In Sermon Illustrations: "American history"

Set Free

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 2, 2011

SET FREE Ray Bakke, the Executive Director of International Urban Associates, tells a great story from World War II. An airman named MacDonald and a Scottish chaplain bailed out behind German lines, were captured and put into a prison camp, with MacDonald in the American barracks and the chaplain ...read more

Tags: Restoration

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Charismatic Churches Over 45,000 U.s. Churches ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Charismatic Churches Over 45,000 U.S. churches identify themselves as charismatic or Pentecostal or nearly 15% of all American churches. Only Baptists claim a larger ...read more

Tags: Church General

Values Are Most Important: The Family Research ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

Values Are Most Important: The Family Research Council’s recent Battleground 2000 bipartisan poll reveals that the American public is concerned with values more than other ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Precious Freedoms: Yankelovich Partners Recently ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Precious Freedoms: Yankelovich Partners recently conducted a survey for the Lutheran Brotherhood analyzing which freedoms Americans value most. Freedom of speech ranked 1st for ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Life & The Internet 45% Of Internet Users, Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Life & The Internet 45% of Internet users, or about 60 million Americans, say the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major life ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Not That I Love Country Less, But Humanity ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Not that I love country less, but humanity more, do I plead the cause of a higher and truer patriotism. We are men by a more sacred bond than we are citizens; we are ...read more

Tags: Church General

Elizabeth Griscom: Freedom Creates Courage  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009

ELIZABETH GRISCOM: FREEDOM CREATES COURAGE On January 1, 1752, Samuel and Rebecca Griscom gave birth to a baby girl they named Elizabeth. Elizabeth grew up a Quaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After completing her formal education, Elizabeth went on to work as an apprentice to John Webster, a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19

Tags: Independence Day

Generations And The Bible  PRO

Contributed by Billy Nale on Oct 19, 2009

GENERATIONS AND THE BIBLE A new research report from the Barna Group examines recent nationwide studies on how different generations of American adults view and use the Bible. For the purposes of this research, the Mosaic generation refers to adults who are currently ages 18 to 25; Busters are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 Timothy 4:12-16

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Baptist

How Many Pray?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

HOW MANY PRAY? An overwhelming majority of Americans believe in prayer and believe that God answers prayer. 54% said they pray every day 29% said they pray several ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration, Prayer General

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Has A Scene ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Mar 3, 2002

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation has a scene that illustrates what is probably the attitude of many Americans who pray.. Old Aunt Bethany "prays," but in reality, she is reciting the pledge of ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To, Prayer General

Denomination: Baptist

Evolution?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002

EVOLUTION? If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? Milton Berle, American comedian SOURCE: Celebrating Mothers: A Book of Appreciation. Edited by ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day, Parenting

Introductions Please  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001

INTRODUCTIONS PLEASE A 1980 Gallup poll indicated that out of all evangelical, American believers, "only two percent had introduced another person to Christ." SOURCE: J.K. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To, Great Commission, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ortberg Notes This About Our Society: The Deeper ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 26, 2004

Ortberg notes this about our society: The deeper truth is that we live in a lethal environment. American society is filled with ideas and values and pressures and temptations about success and security and comfort and ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive, Sin General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

41% Of 1st Births To Women Ages 15 To 29, Between ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

41% of 1st births to women ages 15 to 29, between ’90 and ’94 were by out-of-wedlock mothers. 70% of Americans favor prayer in public schools. ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Bible Survey A New Zondervan Survey Reveals Adult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Bible Survey A new Zondervan survey reveals adult Americans’ perceptions about the Bible. Only 59% read the Bible occasionally, down from 73% in the ‘80’s and at least weekly ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Protect Marriage: A Recent New York Times/Cbs ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Protect Marriage: A recent New York Times/CBS News poll finds 59% of Americans now support a marriage protection amendment while 35% oppose it. ...read more

Keep The Commandments: A Recent Usa Today/Cnn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Keep The Commandments: A recent USA Today/CNN /Gallup poll shows that 77% of Americans oppose the court order requiring the removal of the Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the ...read more

Tags: Commandments General

Women View Porn: Nearly 1 In 3 Visitors To Online ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Women View Porn: Nearly 1 in 3 visitors to online porn sites is female. Nielsen/NetRatings estimates that 9.4 million American women accessed such sites in ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Alexis De Toqueville's Statement Is Oft Quoted ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Alexis de Toqueville’s statement is oft quoted but still a concise clarification of the place of integrity in American life. “America is great,” said the Frenchman, “because America is good. If ever America ceases to be ...read more

Tags: Faith

Shohoiya Yokowai Spent 28 Years Of His Life In ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 26, 2001

Shohoiya Yokowai spent 28 years of his life in prison. It was not a prison of bars & locks & wardens, but a self-imposed prison of fear. He was a Japanese soldier on the island of Guam during WW2. And when the American forces landed, he fled into the jungle & found a cave in which he hid for 28 ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry, Endurance

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ