In Sermon Illustrations: "12 Years Bleeding"

Americans Used 28,497,464 Rolls And Sheets Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005

Americans used 28,497,464 rolls and sheets of wrapping paper, 16,826,362 packages of tags and bows, 372,430,684 greeting cards, and 35,200,000 Christmas trees during the 1989 Christmas ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denominational Threat: Half Of All Church Going ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Denominational Threat: Half of all church going Americans are attending only 12% of the nation’s 400,000 churches. This has to be quite troubling to denominations, the many of the largest churches are either not denominationally affiliated, or if they are ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Prayer Cure: Several Recent Research Efforts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

The Prayer Cure: Several recent research efforts have clearly demonstrated a relationship between good health and spirituality; especially prayer and worship. Now 70 of the nation’s 125 medical schools have begun offering ...read more

Tags: Prayer Answered

Biblical Illiteracy Studies Show Only 17% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Biblical Illiteracy Studies show only 17% of Americans read the Bible regularly while Gallup studies show 80% of Americans see themselves as Christians. These statistics establish the sad reality that a large majority of Christians are biblically ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

About 4 In 10 U.s. Households Have Video-Game ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About 4 in 10 U.S. households have video-game consoles like the Xbox, 25% have MP3 players like the iPod, and 1 in 7 has satellite radio finds a new AP-Ipsos ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Americans Used 28,497,464 Rolls And Sheets Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Americans used 28,497,464 rolls and sheets of wrapping paper, 16,826,362 packages of tags and bows, 372,430,684 greeting cards, and 35,200,000 Christmas trees during the 1989 Christmas season. ...read more

Tags: Christmas

The Boomer Generation Spends $2 Trillion Annually ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

The Boomer Generation spends $2 trillion annually on goods and services. That’s almost 3 times more than the $350 billion American’s ages 12-24 (the most sought after demographic of ...read more

Tags: Money

Louisiana Residents Most Faithful: Louisiana Has ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Louisiana Residents Most Faithful: Louisiana has the highest church attendance in the U.S with 56% of its residents attending church or synagogue every Sunday. The state of Washington is lowest with only 29%. The national average is ...read more

Tags: Church General

Video Clip From Movie "Ray"

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 7, 2006

Video Clip from movie "Ray" Chapter:13 Start:1:09:26 End:1:12:06 - 2:40 This clip shows Ray Charles as a child falling down and his mother painfully watching (not rescuing) him ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Christian Church

What Is A Cpo? A Chief Privacy Officer Oversees A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

What Is A CPO? A Chief Privacy Officer oversees a company’s privacy policies and practices, monitoring how the corporation handles confidential information about consumers and employees. Companies are trying to stave off overburdening privacy regulation by ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Best Tag Lines: Recent Research By Researcher ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Best Tag Lines: Recent research by researcher Emergence found the following three the most recognized brand identity tags: “You’re in good hands” (Allstate Insurance), “Like a good neighbor” (State Farm Insurance) and ...read more

Tags: Church General

27% Of U.s. Protestant Churches Do Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

27% of U.S. Protestant churches do not participate in the World Wide Web says Ellison Research. 58% of churches provide Internet access for their staff. Just under half maintain a Web site. 23% use ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Send Money

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

SEND MONEY 73% of Gen Nexters (Americans aged 18-25) told a recent Pew survey that they have received financial help from their parents during the past 12 months. Fully 46% say they depend on their parents or ...read more

Tags: Money

An Average Person's Anxiety  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Feb 13, 2003

An average person’s anxiety is focused on: 40% -- things that will never happen 30% -- things about the past that can’t be changed 12% -- things about criticism by others, mostly untrue 10% -- about health, ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Denomination: Baptist

Smart Money Magazine Rated Christian Ministries ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Smart Money magazine rated Christian ministries as 4 of the top 5 U.S. charities when it comes to efficient use of donations. They are #1 Samaritan’s Purse, #2 Wycliffe Bible Translators, #4 Focus on the Family and #5 ...read more

Tags: Giving General

The Cell Phone Is The New Car' (As Cleverly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

’The Cell Phone is the New Car’ (as cleverly stated by the Economist). Consider these similarities between the automotive and wireless/handheld industries: • Model and customization define the owner • Replacement is frequent • Choice is massive • Branding and design are key • Competition is ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Dayspring.com Site Is One Of The Most-Trafficked ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

DaySpring.com site is one of the most-trafficked Christian websites in the world attracting 1.6 million visitors on an average month. It is the most trafficked Christian e-card website and the 7th most-trafficked e-card website ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Gay Benefits: Of The Nation's Top 500 U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Gay Benefits: Of the nation’s top 500 U.S. companies, 95% now offer anti- discrimination policies based on sexual orientation and 70% offer domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples. In ’00, the numbers stood at ...read more

According To The U.s. Census Bureau In 2002, The ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 30, 2006

According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2002, the proportion of marriages taking place right now that will eventually divorce is just over 40%. According to George Barna, the United States is 12th in the World in the percentage of marriages that end in ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Being Surrounded By A Great Cloud Of Witnesses ...

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 8, 2009

Being surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (12:1) in a race that is marked out for us makes me think about Roger Bannister being cheered on by a stadium full of people when he became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Training, ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Anglican