In Sermon Illustrations: "Johnmark 66"

The Bible Challenge

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 25, 2009

THE BIBLE CHALLENGE During a question and answer session at a recent speaking engagement, a university student asked, "Why do you believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God?" What is so special, so unique about the Bible that Christians believe it is literally the inspired word of God? ...read more

Tags: Apologetics The Bible

Denomination: Wesleyan

Media Bias: Political Science Professors At Ucla ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Media Bias: Political science professors at UCLA and the University of Chicago ranked major media outlets according to observable liberal political bias. Here are rankings on a scale of 0-100, the more liberal, the higher the score. Wall Street Journal 85.1 New York Times 73.7 CBS Evening News ...read more

Tags: Truth

40% Of U.s. Evangelical Protestants Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

40% of U.S. evangelical Protestants are Baptists, as are 10% of mainline Protestants and 66% of ...read more

Tags: Religion

29% Of U.s. Theater Revenues Come Through Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

29% of U.S. theater revenues come through their concession stands and 66% through ticket ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

The Futurist (5/99) Reports That In The U.s. Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The Futurist (5/99) reports that in the U.S. over 66,000 Americans are now age 100 or over, compared to only ...read more

Tags: Death

Total '06 U.s. Movie Theater Revenue Was $11.1 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Total ’06 U.S. movie theater revenue was $11.1 billion, with ticket sales making up 66% of the total. ...read more

About 20% Adults Absorb One Or More Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About 20% adults absorb one or more Christian media on a daily basis. Approximately 50% look to these for spiritual input weekly and 66% ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Majority Of Christians Has Shifted From Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Majority Of Christians has shifted from being located in North America and Europe back in ’66 to only 37% today. Now the southern Hemisphere is home to over half the believers ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Is The Bible Really The Inspired Word Of God?

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 25, 2009

Is The Bible really the inspired Word of God? Some Bible Facts… • Contains 66 books, • Written by 40 different authors, • Over 1500 years, • In 3 different languages, • On 3 different continents, • With no ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Pentecostal

Individuals Are Biggest Donors Foundations ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Individuals Are Biggest Donors Foundations account for 7% of all American donations, corporations give 5%, but individuals account for 80% of giving and 57% of those gifts ($66 billion) went to religious non-profits in 1995. ...read more

Tags: Giving General

More Cheating—less Character- In An Extensive ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

More Cheating—Less Character- In an extensive study by Rutgers professor Don McCabe, 66% of college students admit to cheating. The rational incentives to cheat for college students have grown as the strength of ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Pro-Life Americans Are Increasingly Pro-Life, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007

Pro-Life Americans are increasingly pro-life, according to a Zogby poll that found nearly 70% oppose tax dollars being used for abortions and favor parental-notification laws. 66% believe abortion ends a ...read more

Pro-Life Americans Are Increasingly Pro-Life, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Pro-Life Americans are increasingly pro-life, according to a Zogby poll that found nearly 70% oppose tax dollars being used for abortions and favor parental-notification laws. 66% believe abortion ends a ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Rural Seekers: Today 52% Of Rural Residents Go ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Rural Seekers: Today 52% of rural residents go online vs. 67% of urban dwellers and 66% of suburbanites finds a new Pew Internet & American Life Project study. Rural Internet users are more likely than others to access ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Congregation Finances 57% Of U.s. Congregations ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Congregation Finances 57% of U.S. congregations report their financial situation is good or excellent vs. 66% in ’00. Financial health of congregations varies by faith community. 48% of Old-line Protestant congregations report their financial situation is good or ...read more

Tags: Church General

Congregation Finances 57% Of U.s. Congregations ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Congregation Finances 57% of U.S. congregations report their financial situation is good or excellent vs. 66% in ’00. Financial health of congregations varies by faith community. 48% of Old-line Protestant congregations report their financial situation is good or ...read more

Porn: Reuters Business Insight Reports That Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Porn: Reuters Business Insight reports that only 1.5% of Web sites contain adult-oriented content, but those sights reaped 66% of all online content revenues in ‘01. The adult entertainment industry is estimated to be worth at least $2.5 ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Survey Respondents Noted Temptations Were More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Survey respondents noted temptations were more potent when they had neglected their time with God (81 percent) and when they were physically tired (57 percent). Resisting temptation was accomplished by prayer (84 percent), avoiding compromising situations (76 percent), Bible study (66 ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

A Wired Generation: Those Between Ages 10 And 17 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

A Wired Generation: Those between ages 10 and 17 will center much of their life around the Internet. They will spend over 23 years of their lives online. They will send an average of 304,000 e-mails and just 265 hand-written love notes. 66% of all marriages will ...read more

Tags: Children

Quick Decisions: According To Kepner-Tregoe, Inc, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Quick Decisions: According to Kepner-Tregoe, Inc, business consultants, 66% of workers and 77% of managers said that over the past 3 years the number of decisions they have to make daily has increased, but 82% of workers and 85% of managers said the average amount of time they have to make ...read more

Tags: Workplace