In Sermon Illustrations: "Bible Study"

Half Of All Baby Boomers Are Experiencing Some ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Half of all baby boomers are experiencing some hearing loss finds a new study. Loud noise is blamed. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Nonprofit Nursing Homes And Hospitals On Average ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Nonprofit nursing homes and hospitals on average provide a better quality of care compared to for-profit medical facilities, according to a ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Nonprofit Nursing Homes And Hospitals On Average ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Nonprofit nursing homes and hospitals on average provide a better quality of care compared to for-profit medical facilities, according to a ...read more

George E. Mendenhall, Associate Professor Of ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010

George E. Mendenhall, associate professor of religious studies at Harwick in New York, defines repentance as “a reorientation of a value system and a ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Salvation Army

George Barna Notes, "In The 1970's "Seeker ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 10, 2006

1. George Barna notes, “In the 1970’s “seeker churches’ made a strong theoretical argument for the importance of encouraging people to feel no obligation to toe a Bible to church. Their goal was to make visitors feel welcome and comfortable by alleviating the need to locate a Bible, by diminishing ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Prayer Works  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Oct 15, 2001

PRAYER WORKS The researchers at Columbia University conducted a study with 199 women at an in vitro fertilization clinic in Korea. Unknown to the patients and their doctors, groups of strangers from the US, Canada, and Australia were asked to pray for their success in getting pregnant. Pictures ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12

Tags: Gifts Healing, Prayer Answered, Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

3. Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee, & ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2005

3. Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee, & Julia M. Lewis have written a book: "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce : A 25 Year Landmark Study." Ms Wallerstein is founder and executive director of the Center for the Family in Transition, and a senior lecturer at the School of Social Welfare at the ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sending Churches: The Fund For Theological ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Sending Churches: The Fund for Theological Education has underwritten a study of congregations that consistently send people into ministry. In summary, the following are five characteristics of those congregations: · Lay people are in ministry. Through collaboration with their pastors, lay people ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-21

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Revival

Eat Twinkies Together

Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 23, 2019

A Harvard study of 7,000 people found that the most isolated people were 3 times more likely to die than those with strong relationships. Reporting on the study, John Ortberg writes that “people who had bad health habits (such as smoking, poor eating habits, or alcohol use) but strong social ties ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:15

Tags: Church, Relationships, Synergy

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

H.g. Wells Wrote In His Book, The Fate Of Man, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009

H.G. Wells wrote in his book, The Fate of Man, "Who, except cranks and lunatics, reads the Book of Revelation?" (From a sermon ...read more

Tags: Revelation

More Than 8 In 10 Americans Believe Adultery Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

More than 8 in 10 Americans believe adultery is a sin, according to a recent study. And 9 in 10 say faithfulness is the key to a ...read more

Tags: Adultery

Eschatology Is Like Golf

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 23, 2018

Eschatology or the study of the end times is like golf, it’s fun it gives you something to do but in the long run it you end ...read more

Tags: Revelation, End Times, Second Coming

Denomination: Wesleyan

Jars Of Clay

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

JARS OF CLAY In his book "Disappointment with God," Philip Yancey offers a powerful metaphor for the church: I have a bright, talented, and very funny friend in Seattle named Carolyn Martin. But Carolyn has cerebral palsy, and it is the peculiar tragedy of her condition that its outward ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

C ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

CHRISTIANS? Let’s go for a second to the lastest Barna Poll on Born Again Christians. In order to do this we need to understand a little information about what they consider to be a Born Again Christian. In Barna Research Group studies, born again Christians are not defined on the basis of ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Medicine For ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

“Medicine for America” “Peculiar People” Titus 2:14 says, “[Christ] …gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good.” The King James Bible says the Lord will purify unto Himself a “peculiar people.” ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:14

Tags: Patriotism

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Person God Blesses

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

THE PERSON GOD BLESSES First, what do we notice about the Person God blesses. A. The person God blesses has had a conversion to God's ways. Where do I get this concept? I get it from Abram’s name change. When we first meet him he is known as "Abram." After an encounter with God (Gen. 17:5) he is ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

It Is A Mistake To Suppose That Men Succeed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Arnold H. Glasow Said: Some Folks Make You Feel ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007

Arnold H. Glasow said: Some folks make you feel at home. Others make you wish you were. (Galaxie Software: 10,000 Sermon ...read more

Denomination: Other

Media ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

MEDIA BIAS A recent Pew Research Center study found 32% of national reporters acknowledge being politically liberal, compared to only ...read more

Tags: Politics

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