In Sermon Illustrations: "Boring Sermons"

Donors To International Relief And Development ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Donors to international relief and development organizations have a median household income of $50,600. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Church Influence On Teens Nominal: New Barna ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Church Influence On Teens Nominal: New Barna research finds that 56% of teens say they attended church-related activities an average of two or more times per month prior to turning 13. Most likely attendees were those living in the South or Midwest. 26% received general information about God, such ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1, 1 Timothy 4:12-13

Tags: Children, Obedience

Young Money: Americans Ages 12-19 Spent $170 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Young Money: Americans ages 12-19 spent $170 billion last year finds Teenage Research Unlimited. That’s up 10% from 2 years ago. PBS reports that 22% of college students in ’00 owned a credit card in high school versus 11% in ’94. In ’99 a Consumer Federation of America study found ...read more

Tags: Children

Retirement Ready? 74% Of Baby Boomers Believe ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Retirement Ready? 74% of Baby Boomers believe they are financially prepared for retirement, but 59% expect to carry debt into retirement and 46% have less than $50,000 in savings. More than 50% of pre-retirees underestimate their life expectancy. According to mortality tables, a married couple at ...read more

Tags: Money

Better Behavior: The Ethics Resource Center Finds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Better Behavior: The Ethics Resource Center finds that employees who observed misconduct at their companies dropped from 31% in ’00 to ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Stress Costs: Osha Finds Stress Related Ailments ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Stress Costs: OSHA finds stress related ailments cost companies about $200 billion a year in absenteeism, tardiness, and loss of talented workers. Between 70% and 90% of employee hospital visits ...read more

Tags: Workplace

15% Of Community College Students Are Over 40. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

15% of community college students are over 40. (Foster letter ...read more

Tags: Workplace

25.8 Million Americans Play Golf. (Foster Letter ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

25.8 million Americans play golf. (Foster letter ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

On An Average Day, About Half The Kids In America ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

On an average day, about half the kids in America watching TV view the Nickelodeon channel. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Hallmark Reports 50 Million Americans Participate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Hallmark reports 50 million Americans participate in Halloween every year. (Foster letter ...read more

Bottled Water Industry

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The bottled-water industry is now a $7.7 billion a year market. (Foster letter ...read more

Tags: Money

38% Of American Adults Attended Synagogue Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

38% of American adults attended synagogue or church in the past 7 days. 43% of teens did so. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

Among The 75-And-Overs, Only 29% Carry Any Debt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Among the 75-and-overs, only 29% carry any debt at all compared with 85% of the 45-to-54 group. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Dollar Shoppers: 62% Of U.s. Households Shopped ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Dollar Shoppers: 62% of U.S. households shopped at a dollar store last year, up from 52% in ’99 reports ACNielson. The typical dollar shopper is the female head of a 3-4-member household with an ...read more

Tags: Money

Sharing Our Faith: According To A New Study From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Sharing Our Faith: According to a new study from the Barna Research Group, there are nearly 50 million born again adults who shared their faith in Christ with non-believers during the past year. That constitutes 60% of the born again adult population, which itself represents 38% of all adults. The ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

The Four Spiritual Laws Is The Most Widely ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The Four Spiritual Laws is the most widely distributed religious pamphlet in history. It has been printed in at least 200 languages and read by an estimated 2.5 billion people. (Rick ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Inspired Kindness: A New Survey By The National ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Inspired Kindness: A new survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago finds that those who attend church weekly and take part in other religious activities perform an average of 128 acts of kindness a year versus 96 ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Late-Age Divorce Is A Growing Trend In The U.s., ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Late-Age Divorce is a growing trend in the U.S., according to U.S. Census Bureau’s statistics. The number of senior citizens getting a divorce has risen 34%--the equivalent of 2.2 million people--from ...read more

Tags: Divorce

The Good Life: Recent Roper Asw Research Reports ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The Good Life: Recent Roper ASW research reports that 89% of Americans consider owning a home necessary to having a good life. The next top requirement is good health (87%) followed by a happy marriage (81%). 52% say a second car is essential to a good life, up from 43% in ’99. 48% claim a vacation ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Mainline Decline: In '60, Total Mainline Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Mainline Decline: In ’60, total mainline church membership in the U.S. topped over 29 million, by ’00 this number had fallen to 22 million¾a 21% drop. During this time span, church ...read more

Tags: Church General