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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob ...read more
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Home Movies 75% of adults prefer watching movies at home vs. in a theater, finds a Pew Research Center survey, up from 67% in ‘94. 71% watch at least one movie a week, mostly at home. Broadcast, cable or satellite TV lead, but 50% ...read more
68% of Americans believe the entertainment industry has lost touch with viewer’s moral ...read more
Wizard Appeal 84% of U.S. teens have read or watched Harry Potter. So have 77% of all church-going and born again Christian teens. Just 4% say they’ve encountered any teaching or discussions in a church about the spiritual themes embedded in the wizardry legend. Among born again teens it’s 13%. ...read more
Film Economics 101 A movie needs to generate 2.5 times its cost at the box office to ...read more
67% of U.S. adults trust the media compared to 59% who trust the ...read more
Global Entertainment and media will grow to $41.8 trillion by ’09 says PriceWaterhouseCooper. Movie box office performance declined 6.2% in ’05, but video sales should reach $26.9 billion by ’09 and rentals ...read more
More Channels The average U.S. household received 96.4 TV channels in ‘05, up nearly 4 from ‘04. Yet, on average we only tune to 15.4, ...read more
Movieguide 2006 reports in ’05 films marketed to families drew 4 times more box office receipts than ...read more
WHAT WE WATCH AFFECTS OUR BEHAVIOR Studies are even showing how we are affected by what we watch on television, hear on our radios, or read in books and the paper. A study recorded in American Psychologist reported that “Psychologists have studied the effect of violent media on aggression for ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:22-23
Charles Spurgeon wrote, "If I have wickedness brought before me by others I will turn away from it, I will not gaze upon it with pleasure. Not only shall it not dwell in his heart, but not even before his eyes, for what fascinates the eye is very apt to gain admission into the heart," (Spurgeon, ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 101:3
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
2 billion households worldwide have a ...read more
In ’06 the home video market grossed more than twice what was grossed individually at the movie ...read more
93% of U.S. adults spend at least one hour a day on average watching ...read more
Big Idea Productions' parent Classic Media Holdings, Inc. has been acquired by U.K.-based Entertainment Rights, owner of rights to many characters, including Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids, Postman Pat, and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. VeggieTales officials say the organization has a ...read more
A 3/07 Zogby Poll finds nearly 80% of Americans feel there is too much sex, violence and coarse ...read more
U.S. Internet users watched more than 10 billion videos online during the month of ...read more
The average U.S. girl has the opportunity to see an estimated 77,546 commercials by the time she is ...read more
Mel Gibson has been named the "most powerful Christian" in Hollywood by Beliefnet. Clout is defined as a celebrity who has the sway to choose their career direction, while keeping their faith and even injecting it into their work in subtle or not-so-subtle ways. Denzel ...read more
29% of U.S. theater revenues come through their concession stands and 66% through ticket ...read more
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