In Sermon Illustrations: "Active Faith"

3 Million People Work For Wal-Mart, About As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

1.3 million people work for Wal-Mart, about as many as serve actively in the U.S. military. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Almost No One Is Foolish Enough To Imagine That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Reginald Bibby (Canadian Survey Guru) Defines ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 27, 2009

Reginald Bibby (Canadian survey guru) defines discipleship as "activity that guides individuals to become spiritually mature zealots of Christ who then ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Salvation Army

Alternative Church: In A Typical Week, 22% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Alternative Church: In a typical week, 22% of American adults engage in spiritual encounters outside the traditional church, 9% participate in a house church while more than 10% turn to the Internet as their foundation for interactive faith experience (Most in tandem with another form). Revolution, ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Bill Hybels, Pastor Of Willow Creek Community ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area, was attending a luncheon in a Southern state. Sitting across from him was an African-American built like a football player. When he introduced himself and the African American told him his name and it was distinctly Muslim. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

The Crown Of Literature Is Poetry It Is Its End ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The crown of literature is poetry It is its end and its aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The ...read more

Tags: Art

A True Christian Is A Man Who Never For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A true Christian is a man who never for a moment forgets what God has done for him in Christ, and whose whole comportment and whole ...read more

Tags: Joy

An Essential Aspect Of Creativity Is Not Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a great invention by calling their activities hypotheses and experiments. They made it permissible to ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Future Declin:e A New Barna Survey Discovered ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Future Declin:e A new Barna survey discovered that adults who attended church as a child are twice as likely to read the Bible during a typical week as are those who avoided churches when young; twice as likely to attend a church worship service in a typical week; and nearly 50% more likely to pray ...read more

Tags: Children

Recently, I Caught A Segment On Tv Of A Movie ...

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2009

Recently, I caught a segment on TV of a movie called Jack. It’s the story of a boy that ages four times faster than usual. Robin Williams plays the role of Jack. He enters public school for the first time in the fifth grade. Though he has the emotional and mental development of a fifth grade ...read more

Tags: Worship General

Denomination: Baptist

Little League Baseball Is The Largest Youth ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Little League Baseball is the largest youth activity in the U.S. with over 3,000,000 kids and 200,000 teams. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Children

Definition Of Grace

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 21, 2008

DEFINITION OF GRACE In the Bible there are three distinctive meanings of grace: it means the mercy and active love of God; it means the winsome attractiveness of God; it means ...read more

Tags: Grace

Private Property Is A Natural Fruit Of Labor, A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his ...read more

Tags: Property

66% Of All Teens Have Experimented With Psychic ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

66% of all teens have experimented with psychic and/or occult activities, e.g. séances, casting spells, consulting mediums, etc. ...read more

Tags: Paranormal

Students Receiving Abstinence Education Are About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

Students receiving abstinence education are about one-half as likely to initiate sexual activity as students who did not receive abstinence education, finds ...read more

Tags: Sexuality

Luther Once Said That We Should Be Ready As If ...

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Aug 26, 2005

Luther once said that we should be ready as if Jesus were coming today but working as if He were not coming for a thousand years. Whilst waiting expectantly for ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Baptist

More Than 50% Of The Churches With 100 Or More In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

More than 50% of the churches with 100 or more in attendance offer classes for new believers and youth outreach activities compared to 33% with less than ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

The Future Is Not A Result Of Choices Among ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

For Practical Purposes The Words Infallible And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

For practical purposes the words infallible and inerrant are interchangeable. When we apply them to the Bible, what we are saying is that only those who accept as from God all that Scripture proves to tell us, promise us, or require of us, can ever fully please him. Both words thus have religious ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Infallible And Inerrant

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

INFALLIBLE AND INERRANT For practical purposes the words infallible and inerrant are interchangeable. When we apply them to the Bible, what we are saying is that only those who accept as from God all that Scripture proves to tell us, promise us, or require of us, can ever fully please him. Both ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Brethren