In Sermon Illustrations: "Group"

Trust ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009

TRUST PLATFORM Several years ago I went with a group of men to an obstacle course in Northport. Some people call these a "ropes" course. The goal is for your group to move through a series of obstacles as you build trust and a spirit of teamwork. For me the most challenging obstacle is the "trust" ...read more

Tags: Trust

Medical School Professor Teaches Students The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009

Medical School Professor Teaches Students the Consequences of Abortion A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:16-17

Tags: Abortion

Listen To The World

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 13, 2025

I also believe we are at a unique time in history where most folks today would identify with these three descriptions: • “Living in darkness” • “Not a people” • “Without mercy” Have you noticed this in folks? They are desperately trying to fit in and be a part of some group. These groups seem ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Tags: Evangelism, Anxiety, Listen, Hoplessness

Denomination: Methodist

Mockery Of The Church

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025

New Zealand, Feb. 26 [2016] (UPI) -- Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, otherwise known as Pastafarians, registered their first official marriage celebrant in New Zealand. The group announced the news on its Facebook page, although the first couple that was set to be married by ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7, 1 Timothy 3:15

Tags: Mocking The Church, Mocking Christianity, Ridiculous, Religion, Mockers, Mocking  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

National Center For Education Statistics, 75% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

National Center for Education Statistics, 75% of 4th graders report reading for fun at least once a week. Of that group, 43% say they read every ...read more

Tags: Children

Contraceptives For Women Must Now Be Covered By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Contraceptives for women must now be covered by group health plans of business that employ 15 or more people, according to 6/12 Federal District Court ...read more

Tags: Workplace

More Missionaries: Trustees Of The Southern ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More Missionaries: Trustees of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board recently appointed 116 missionaries—the second-largest group of new missionaries in ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony

Now I Want You To See Another Short Video Clip ...

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Dec 10, 2007

Now I want you to see another short video clip which also does a good job of comparing Christmas Present with Christmas Past. Play video “what is ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

There Is Only One Solution If Old Age Is Not To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go one pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning devotion to individuals, to ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Teamwork May Be Good For Morale, But When New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Teamwork may be good for morale, but when new ideas are needed, it's best to let people work on their own....Researchers believe that when people work in groups, their creativity is inhibited ...read more

Tags: Art

Reluctant Fasting  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

RELUCTANT FASTING I ran across an article a few months back in Discipleship Journal called "Confessions of a Reluctant Faster." The author mentioned how God impressed upon her the need to pray and fast for a woman in her small group deeply involved in New Age. She didn't like the idea of fasting, ...read more

Tags: Fast

National Center For Education Statistics, 75% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

National Center for Education Statistics, 75% of 4th graders report reading for fun at least once a week. Of that group, 43% say they read every ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Atheists, Agnostics And Adults Associated With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Atheists, agnostics and adults associated with non-Christian faith groups make up 21% of the adult U.S. population while 39% are what Barna labels notional ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Barna Research Reports U.s. Adult Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Barna Research reports U.S. adult church attendance in the Western states has risen 27% in the last decade. At the same time small group participation has grown ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Professor Bernard Lewis At Princeton University, ...

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 10, 2009

Professor Bernard Lewis at Princeton University, the leading authority on Islam in America, warned, "Ahmadinejad and his group clearly believe and I don’t doubt the sincere belief, that we are now entering an ...read more

Tags: Islam

Denomination: Baptist

Where Evangelicals Live: 7% Of The U.s Adult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Where Evangelicals Live: 7% of the U.S adult population (15 million people) is evangelical. Little Rock has the highest percentage of evangelicals (22%) of all large U.S. metro areas. Los Angeles has more evangelicals than New York, Chicago and Boston areas combined! A new Barna Group report shows ...read more

Tags: Character

Nationally, 49% Of All Marriages End In Divorce. ...  PRO

Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005

Nationally, 49% of all marriages end in divorce. But you might think the odds of failure are much less for couples heavily involved in church. Not so! Ministries Today reports the divorce rate up 279% in the last 27 years. Taking a survey of all ministers in all denominations, 50% of their ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Revival Requires ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

REVIVAL REQUIRES PRAYER! Thom Rainer tells us in his book Giant Awakenings that "71% of breakout churches report an increased emphasis on prayer over the past several years as compared to only 40% of churches which continued on the plateau." Rainer also tells us that "Earle Cairns notes with ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

House-Church Movement 1 In 5 American Adults ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

House-Church Movement 1 in 5 American adults attends a house church at least once a month, (if a small group counts as a church). The Barna Group estimates 70 million Americans regularly attend or have “experimented with” a house church. More than 20 million adults attend home churches each week, ...read more

Carry Their Burden  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011

CARRY THEIR BURDEN A pastor gathered a group of people from his church to train them to witness. After some minimal training, he sent the group out into the neighborhood. When they returned to share their experiences, one young man said he had tried to tell an older gentleman about the love of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Tags: Evangelism How To