In Sermon Illustrations: "Living Now"

Now – You May Be Wondering What The Red Cups On ...

Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 15, 2004

NOW – you may be wondering what the red cups on the stage are all about… NO – they’re not Christmas decorations… I brought them here to illustrate how rich we really are when compared to billions of people in this world… CHECKOUT – the statistics on the screen… World-Wide Income… (6.2 ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Now We Know There Are More Than 9 Planets. To ...  PRO

Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005

Now we know there are more than 9 planets. To date, there are over 200 hundred planets- and astronomers continue to identify more and more. All but nine of them orbit stars other than our sun, but they’re out there. Our God is big. Bigger than earth, bigger, than our solar system, bigger than ...read more

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Methodist

The Average Household Now Holds 6 Bank Credit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

The average household now holds 6 bank credit cards and 7 store cards according to USA Today. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Children See More Of Their Parents Now Than 20 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Children see more of their parents now than 20 years ago, finds new research by the University of Michigan. The study shows that children spent 4 to 6 more hours per week with their parents in ‘97 than they did in ‘81. Children ages 3 to 12 spent about 31 hours a week with their mothers, a gain of ...read more

Tags: Children

650 Million Around The World Can Now Hear The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

650 million around the world can now hear the gospel via radio in a language they can ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Children See More Of Their Parents Now Than 20 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Children see more of their parents now than 20 years ago, finds new research by the University of Michigan. The study shows that children spent 4 to 6 more hours per week with their parents in ‘97 than they did in ‘81. Child-ren ages 3 to 12 spent about 31 hours a week with their mothers, a gain of ...read more

Tags: Children

The Average Movie Now Costs $64 Million To Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

The average movie now costs $64 million to make and another $39 million to market, according to the MPAA. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

812,000,000 Human Beings Are Now Online ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

812,000,000 human beings are now online worldwide. ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Multi-Site Churches There Are Now At Least 1,500 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Multi-Site Churches There are now at least 1,500 multi-site churches in the U.S. finds a new Leadership Network survey. 51% say their reason for going multi-site was evangelistic outreach, and 21% did it to get closer to their target audience. The remaining 19% view it as a solution to overcrowding ...read more

Tags: Church General

More Than Half Of Online Casino Players Are Now ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than half of online casino players are now women. Historically gambling has attracted more men that women. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

There Now More Than 1,800 Gambling Websites. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

There now more than 1,800 gambling websites. (Foster letter ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Herbal Supplements Now Generate $4 Billion A Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Herbal supplements now generate $4 billion a year in retails sales in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Reincarnation: 18% Of U.s. Adults Now Contend ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Reincarnation: 18% of U.S. adults now contend that people are reincarnated after death. 34% believe it is possible to communicate with others after their death. Consider that 48% of all Busters embrace the concept of communication with the dead, while just 35% of Boomers ...read more

Tags: World Religions

Seamless Retailers 68% Of All Shoppers Now Move ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Seamless Retailers 68% of all shoppers now move interchangeably between physical stores, online stores, and catalogs. Consumers see a retailer as a single, seamless entity, whether they visit a store, Web site, talk to a rep on the phone, or look through a ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

More Girls Are Now Taking Biology Than Boys And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

More girls are now taking biology than boys and 71% of boys now say they don’t like school. Men are now a minority in undergraduate colleges, falling from 58% of the population in 1975 to 44% in ’05. Boys are also lagging behind ...read more

Tags: Children

Now I Say This Although We Will Be Judged By Our ...

Contributed by Chris Summers on Feb 14, 2007

Now I say this Although we will be judged by our actions only ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Book Tunes Books Now Come With Soundtracks, Some ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Book Tunes Books now come with soundtracks, some come packaged with the book while others are distributed informally. The idea is that as they read, people can listen to music that matches the mood of the books. In some cases, the songs are mentioned in the books themselves; in others, the lyrics ...read more

Hispanics Now Comprise 14.5% Of The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Hispanics now comprise 14.5% of the U.S. population compared to blacks at ...read more

Now, In Reality, The World Have Paid Too Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Now The Frosty Stars Are Gone; I Have Watched ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Now the frosty stars are gone; I have watched them one by one, Fading on the shores of Dawn. Round and full the glorious sun Walks with ...read more

Tags: Morning