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Beloved Billy: An Estimated 35 Million Living ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Beloved Billy: An estimated 35 million living Americans have witnessed the Billy Graham in person at some time in their lives. Most Americans tell Gallup they are familiar with Graham and have encountered him on the radio or TV, and ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Personal Letters Of All Sorts, Or "Household To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Personal Letters of all sorts, or “household to household” correspondence, account for less than 1% of the 100 billion pieces of first-class mail the USPS handles each year. Most of it mail consists of greeting cards, invitations, ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Metro Minority: Just 3 Of The Nation's 25 Largest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Metro Minority: Just 3 of the nation’s 25 largest metro areas have a born again majority. However, 15 of the 27 mid-sized markets (adult population of 500,000-1,000,000) have a born ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Faith Can't Be Bought: The New York Times ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Faith Can’t Be Bought: The New York Times recently reported a poll finding that nearly 80% of Americans earning under $30,000 a year believe faith in God is “very important,” vs. only 54% of ...read more

Tags: Faith General

The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the non-partisan research group Child Trends finds almost 25% of teens who say they are virgins have had oral sex. Teens who define themselves as abstinent may ...read more

Tags: Abortion

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment And The Dove ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and The Dove Foundation are partnering to help consumers searching for family-friendly entertainment. The Dove Family Approved Seal gauges the levels of questionable content. For a list of titles ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor and current President of the National Association of Evangelicals, reports that about 69,000 people around the world are becoming Christians daily. That’s roughly one-third of the global ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Fountain Of Youth: New York City-Based Market ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Fountain Of Youth: New York City-based market researcher FIND/SVP predicts that spending on anti-aging cosmetic treatments of all kinds will reach about $11 billion by ‘07, up from about $7.6 ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

People Who Are Learning To Speak English As A ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010

People who are learning to speak English as a second language probably wonder what a phrase like ‘he risked life and limb’ really means. What does it mean? According the freedictionary.com it means, “to do something ...read more

Tags: Learning

Denomination: Church Of God

Most Christians Believe The Virgin Birth Is ...  PRO

Contributed by James Wilson on Dec 17, 2000

Most Christians believe the Virgin Birth is true. According to George Barna, 85% of those surveyed believe that Jesus Christ was born to a virgin. He also found that even 75% of the people who do not embrace Jesus as their Savior believe that he was ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Tags: Mary Jesus Mother, Apologetics Jesus, Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

Give Me My Change  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2002

GIVE ME MY CHANGE A Buddhist approaches a hotdog vendor and says, "Make me one with everything." The Buddhist gives the vendor a $20 bill and waits. Finally he says, "Where’s my change?" The vendor replies, "All ...read more

Tags: World Religions

Bartholomew

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002

Bartholomew Preached in several countries, and having translated the Gospel of Matthew into the language of India, he propagated it in that country. He was at length cruelly beaten and then crucified by the impatient idolaters. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - ...read more

Tags: Disciples, Apostles General

Bartholomew

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002

Bartholomew Preached in several countries, and having translated the Gospel of Matthew into the language of India, he propagated it in that country. He was at length cruelly beaten and then crucified by the impatient idolaters. Bibliography Information Foxe, John. "Book - ...read more

Tags: Disciples, Apostles General, People In The Gospel

The New Pluralism Demands That You Must Not Say ...

Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005

“The new pluralism demands that you must not say that anyone else’s belief is inferior or, worse yet, flatly mistaken. To say someone is wrong is to be intolerant, to be close-minded and provincial, to be extreme and is impossible to reason with.” ...read more

Tags: Truth

Denomination: Baptist

The Japanese Have Two Proverbs We Would Do Well ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 30, 2005

The Japanese have two proverbs we would do well to remember. The first one says, “The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a person six feet high.” The second one warns everyone: “The tongue is more to be ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Methodist

Showalter States, "I Define Forgiving As The ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 26, 2005

Showalter states, “I define forgiving as the elimination of all desire for revenge and personal ill will toward those who deeply wrong or betray us. This elimination usually brings an inner peace of heart and the freedom of not having our lives ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

America's Research Group Has Found That 53% Of A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

America’s Research Group has found that 53% of a store’s selection perception comes from the external appearance of the building. Therefore, the external appearance becomes a factor that can make or break retailers. It influences people’s ...read more

Tags: Church General

Jim Montgomery, President Of Dawn Ministries, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Jim Montgomery, President of Dawn Ministries, observes "there is much evidence that evangelicals around the world are growing at rate of 6% to 7% per year. Even if we slowed to just 5%, the current 600 million evangelicals would ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Smart Money Magazine Rated Christian Ministries ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Smart Money magazine rated Christian ministries as 4 of the top 5 U.S. charities when it comes to efficient use of donations. They are #1 Samaritan’s Purse, #2 Wycliffe Bible Translators, #4 Focus on the Family and #5 ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Pastor Leaders: Over 75% Of Senior Pastors Don't ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Pastor Leaders: Over 75% of Senior Pastors don’t believe they are called, gifted or skilled as leaders. Pastors who are leaders are actually less likely to rely on teams of lay leaders to help lead the ministry forward than the ...read more

Tags: Leadership General