In Sermon Illustrations: "Matthew 3 1 25"

Barna's Latest Survey Shows 11% Of The People Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Barna’s latest survey shows 11% of the people who attend a Christian church at least once a month plan to change their place of worship in the coming year. If true, more than 15 million people will change their church home in the next 12 months. Barna concludes, "Despite their fascination with ...read more

Tags: Worship, Unity

37% Of Christians Shop In Christian Stores. A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

37% of Christians shop in Christian stores. A new CBA-Barna survey reveals that 34% of adults have shopped in a store that specializes in Christian products in the last 6months, up from 30% in ’91. Close to 4 in 10 Christians (37% or roughly 6 million people) visit a Christian store in a typical ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Warranty Profit: Last Year, Profits From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Warranty Profit: Last year, profits from warranties accounted for all of Circuit City’s operating income and almost half of Best Buy’s. Profit margins on contracts are between 50% and 60%. That’s nearly 18 times the margin on the goods themselves. For example, a 4-year contract on a $3,000 ...read more

Tags: Money

Apologetics Hot, Thom Rainer, Dean Of Billy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Apologetics Hot, Thom Rainer, Dean of Billy Graham School of Missions says Christian apologetics is a coming hot book genre during CBA’s Independents Day event Cultural conflicts between religions, heightened by the war on terrorism, will drive churches to understand other faiths while defending ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Pay Gap Remains: Women Hold Nearly 46% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Pay Gap Remains: Women hold nearly 46% of executive and managerial jobs in the U.S., but the highest-paid women make less than their male counterparts. Almost 16% of men working full time earned at least $75K a year, compared with 6% of women. About 20% of men made between $50K and $75K versus 12% ...read more

Tags: Workplace

A Man Called Up The Local Armory To Get A Report ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

A man called up the local armory to get a report on the number and status of the weapons and vehicles. A private answered the phone and said, "We’ve got 3 jeeps, 4 tanks, 500 rifles, and a ton of ammo. Oh, we also have two Cadillacs for the fat generals." There was silence, then this response, ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

A Majority Of Americans--8 Out Of 10--Say That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

A majority of Americans--8 out of 10--say that they are Christians, but only half that number know who delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Most Americans think the Ten Commandments are valid rules for living, but many have a rough time recalling exactly what those rules are. Among teenagers, 3 in 10 ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

J.o. Sanders In Enjoying Intimacy With God ...  PRO

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 30, 2006

J.O. Sanders in Enjoying Intimacy with God (Moody, p. 91) states “A walk in the Spirit will of necessity be a walk in accordance with the Word the Spirit has inspired. The parallel between Ephesians 5:18-21 and Colossians 3:15-17 is significant. The same results are said to flow from being filled ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit General

Denomination: Baptist

Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

Tags: Children

Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007

Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

Religion Matters To Teens According To A 4-Year ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

In An Average Lifetime, The Average American ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In an average lifetime, the average American spends 3 years in business meetings, 13 years watching TV, Spends $89,281 on food, consumes 109,354 pounds of food, Makes 1811 trips to McDonalds, Spends $6881 in vending machines, Eats 35,138 cookies and 1483 pounds of candy, Catches 304 colds, Is ...read more

Tags: God Brings Purpose

Larry Kiser – The Joy Of Sacrificial Giving To ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008

Larry Kiser – The joy of sacrificial giving to the Lord’s work is one value easily lost in the presence of prosperity. I regularly saw my parents give beyond what was comfortable for them. I don’t know how frequently my children see me give sacrificially to God’s kingdom. Proverbs 3:9 tells us to ...read more

Tags: Cost

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Bible Buyers Don't Buy On Impulse, But 88% Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Bible Buyers don’t buy on impulse, but 88% know before shopping they want to buy a Bible. They spend an average of 21 minutes making a Bible purchase, and 61% buy them as gifts. The two top Bible gifting occasions are ceremonial events (32%) such as graduation, birthday, wedding, etc., and life ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

It's Not Easy Being A Consumer. Current ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

It’s not easy being a consumer. Current estimates indicate the average urban dweller is exposed to between 3,000 and 5,000 advertising messages every day. That means, settling on the middle number, that every waking hour you’re presented with an ad every 14.4 seconds. That’s 14.4 seconds of every ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

People Who Give Away Money Are Happier Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

People who give away money are happier than those who do not, according to new research published in the journal Science. Elizabeth W. Dunn, U. of British Columbia, found though people tend to think spending money on themselves rather than giving it away will make them happier, the opposite turns ...read more

Tags: Giving General

A Survey Of 20-Somethings (21-29) Reveals They ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

A survey of 20-somethings (21-29) reveals they overwhelmingly support monogamy and parenting (94%), marriage (84%), the U.S. Constitution (88%), and the military (84%), reports The Washington Times. “We were completely surprised said J. Walter Thompson’s Ann Mack. “There has been a faulty portrayal ...read more

Tags: Millenial

More Than 80 U.s. Companies Allow Babies In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

More than 80 U.S. companies allow babies in the workplace, according to Parenting in the Workplace Institute, which says that number is likely to be low. It’s an extreme (and controversial) example of how employers are seeking more ways to help workers strike a balance between work and the rest of ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Real U.s. Median Household Income Climbed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Real U.S. Median Household Income climbed between ’05 and ’06, reaching $48,200, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the second consecutive year that income has risen. Meanwhile, the nation’s official poverty rate declined for the first time this decade, from 12.6% in ’05 to 12.3% in ’06. ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus