In Sermon Illustrations: "Love Of God Or Money"

Did God Create Everything That Exists? Does Evil ...  PRO

Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Oct 1, 2005

Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil? A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!" God created ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6, John 8:35

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus, God's Love

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Has Called Us To Serve, Not To Sit, Soak ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2001

"God has called us to serve, not to sit, ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Christian Love

I've Always Stood On God's Promise In Matthew ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2001

I’ve always stood on God’s promise in Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." A few years ago God showed me in one situation how he does indeed supply our needs providing we do put him first. I was pastoring a church in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:20-21

Tags: God's Provision, Love, Righteousness

In Sub-Saharan Africa, Twenty Nations Remain ...

Contributed by Chip Monck on Apr 11, 2005

In sub-Saharan Africa, twenty nations remain below their per capita incomes of two decades ago while among Latin American and Caribbean countries, eighteen are below their per capita incomes of ten years ago. They have less money than 10 to 20 years ago. Listen to this, three decades ago, the ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Wesleyan

In Their Book, The Day America Told The Truth, ...  PRO

Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 10, 2005

In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim reveal some shocking statistics about how far people in this country are willing to go for ten million dollars. Would abandon their entire family (25%) Would abandon their church (25%) Would become prostitutes for a week ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:10

Tags: Money

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Just 17% Of Churches Teach Financial Management. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Just 17% of churches teach financial management. Is this an under exploited spiritual outreach opportunity? (The Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Gen-Xers Carry Roughly 78% More Debt Than Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Gen-Xers carry roughly 78% more debt than their boomer predecessors. (The Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

Teens Spend An Average Of $32.68 On Every Visit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Teens spend an average of $32.68 on every visit to the mall. (Foster letter ...read more

Tags: Money

The Average American Bought 4 Books Last Year. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The average American bought 4 books last year. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

The Nation's 23 Million Teens Spend Nearly 4100 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The nation’s 23 million teens spend nearly 4100 billion annually—that’s more than $4,000 each. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

A Federal Reserve Survey Released On 1/15/00 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

A Federal Reserve survey released on 1/15/00 reports that U.S. families median net worth jumped from $60,900 in ’95 to $71,600 in ’98, the survey’s latest year. A rise of nearly 18%! 48.8% of families owned stock in ’98, up from 40.4% in ’95. The median net worth of households with incomes of ...read more

Tags: Money

Life-Stages Drive Consumer Patterns: Life-Stages; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Life-stages Drive Consumer Patterns: Life-stages; turning points in life, a period of sudden, perhaps dramatic, change that requires new skills and a new frame of mind¾influence buying and giving patterns particular-ly among boomers. Key life-stages are fairly predictable; birth, childhood, ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1

Tags: Money

Clergy Wages Above Average: The Average Weekly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Clergy Wages Above Average: The average weekly wage for most Americans is $519 while the average wage for clergy is $647. Rabbi’s earn between $45-$75 pr year, Protestant ministers usually earn at least $30,000, and Diocesan priests average $11,000. Approximately 980,000 clergy serve ...read more

Tags: Money

Cash Bonuses Being Replaced: More Businesses Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Cash Bonuses Being Replaced: More businesses are awarding merchandise, travel and other more memorable incentives than cash bonuses. Cash lacks “trophy value” and is typically spent ...read more

Tags: Money

Prices Rising Throughout Corporate America The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Prices Rising Throughout corporate America the ability to hike prices is on the upswing. After years of price resistance, consumers seem willing to accept some price increases. Everything from airlines and meat packers to hotels, paper makers and drug ...read more

Tags: Money

37.5% Of Young Families With Children Are Living ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

37.5% of young families with children are living on or near poverty incomes, compared with 14% of all families. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Between 50% To 60% Of U. S. Adults Play State ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Between 50% to 60% of U. S. adults play state lotteries, spending over $28 billion annually (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

57% Of Americans Say They've Bought A Lottery ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

57% of Americans say they’ve bought a lottery ticket with the past 12 months. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

Income Of America's 72 Million Families, 74% Earn ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Income Of America’s 72 million families, 74% earn less than $75,000 and 45% between $30,000 and $75,000, the middle-class ...read more

Tags: Money

Excluding The Self-Employed, The Average U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Excluding the self-employed, the average U.S. worker earns $16.17 per ...read more

Tags: Money