In Sermon Illustrations: "1000 Years"

What Is Time? The Shadow On The Dial, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries these are but arbitrary and outward signs, ...read more

Tags: Time

Soft Landing: Church Seating Companies Say That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Soft Landing: Church seating companies say that 50% of their orders today are for cushioned seating, compared with only 20% just 5 years ...read more

Tags: Church General

80% Of U.s. Companies Keep Tabs On Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

80% of U.S. companies keep tabs on their employees by checking their e-mail, Internet, or phone connections vs. 35% 4 years ago. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Among Adults Who Say They Had Given 10% Or More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Among adults who say they had given 10% or more of their income to churches and related ministries in the past year, 63% lied about their ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Child Porn Up: The National Center For Missing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Child Porn Up: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports of suspected child porn jumped 39% to 106,000 last year. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Women Are By Nature Fickle, And So Are Men.not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Women are by nature fickle, and so are men.Not so with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them today, ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

If Your Whole World Is Upside Down And Joy And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If your whole world is upside down and joy and cheer are far from you, romp for an hour with a six-year-old child and see if its laughter and faith are ...read more

Tags: Children

Wayne Smith Tells Of An Ad He Observed In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008

- Wayne Smith tells of an ad he observed in a southern California newspaper at thanksgiving a few years back… “Divorce: only $25, come in and unload that ...read more

In The Twelve Months Ending October '07, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

In the twelve months ending October ’07, the number of visitors to coupon sites grew by 6% over the previous year, to 20.3 ...read more

Tags: Money

People In Advertising Sales Are Among The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

People in advertising sales are among the happiest one-third of employed Americans; the unhappiest people by job are gas station attendants ...read more

Tags: Happiness

God Will Stop Making Worlds...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 29, 2013

GOD WILL STOP MAKING WORLDS... I remember singing years ago in the choir of Evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman that she would say, "God will stop making worlds to ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

Luther Once Said That We Should Be Ready As If ...

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Aug 26, 2005

Luther once said that we should be ready as if Jesus were coming today but working as if He were not coming for a thousand years. Whilst waiting expectantly for ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Baptist

The World Population Doubled, To 6 Billion, Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The world population doubled, to 6 billion, over the past 40 years, but will increase a much slower rate to about 8.9 billion by 2050. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

In The U.s. 150,000-160,000 New Titles Were ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

In the U.S. 150,000-160,000 new titles were published last year, according to R.R. Bowker’s Books in Print. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Gift Cards Are Expected To Be Purchased By 64% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gift Cards are expected to be purchased by 64% of Christmas gift givers this year. 50% plan to buy gift cards for stores or products; 34% for restaurants and 27% for ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Gambling By Cell Phone Has Sky-Rocketed. The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gambling by cell phone has sky-rocketed. The number of betting pages downloaded is expected to approach 3 million this year, a rise of 367% over ...read more

Tags: Addiction

The Number Of College Students Who Think That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of college students who think that abortion should be legal has decreased from 67% 10 years ago to just a slight majority today. ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Astronomers Now Believe There Are As Many As 140 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Astronomers now believe there are as many as 140 billion galaxies in the known universe, some more than 11 billion light years away, each containing ...read more

Tags: Creation

A Child Enters Your Home And Makes So Much ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it; then departs, leaving your ...read more

Tags: Children

The Perception Of Christmas  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002

THE PERCEPTION OF CHRISTMAS To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. SOURCE: E. B. White, The Second Tree ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus, Christmas