In Sermon Illustrations: "American history"

66%of Americans Watch Tv While Eating Dinner. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

66%of Americans watch TV while eating dinner. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Today More Than 1 In 8 Americans (33 Million) Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Today more than 1 in 8 Americans (33 million) is at least 65 years of age or older. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Church General

More Than 25% Of Americans Who Died Last Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

More than 25% of Americans who died last year were cremated, up from just 10% in ’80. Experts predict it will reach 50% by ’20. ...read more

Tags: Death Nearness

Wal-Mart Sold Over 315,000 American Flags In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Wal-Mart sold over 315,000 American flags in the first two days following the infamous attack on America compared to 15,000 the same time a year ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Morals Sub Par: One Thing That Most Americans Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Morals Sub Par: One thing that most Americans can agree on is that moral values in the U.S. are less than good and are getting worse. Older adults are particularly critical of the state of moral values today. Overall, only 19% of Americans describe moral conditions in the country as “excellent” or ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Forms Cost Americans Fill Out 100 Billion Forms ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Forms Cost Americans fill out 100 billion forms every year. According to analyst firm CAP Ventures; each form costs about 5¢ to print and almost $1 to process. ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

More Than 9 Out Of 10 American Adults Engage In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than 9 out of 10 American adults engage in some type of faith-related practice during a typical week. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

80% Of 13 To 17 Year-Old Americans Had Few Or No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

80% of 13 to 17 year-old Americans had few or no doubts about their beliefs in the past year. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Young Money: Americans Ages 12-19 Spent $170 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Young Money: Americans ages 12-19 spent $170 billion last year finds Teenage Research Unlimited. That’s up 10% from 2 years ago. PBS reports that 22% of college students in ’00 owned a credit card in high school versus 11% in ’94. In ’99 a Consumer Federation of America study found ...read more

Tags: Children

25.8 Million Americans Play Golf. (Foster Letter ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

25.8 million Americans play golf. (Foster letter ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

1 In Every 3 American Babies Has Unwed Parents. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

1 in every 3 American babies has unwed parents. (The ...read more

Tags: Children

Ad-Verse More Than 60% Of Americans Block Phone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Ad-Verse More than 60% of Americans block phone calls, e-mails and/or pop-up ads. 30% use DVR’s to ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

1 In Every 3 American Babies Has Unwed Parents. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

1 in every 3 American babies has unwed parents. (The ...read more

Today, 7%-9% Of Americans Have Only A Cell Phone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Today, 7%-9% of Americans have only a cell phone and no land line, that’s up from 0.4% in ...read more

Ad-Verse More Than 60% Of Americans Block Phone ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Ad-Verse More than 60% of Americans block phone calls, e-mails and/or pop-up ads. 30% use DVR’s to ...read more

Over 25,000 Americans Commit Suicide Each Year. ...  PRO

Contributed by Aaron Jones on Mar 5, 2001

Over 25,000 Americans commit suicide each year. Over one million will try but only one out of fifteen will succeed. It is the tenth highest killer in the U.S. More will die by suicide than by murder. The model age for attempting suicide is 32 for men and 27 for women. The model age of succeeding ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30

Tags: Faith, Freedom, Funerals Non-Christian, God Brings Hope

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just Under Half Of Americans Say Most People Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Just under half of Americans say most people can be trusted, while 50% say you can't be too ...read more

Tags: Trust

A 3/07 Zogby Poll Finds Nearly 80% Of Americans ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

A 3/07 Zogby Poll finds nearly 80% of Americans feel there is too much sex, violence and coarse ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

29% Of Americans Under Age 30 Have Never Heard Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

29% of Americans under age 30 have never heard of Billy Graham. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

127 Million Americans Visit A Wal-Mart Each Week, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

127 million Americans visit a Wal-Mart each week, while only 68 million watch the network ...read more

Tags: Money