In Sermon Illustrations: "9 11 12"

Welcome And Do-Si-Do, Citation: Cartoonist Sandy ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 17, 2001

[Welcome and Do-Si-Do, Citation: Cartoonist Sandy Silverthorne in Leadership, Vol. 11, no. 4]. "And now here’s the point in our service where I’d like you all to rise, turn to the person on your right, shake hands, turn ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends, Church Small Groups, Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How People 'feel' About Your Cause Will Determine ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

How people ’feel’ about your cause will determine how they will respond to your appeal. Dean Rieck, President of Direct Creative, Columbus, OH cites these top 11 emotions for fundraisers. Altruism Anger Beliefs Compassion Ego ...read more

Tags: Giving General

At Least Half Of The Men And Women Entering ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

At least half of the men and women entering seminaries today to become pastors, priests and rabbis are over 35, reports a Parade magazine study. Seminary enrollments are up 10% and students 35 and older are up 5% since ’91. Many have left ...read more

Tags: Church General

Giving Cannibalized: All Around The Nation, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Giving Cannibalized: All around the nation, charities and other nonprofit organizations are confronting the same stark reality. More than $1 billion flooded into more than 100 funds set up to aid victims of the terrorist attack, those that serve ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Tuition Hike: College Tuition Climbed 10.5% At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Tuition Hike: College tuition climbed 10.5% at public 4-year colleges vs. 6% at private institutions. The College Board reports the average tuition for in-state students at 4-year public colleges is $5,132 this year ...read more

Tags: Money

E-Mail Content Sharing 63% Of Internet Users ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

E-mail Content Sharing 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care ...read more

Tags: Workplace

E-Mail Content Sharing: 63% Of Internet Users ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

E-mail Content Sharing: 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care ...read more

Tags: Workplace

E-Mail Content Sharing 63% Of Internet Users ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007

E-mail Content Sharing 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care ...read more

Home School Tutors The U.s. Department Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Home School Tutors The U.S. Department of Education’s most recent home schooling survey was in ‘03. It found from ‘99 to ’03 the number of children educated at home had soared 29% percent to 1.1 million ...read more

Top 10 Surnames Smith Remains The Most Common ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Top 10 Surnames Smith remains the most common surname in the U.S., according to recent analysis by the Census Bureau. For the first time, two Hispanic surnames--Garcia and Rodriguez--are among the top 10 most common in the ...read more

Retail Spending Decreasing

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

RETAIL SPENDING DECREASING "The retail numbers leave little doubt that shoppers are in belt-tightening mode," TNS Retail Forward says. "No part of retail spending is immune right now. From stores to online retailers and lower-income to higher-income shoppers, ...read more

Tags: Money

We'll Cook For Mother's Day!

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 2, 2012

WE'LL COOK FOR MOTHER'S DAY! Two kids told mother not to cook for Mother's Day ... they would do it. Nine pots, 2 skillets, 4 large bowls, 11 spoons, 5 measuring cups and 1 whole roll of ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Baptist

Trusting The History

Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013

TRUSTING THE HISTORY "..in this era of history, the most attacked part of the Bible's history is Genesis 1-11.  When people understand they can trust the history of the early chapters of Genesis, they can better understand and be more responsive to the gospel--the gospel that is based ...read more

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Mennonite

Martin Luther On Faith

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Apr 23, 2014

Martin Luther said: "Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible. Then, it accepts the impossible, does without the indispensable and bears the intolerable." Hebrews 11:6 says ‘Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-6

Tags: Living By Faith, Walking By Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Over 90% Of American Households Own Bibles, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Over 90% of American households own Bibles, and 80% of the families that own bibles have more than one according to Barna Research Group. The average household has 3 Bibles, while evangelical Christian households ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Personal Letters Of All Sorts, Or "Household To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Personal Letters of all sorts, or “household to household” correspondence, account for less than 1% of the 100 billion pieces of first-class mail the USPS handles each year. Most of it mail consists of greeting cards, invitations, ...read more

Tags: Communication General

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

Joel Osteen, Megachurch Pastor And Author, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Joel Osteen, megachurch pastor and author, ranked #9 of all podcasts on iTunes the 2nd week of March. His podcast has been in or near the top 10 on iTunes since January, with more than a million ...read more

Tags: Pastors

Cfos Top Concerns 1-Consumer Demands, 2-Cost Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

CFOs Top Concerns 1-Consumer Demands, 2-Cost of labor, 3-Credit markets/Interest rate, 4-Cost of fuel, 5-Health care cost, 6-Housing market fallout, 7-Skilled-labor shortage, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

D. Lloyd Jones Sums Up Paul's Position In These ...  PRO

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 23, 2008

D. Lloyd Jones sums up Paul's position in these words, "In vv. 6-29, he explains why anybody is saved: it is the sovereign election of God. Verses 30-33 show us why anybody is lost, and the explanation to that ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Baptist