These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
"Our economy is based upon people wanting more--their happiness on wanting less."
id: 744 | source: Francis Clark | tags: Contentment, Money
· Virginity Pledges Work...For A While: A study published in the American
Journal of Sociology reports that teenagers who publicly pledge to remain
virgins until marriage delay having sex by about 18 months in comparison with
their non-pledging peers. Among those who make such promises, about 50%
remained virgins until age 20. Among non-pledgers, 50% were no longer
virgins at age 17. While the study admits many factors play into decisions
of when to have sex, the study shows that the pledge did in fact add to the
delay. At age 15 82% of non-pledgers are virgins, compared with 90% of
pledgers. By 18, 32% of non-pledgers remained virgins, while 54% of those
who had made pledges had still not had sex. Columbia University sociologist,
Peter Bearman says it is "pure pledge effect." The study does point out that
when pledgers break their promises and do have sex, they most often do so
without any form of contraceptive, since it would be illogical for a student
to both pledge abstinence and carry a contraceptive. (AP, January 4, 2001).
id: 1256 | source: Ivy Jungle | tags: Discipline, Sex
The attempt to make God just in the eyes of sinful men will always lead to error.
id: 1433 | source: Pastor William L. Brown | tags: Apologetics, Evil, God
People who attend religious services and pray perform more acts of kindness each year than those who don't attend services, reports The National Opinion Research Center (NORC).
An NORC study found people who never attend services helped others about 96 times a year. Weekly worshippers were good for 128 selfless acts per annum.
The study also found liberals were no more altruistic in their deeds than conservatives. Nor were small-towners more altruistic than city folk.
People who prayed at least once a week performed nearly twice as many altruistic acts as those who never prayed. Those who prayed many times a day did three times as many good deeds as non-kneelers. Acts of kindness include helping a homeless person, returning money to a cashier after getting too much change, allowing a stranger to go ahead in line, donating blood, offering one's seat on a bus or in a public place to a stranger who is standing, giving directions to a stranger, or spending time talking with someone who is a bit down or depressed.
The study also measured empathy, perhaps proving the obvious: Women are more empathetic than men. While 46 percent of the women were pained by other people's misfortunes, only 25 percent of the guys gave a hoot.
id: 1864 | source: Anonymous | tags: Apologetics, Church, Compassion