In Sermon Illustrations: "A Sure Foundation"

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Is Giving ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving nearly $11 million to public libraries in 37 states and DC to buy computers, software and faster Internet connections. 14 million Americans use the Internet at public libraries, including a disproportionately high number of blacks, Indians and ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Lower Risk Kids: The Foundation For Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Lower Risk Kids: The Foundation for Child Development reports the teen and adolescent birth rate has dropped from 20 births per 1000 girls in ’92 to 10.9 in ‘04. Binge drinking among high school seniors has fallen from 36.9% in ’74 to 29.2% last year. The number of youth offenders has fallen from ...read more

Tags: Church General

Hope Needs A Foundation – A Reasonable Grounds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Hope needs a foundation – a reasonable grounds for confidence in its fulfillment. There’s a story From Parade magazine about a self-made millionaire, who greatly changed the lives of a sixth-grade class in East Harlem. This man had been asked to speak to a class of 59 sixth-graders. What could he ...read more

Tags: Character

Foundations Of Morality Are Like All Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Foundations of morality are like all other foundations; if you dig too much about them the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

You Can Lay The Foundation Of A Friendship In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You can lay the foundation of a friendship in a matter of moments, but it is a work ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Truth Must Be The Foundation Stone, The Cement ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the ...read more

Tags: Truth

Right After The 9/11 Attacks, The President ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Right after the 9/11 attacks, the president addressed the nation. He said, “A great people have been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot shake the foundation of America” In other words, “even though we just ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Giving By Foundations Hit A Record Last Year, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Giving By Foundations hit a record last year, reversing 2 years of declines thanks to gains in asset values and continued gifts from philanthropists. The nation’s 66,000 independent, community and corporate foundations gave $32.4 billion in ’04 vs. $30.3 billion in ’03, an inflation adjusted 4.1% ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Giving Up: The Latest Giving Usa Foundation ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Giving Up: The latest Giving USA Foundation reports ’04 charitable contributions overall were at a record high last year, increasing by 5% to an estimated $248.5 billion. Individuals gave 765 of the total. Donations to Religious Organizations (includes churches) topped all other giving categories ...read more

Tags: Giving General

The Gates Foundation Has Given Planned Parenthood ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

The Gates Foundation has given Planned Parenthood Federation almost $12.5 million since ...read more

Arthur S. Demoss Foundation Spends Millions Of ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 30, 2008

“Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation spends millions of dollars regularly since 1999 on television and other forms of media advertising offering the free book, “Power for Living”. Non-denominational pastor and author Jamie Buckingham wrote the book. DeMoss’ business reached half a billion dollars in ...read more

Tags: Commandments Testimony

Denomination: Salvation Army

Women Sleep Deprived A National Sleep Foundation ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Women Sleep Deprived A National Sleep Foundation study finds the majority of American women are continually sleep deprived, either because of young children, biological changes (pregnancy and menopause), stress or pets. The impact on families, personal and professional lives, and society is ...read more

Tags: Stress

This Much Is Sure In All Churches, Forgetting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer- meeting. If weak in prayer ...read more

Tags: Prayer Persistence

Make Sure We Were Abiding

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009

MAKE SURE WE WERE ABIDING Stuart Briscoe, author and long-time pastor of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, tells about the time he traveled to Poland during the cold war. He was involved in several weeks of itinerant ministry, and one winter day his sponsors drove him in the dead of night ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:13

Tags: Jesus Teachings

Surely There Can Be No Deeper Joy Than That Of ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 7, 2009

Surely there can be no deeper joy than that of saving ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

The Bravest Are Surely Those Who Have The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Try Harder Every Day. There Will Surely Be ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Try harder every day. There will surely be tomorrows that will bring you a lot of ...read more

Tags: Confidence

Surely There Can Be On Greater Joy Than That Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Surely there can be on greater joy than that ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Surely, Inflation Must Be The Worlds Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Surely, inflation must be the worlds most ...read more

Tags: Money

Have Convictions, But Be Sure Your Convictions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Have convictions, but be sure your convictions are ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian