In Sermon Illustrations: "A New Creature"

Father's Day Is The 4th Most Important Retail ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Father’s Day is the 4th most important retail gift holiday, after Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Valentines. 55% of Americans celebrate the day with a gift, according to new Unity Marketing research the typical gift-giver ...read more

Marriage Amendment: 37% Of America's Voting-Age ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Marriage Amendment: 37% of America’s voting-age citizens have never even heard of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), according to a new Barna study. When respondents were told about FMA, 46 % favored and 44 % ...read more

Choices: The Overall Number Of Products Offered ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Choices: The overall number of products offered in an average-size supermarket stands at around 22,000. Last year, there were over 21,000 new products introduced. An eye-popping 1,500 actually made it into stores, the highest ...read more

Tags: Money

From Lemons To Lemonade: Target's Decision Shut ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

From Lemons To Lemonade: Target’s decision shut out Salvation Army bell-ringers at its stores this past Christmas may have actually helped the charity. They set a new record at $95.3 million from the ‘04 ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Religious Children's Books Are Being Buoyed By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religious Children’s Books are being buoyed by the overall strong sales of religious books, particularly Christian while much of the publishing industry is flat. General market publishers such as Simon & Shuster and Golden Books are releasing numerous new ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Children Who Spend Most Of Their Time In Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Children who spend most of their time in child care are 3 times as likely to exhibit behavioral problems in kindergarten as those who were cared for primarily by mothers. The more time spend in out-of-home settings, the greater the ...read more

Tags: Children

In-Game Ads A Nielsen Interactive Entertainment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

In-Game Ads A Nielsen Interactive Entertainment study finds in-game advertising resulted in a 60% increase in awareness for a new product and animated 3-D ads achieved twice the recall of static billboards. 50% of respondents ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Compared To Children Of Married Biological ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Compared to children of married biological parents, children age 12-17 with cohabiting parents are 6 times more likely to exhibit emotional and behavioral problems. Likewise, adolescents from cohabiting households are 122% more likely to be ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Rates Of Serious Child Abuse Are Lowest In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Rates of serious child abuse are lowest in intact families; 6 times higher in step-families; 14 times higher in always-single-mother families; 20 times higher in cohabiting biological-parent families; and 33 times higher when the mother is ...read more

Tags: Children

Every Day Is The Best Day Of The Year. He Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every day is the best day of the year. He is rich who owns the day. And no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded by fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Tomorrow is a new day. ...read more

Tags: Guilt

The Beauty Of Christ

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 11, 2009

THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST Just as we are attracted to the loveliness of a sunset, of the Grand Canyon, of the intricate order of a mariposa leaf or esperanza blossom, we are awed by the deeds of power in the Old Testament and New. But we are also attracted by the beauty of the words of Christ, words ...read more

Tags: Beauty

Denomination: Catholic

Missions

Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 22, 2009

Missions While churches concern themselves with missions abroad, many miss the opportunity afforded by the 400,000 international students who study in the U.S.A. each year. Many of them are open to new ideas and would be responsive to the gospel. We ...read more

Tags: Missions

The Wrath Of God

Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 12, 2010

THE WRATH OF GOD Leon Morris, a theologian and New Testament scholar, explains that God's wrath is not "an uncontrollable outburst of passion. It is the reverse of a holy love, a flame which sears but purifies... always exercise with a certain tenderness, for even when He is ...read more

Tags: God's Judgment

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Relationships And Cell Phones

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 13, 2010

RELATIONSHIPS AND CELL PHONES Desperate people will do almost anything. People are desperate for relationships and will pay a lot of money to have it. The cost of a T-Mobile HTC HD2 cell phone is $2,600 while the ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Pentecostal

Life After Death  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2011

LIFE AFTER DEATH A boss asked one of his employees, "Do you believe in life after death?" "Yes, sir," replied the new employee. "I thought you would," said the boss. "Yesterday after you left to go to your ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Pride And Dirty Laundry

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 17, 2011

PRIDE AND DIRTY LAUNDRY A woman looked out of her window every morning and commented on the dirty laundry on her neighbor's line. One day she noticed it was sparkling clean. "Maybe she's using a new detergent," ...read more

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Regeneration

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025

The change of regeneration is total and complete – at least is should be that way. Dr. Dale Sides calls it “re-gene-a-ration.” It like a whole a new DNA has been placed in every cell of your body. That’s how vast and powerful is the work ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 36:25-27

Tags: Regeneration, Dr Dale Sides

Denomination: Methodist

An Ad For Heaven

Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 7, 2009

AN AD FOR HEAVEN An advertisement based on Revelation chapter 21 reads: "Free, beautiful homes to be given away in a perfect city! With: 100% pure water, no electric bills, perpetual lighting, permanent pavement, nothing undesirable, everything new, perfect ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Riding The Hallelujah Train To The End

Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 16, 2021

We had a long, hard week with problems and difficulties that took time to solve, if they even were solved. It is quite interesting to me that when I solve one problem, two other problems appear. I think they’re all waiting in line. In particular, one day was rather difficult and zapped both of us ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:20

Tags: Politics, Happy, Hallelujah

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

What About The Foundation?, Citation: Ravi ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 27, 2001

[What About the Foundation?, Citation: Ravi Zacharias, "If the Foundations Be Destroyed," Preaching Today, Tape No. 142.] A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University. As I was being driven to the lecture, we passed the new Wexner Art Center. The driver said, "This is a new art ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience, God Brings Purpose, Truth Absolute

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational