Black Adults Are The U.s. Population Segment To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Black Adults are the U.S. population segment to most likely to parallel Christian or biblical teachings. They are the likely to contend the Bible is accurate in its teachings, that religious faith is very important in their life, that they have a personal responsibility to evangelize, that Jesus ...read more

  • Episcopal Turmoil: A Growing Number Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,643 views

    Episcopal Turmoil: A growing number of American Episcopal churches are leaving the Episcopal Church U.S.A. and aligning themselves with the Anglican Church of Uganda. The rupture occurred over the Church’s decision last year to permit the blessing of same-sex unions and to consecrate an openly gay ...read more

  • Cell Phone Codependency A Growing Number Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Cell Phone Codependency A growing number of experts have identified and begun to study a distinct downside in that: cell phone use may be making us less autonomous and less capable of solving problems on our own, even when the answers are right in front of us. The ease of obtaining instant advice ...read more

  • Male Bashing Ads Are Today's Men Incompetent, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Male Bashing Ads Are today’s men incompetent, bumbling idiots? Judging by portrayals in some advertising, the answer seems to be yes. The “man as a dope” imagery has gathered momentum over the last decade, and critics say that it has spiraled out of control. It is nearly impossible, they say, to ...read more

  • High School Workers: When Surveyed In ‘00 And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    High School Workers: When surveyed in ‘00 and ’02, a University of Washington study finds 56% of high school seniors had jobs in the last few months of their senior year. 4 of every 10 seniors didn’t work, two worked 15 hours a week or less, and 4 worked more than 15 hours a week. Most worked at ...read more

  • Giving By Foundations Hit A Record Last Year, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Giving By Foundations hit a record last year, reversing 2 years of declines thanks to gains in asset values and continued gifts from philanthropists. The nation’s 66,000 independent, community and corporate foundations gave $32.4 billion in ’04 vs. $30.3 billion in ’03, an inflation adjusted 4.1% ...read more

  • In 1665 The Residents Of London Were Dying By ...  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    In 1665 the residents of London were dying by the thousands each day. The bubonic plague was spreading from house to house because of the unsanitary conditions. Rats and fleas spread the germs throughout the city. Almost 30,000 people died, almost a third of London’s population at the time. This ...read more

  • Cohabitating Families Falling Apart: In Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,941 views

    Cohabitating Families Falling Apart: In Great Britain 75% of all family breakdowns affecting young children now involve unmarried parents, finds new research. An estimated 88,000 children aged under 5 were affected by the separation of their unmarried parents in ‘03, compared with about 31,000 ...read more

  • The Preacher Then Went On To Criticise The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
     | 2,270 views

    The preacher then went on to criticise the attitude of religion towards science. “If there is still a feeling of hostility between them ... it is no longer the fault of religion. There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is so no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or ...read more

  • Have You Ever Heard Of The 2nd Law Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Feb 23, 2006
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     | 1,736 views

    Have you ever heard of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics? It’s a basic Scientific Law – right up there with the Law of Gravity. One definition of it says: The entropy (disorder) of a closed system will not decrease for any sustained period of time. (That was the shortest one I found.) To put it ...read more