In Sermon Illustrations: "Having Joy"

53% Of Americans Say They Have A "Great Deal" Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

53% of Americans say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the church or organized religion. ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Successful Life: 50% Of Teens Believe Having An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Successful Life: 50% of teens believe having an active spiritual life is a “very important” part of having a successful life according to The State of Our Nation’s Youth 2003-2004 by the Horatio Alger Assoc. Other factors teens consider “very important” to success are having a close family ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Motorcycle Sales In The Past 4 Years Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Motorcycle sales in the past 4 years have exceeded those in all of the ‘90s by 24%. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

86% Of American Grocery Store Customers Have At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

86% of American grocery store customers have at least one grocery loyalty card. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

26% Of Members Have Officially Left The Episcopal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

26% of members have officially left the Episcopal Church since General Convention in August ’03. (Foster ...read more

5% Of Adult Americans Have A Biblical Worldview ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

5% of adult Americans have a biblical worldview while 88% feel accepted by God. 82% say they are clear about the meaning and purpose of their ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

31% Of Americans Say They Have Too Little ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

31% of Americans say they have too little religious freedom in the workplace. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

50% Of Fortune 500 Companies Have Policies ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

50% of Fortune 500 companies have policies prohibiting them from giving to faith-based groups. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Pastors Who Have Lasted The Longest In Ministry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Pastors who have lasted the longest in ministry tend to read more than their shorter-lived peers. This is a finding from the most recent Barna Research. Researcher George Barna observes, “the bottom line is that pastors who want to stay fresh and mentally focused read ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Adopted Children Are More Likely To Have Parents ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Adopted Children are more likely to have parents who are older, married, wealthier and more educated than children raised by biological parents, reports the U.S. Census Bureau. 2.1 million adopted children and 4.4 million stepchildren lived in U.S. homes in ‘00. Together, these children represented ...read more

Tags: Children

73% Of Ceo's Have Thought About Quitting Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

73% of CEO’s have thought about quitting their jobs this year, up from 54% in ’00. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Wise Leaders Should Have Known That The Human ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

I Have But One Passion - It Is He, It Is He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I have but one passion - it is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Do Not Have Your Concert First, And Then Tune ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

You Have Nothing To Do But To Save Souls. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most…It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society; but to save as many ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

I Have Seen, At Different Times, The Smoke Of A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

"I have seen, at different times, the smoke of a thousand villages - villages whose people are without Christ, without God, and ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

If You Have To Give A Carnival To Get People To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep ...read more

Tags: Church General

God Is At Home; It Is We Who Have Gone For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“God is at home; it is we who have gone for a walk.” ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

People Have Long Realized The Importance Of Being ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2006

People have long realized the importance of being proactive. Aesop told his famous fable of the grasshopper and the ant. While the grasshopper was obliviously enjoying the freedom of warm weather, the ant was storing up food for the cold winter. When the weather changed, the grasshopper starved ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Nice Thing About Football Is That You Have A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

The nice thing about football is that you have a scoreboard to show how you’ve done. In other things in life, you don’t. At least, not ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines