In Sermon Illustrations: "Christian Work"

Abilene Christian University Researchers, Dr. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Abilene Christian University researchers, Dr. David Lewis and Dr. Carley Dodd have recently concluded a cross-generational study (six different tests) to measure fathers’ positive and negative influences upon teens’ spirituality. The found that "every time" dad’s role "as teacher came out be the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Tags: Call, Children, Gift, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers Day, Youth, Parenting  (view more)  (view less)

Shocking As It May Seem Christians Are More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Shocking as it may seem Christians are more likely to go through divorce than non-Christians. Based on a Barna Research Group ’99 survey, 27% of born again Christians are currently or have previously been divorced, compared to 24% of ...read more

Tags: Divorce

40% Of Individuals Actively Involved In Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

40% of individuals actively involved in Christian discipleship contend that there is no such thing as absolute moral truth. ...read more

Tags: Truth Absolute

Top Christian Markets: The 20 Markets With The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Top Christian Markets: The 20 markets with the highest amount spent on Christian resources per household are: Greenville, SC-NC Oklahoma city, OK Tyler-Longview, TX Fort Wayne, IN Tulsa, OK Grand Rapids, MI Knoxville, TN Indianapolis, IN Macon, GA Des Moines-Ames, IA Nashville, TN Little Rock, ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Christian Bookstores Are Reporting Bibles Sales ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Christian bookstores are reporting Bibles sales increases up to 40% since 9/11. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Barna Research Reports Evangelical Christians ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Barna Research reports Evangelical Christians constitute just 7% of the adult U.S. population while 31% are non-evangelical born agains. ...read more

Tags: Faith

Pastor's Pay: A Recent Christian Ministry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Pastor’s Pay: A recent Christian Ministry Resources (survey finds: Protestant pastors’ pay packages average $73,000. Mega-church pastors earn an average of $108,000. Pastors of congregations with less than 100 members receive $32,500. Average salaries increased to $60,000 for churches with 100 to ...read more

Tags: Church General

Eharmony.com Founded By Christian Author And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

eHarmony.com founded by Christian author and marriage counselor psychologist Dr. Neil Clark led the Internet personals category in new subscriptions by grabbing nearly 38% of total U.S. subscription sales generated by the top 12 dating sites, reports comScore. eHarmony’s radio and television ad ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

What American Christians Want: Christen ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

What American Christians Want: Christen researchers, the Barna Group, recently polled American attitudes on God and country. Some of their findings are: Removing the Ten Commandments—18% of adults support “removing signs that list the Ten Commandments from government buildings.” 79% rejected this ...read more

Tags: Women

Christian Merchandise Finds Alternative Market: ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Christian Merchandise Finds Alternative Market: Sales of Christian-oriented card games, comic books and video games is on the rise as one market researcher says the current generation of teens appear to be more religious than Gen X. To promote their products as adventurous and exciting, some ...read more

Tags: Character

Bibles Accounted For 20% Of The Average Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Bibles accounted for 20% of the average Christian retail store’s sales last year. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Educated Believers: Born-Again Christians Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Educated Believers: Born-again Christians are highly educated and intelligent. According to Barna, 29% of evangelical Christians have a college degree vs. the national average of 26%. Naomi Schaefer Riley reports in her latest book, God on the Quad , that enrollment at the 100 schools of the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Who Belongs To A Church? 31% Are Not Christians ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Who Belongs to a church? 31% are not Christians and 14% may not be Christians leaving just 55% who are Christians. (The Rainer Group, ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Typical Christian Retail Store Shopper Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The typical Christian retail store shopper is a 41-year-old female with 2.2 kids. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Christian Nation: After Years Of Complaining ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian Nation: After years of complaining about Hollywood, conservative Catholics and Evangelical Christians are gaining traction. But the battle is a long way from over, and the culture is still up for grabs. Many of these developments stem more from a long-overdue recognition of the importance ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Christian Couch Potatoes: According To The Nrb, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian Couch Potatoes: According to the NRB, 52% of the nation’s adults listened to Christian music or other programming on the radio, while 43% watched Christian TV. 96% of evangelicals consider themselves in the ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Christian Product Purchasers' Median Income Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Christian product purchasers’ median income is 46% higher and the percentage of households making over $85,000 is 76% higher than the U.S. average. In ’01, Wal-Mart Supercenters were the fastest growing ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Future Christianity: Religion & History Professor ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Future Christianity: Religion & History Professor Philip Jenkins predicts that by ’50 there will be 3 billion Christian believers in the world, of which only 1 in 5 will be ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Americans Support Christian Monuments In A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Americans Support Christian Monuments In a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll Americans are overwhelmingly thumbing their noses at liberal judicial activists who seek to strip the public square of all references to God. The poll shows the following preferences: * The inscription “In God we trust” on ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

I Believe In Christianity As I Believe That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ