In Sermon Illustrations: "Accord"

Churches May Support The Federal Marriage ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Churches may support the Federal Marriage Amendment without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, according to Liberty Counsel. Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council, says, as long as a church stops short of endorsing a specific party or ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Missions Receive Highest Support From Pastors Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Missions receive highest support from pastors of Baptist churches (22%) and theologically liberal congregations (23%). The least support for missions was expressed among pastors under the age of 40 (10% listed missions) according ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Customer Evangelism And Word-Of-Mouth Marketing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Customer Evangelism and word-of-mouth marketing have become the most dominant forms of advertising to college students. According to a study by Alloy Marketing + Media, 91% of today’s college students pay the most attention to advertising ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Tv Ratings: A Majority Of Parents With Children ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

TV Ratings: A majority of parents with children under age 18 say they use the TV ratings system developed by the major networks to guide their kids’ TV viewing (53%), but 41% do not use them, according to a study ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Customer/Donor Loyalty

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

CUSTOMER/DONOR LOYALTY According to the 2006 One to One Customer Loyalty Survey, 87% of corporate executives say their companies understand loyalty is driven by the overall customer experience created, yet only 38% have a system in place to identify ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Internet Ad Revenues Are Set To Pass Radio's For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Internet ad revenues are set to pass radio's for the first time, according to eMarketer. Internet ad spending is $21.7 billion, compared to $20.4 billion for radio. Veronis Suhler predicts the Internet ...read more

Tags: Internet

Global Military Expenditure Is Now Running At ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2001

Global military expenditure is now running at well over $1 million per minute, according to New Internationalist magazine. One in every five scientists worldwide, says the magazine, is now engaged in military work, and the average military product ...read more

Salt Is One Of Those Common Everyday Items We ...  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on Oct 31, 2003

Salt is one of those common everyday items we use without thought. We grab the shaker and shake. According to the Salt Institute (www.saltinstitute.org), over a billion dollars were spent on salt in the United States ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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

Some Atheists Enjoy Christmas

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006

Some Atheists Enjoy Christmas Christmas isn’t just for Christians anymore. Nearly half of adult Americans report they personally know someone who doesn’t believe in God but still will celebrate the yuletide this year, according to a ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

New Gambling Addiction Temptations

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

NEW GAMBLING ADDICTION TEMPTATIONS Free online gaming could lead to the very real problem of gambling addiction. 33% of Oregon teens play free casino-type games online, according to the state’s Dept. of Human Services. The games ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24

Tags: Addiction

People Who Are Learning To Speak English As A ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010

People who are learning to speak English as a second language probably wonder what a phrase like ‘he risked life and limb’ really means. What does it mean? According the freedictionary.com it means, “to do something ...read more

Tags: Learning

Denomination: Church Of God

Most Christians Believe The Virgin Birth Is ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Dec 17, 2000

Most Christians believe the Virgin Birth is true. According to George Barna, 85% of those surveyed believe that Jesus Christ was born to a virgin. He also found that even 75% of the people who do not embrace Jesus as their Savior believe that he was ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Tags: Mary Jesus Mother, Apologetics Jesus, Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

A Recent Survey By George Gallup Jr. Revealed A ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 25, 2001

A recent survey by George Gallup Jr. revealed a startling trend in our culture. According to Gallup the evidence seems to indicate that there are no clear behavioral patterns that distinguish Christians from non-Christians in our society. We all seem to be marching to the same drummer, ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General, Character, Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Cohabitation Up More Than 50% Of Couples Live ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Cohabitation Up More than 50% of couples live together before marriage, up from 10% in ’65 according to USA Today. Couple who do so face a 48% higher risk of divorce than those ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

America's College Students Have A High Regard For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

America’s College Students have a high regard for family and religion according to a Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company study. 80% plan to marry and have 3 or more children and Jesus Christ is the individual with ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Parents Will Spend Less: Consumers Are Expected ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Parents Will Spend Less: Consumers are expected to spend 16% less this year on back-to-school items, according to a National Retail Federation survey. The survey estimates that the average tally for shoppers this year will be $457, ...read more

Tags: Children

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

Children Living In Married-Couple Families Had ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Children living in married-couple families had the lowest poverty rate, far less than the children living in homes headed only by one parent, according to a U.S. Census Bureau study titled Children and the Household ...read more

Tags: Children