In Sermon Illustrations: "10 Commandments"

Tom Jefferson Wrote On How To Handle Anger ...  PRO

Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 5, 2001

(IL) Tom Jefferson wrote on how to handle anger in his "Rules of Living." "When angry count 10 before you speak. If very angry count a hundred." (IL) Mark Twain, 75 yrs later, revised ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11, Jonah 4:1

Tags: Anger, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Recent Research Funded By Zondervan Reveals The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Recent research funded by Zondervan reveals the most influential factor when choosing a Bible translation is accuracy (75.8%). 15.1% go for readability. This was a key motivator for Tyndale House to invest in the ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Televangelists Devote Less Time To Fundraising ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Televangelists devote less time to fundraising than commercial TV does airing commercials, according to Stephen Winzenburg, Grand View College. On average, televangelists use 17% of their airtime fundraising and promoting their ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Health Insurance Up: The Average Cost For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Health Insurance Up: The average cost for a family health insurance policy has topped $10,000 for the first time finds a Kaiser Family Foundation 60% employers offered coverage, down from 69% ...read more

Tags: Money

Marital Fights: A New Poll Reveals The #1 Thing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Marital Fights: A new poll reveals the #1 thing married couples fight about is sex. 23% of couples flagged this one. Fights related to money are second with 18% of votes. Third is a spouses habits’ (15%) and fourth ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Failure To Communicate: Research By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Failure To Communicate: Research by FranklinCovey, a training firm, finds that a majority of American workers cannot correctly identify their employers’ main goals, and fewer than 10% believe their day-to-day activities are actually ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

Church Attendance: Roughly 40% Of Americans Say ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Church Attendance: Roughly 40% of Americans say they seldom or never attend church or synagogue according to a recent Gallup poll. 29% attend church once a week. 11% attend almost every week and ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Phrase ‘faithfully Administering' (1 Peter ...

Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Sep 25, 2009

The phrase ‘faithfully administering’ (1 Peter 4:10) could also be translated “as good stewards.” A “steward” was one who served as a house manager; he had no wealth of his own, but distributed his master’s wealth ...read more

Tags: Stewardship

Denomination: Charismatic

[232]. A Message From A Poem - Reflections On The Christian Life

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 20, 2025

[232]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - REFLECTIONS ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE The poem explores some aspects of our faith. Each stanza makes a statement beginning with "What". STANZA 1 – Christ is glorified, and one day we will share in that glory. STANZA 2 – As perfect Man Jesus helps us in our ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:10-11, Titus 2:13, Romans 5:6, Hebrews 2:18, 1 Peter 1:21  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Helpless, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Comes To Our Aid, Glory, Worship, Hope, Help  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In The Summer Of 1988 I Found Myself Temporarily ...  PRO

Contributed by Jay Patton on May 16, 2002

In the summer of 1988 I found myself temporarily assigned to Camp Pendelton, California Marine Corps Base. I’d requested to go to search and rescue school and I had gotten my wish. Search and rescue, in case you didn’t know, is pretty much as it sounds. Whenever someone turns up missing, or an ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

Unsung Heroes-Claudius Lysias

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 22, 2023

Introduction: He was a high-ranking officer in the Roman army, mentioned only a couple of times in Scripture. We don’t know if he ever became a Christian, but we do know that he saved the life of Paul the apostle at least twice! Text: Acts 24:22-23, KJV: 22 And when Felix heard these things, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 24:22-23

Tags: Paul, Persecution, Claudius Lysias

Denomination: Baptist

Missions Receive Highest Support From Pastors Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Missions receive highest support from pastors of Baptist churches (22%) and theologically liberal congregations (23%). The least support for missions was expressed among pastors under the age of 40 (10% listed missions) according ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

No Conscience Clause: Canadian Federal Justice ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

No Conscience Clause: Canadian Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler admits that under the proposed Liberal same-sex “marriage” bill being fast-tracked through parliament, there would be no guarantees of protection for religious organizations that ...read more

Customer Evangelism And Word-Of-Mouth Marketing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Customer Evangelism and word-of-mouth marketing have become the most dominant forms of advertising to college students. According to a study by Alloy Marketing + Media, 91% of today’s college students pay the most attention to advertising ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Home Broadband- A Pew Internet & American Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Home Broadband- A Pew Internet & American Life Project report finds 84 million Americans connected via broadband in March ‘06-up 40% from 60 million one year ago. In ‘02, just 10% of ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Faith Can't Be Bought: The New York Times ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Faith Can’t Be Bought: The New York Times recently reported a poll finding that nearly 80% of Americans earning under $30,000 a year believe faith in God is “very important,” vs. only 54% of ...read more

Tags: Faith General

The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the non-partisan research group Child Trends finds almost 25% of teens who say they are virgins have had oral sex. Teens who define themselves as abstinent may ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Atheist Paid To Attend Church: Jim Henderson, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Atheist Paid To Attend Church: Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007

Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the ...read more

Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007

Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the ...read more