In Sermon Illustrations: "Memories About Dad"

While 88% In A Recent Barna Poll Believe Jesus ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005

While 88% in a recent Barna poll believe Jesus Christ was a real person, what they believe about him differs sharply from scriptural teaching. 42% (even 1/4th of the “born again” Christians) believe that while on earth Jesus sinned just like other people. 61% believe the devil is just a symbol of ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Male Harassment Growing: More And More Men Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Male Harassment Growing: More and more men are coming forward to file sexual harassment charges about behavior that employers once dismissed as simply horseplay or locker-room antics, according to employment lawyers and government regulators. While some of these men are complaining of unwanted ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Where Are The Young Clergy? The Numbers Of Young ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Where Are The Young Clergy? The numbers of young pastors have been steadily declining in recent years. In ’75, about 24% of Presbyterian ministers were under 35—today its just 7%. Episcopal priests under 35 have dropped from 19% to 4% over the same period. For Roman Catholic priests the rate has ...read more

Tags: Church General

Building Boom: The U.s. Population Is Expected To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Building Boom: The U.S. population is expected to increase 33% to 376 million by ‘30, according to a new Brookings Institute analysis. That’s 94 million more than in ‘00. To serve them, almost 60 million housing units will have to be built. About 20 million of these units will replace destroyed or ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

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

Prayer In School: Large Majorities Favor Allowing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Prayer In School: Large majorities favor allowing voluntary prayer in public schools, and believe that religion has too little presence there. A Gallup poll finds 76% of Americans favor “a constitutional amendment to allow voluntary prayer in public schools,” while just 23% oppose it. This is not ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Religious America: Because Wealthier Nations Tend ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religious America: Because wealthier nations tend to place less importance on religion—with the exception of the U.S., Americans’ views are closer to people in developing nations than to the publics of developed nations finds a new Pew Research study. With 6 in 10 Americans saying religion plays a ...read more

Tags: Church 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

Men Are Doing More Around The House And There Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Men Are Doing More around the house and there are more dual-income households today, notes the National Study of the Changing Workforce by the Families and Work Institute. Fathers do about 2 hours of housework on any given weekday, 42 minutes more than in ‘77. Almost 80% of married workers live in ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

I Want Deliberately To Encourage This Mighty ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

A "Do It Yourself" Catalog Firm Received The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

A "Do it yourself" catalog firm received the following letter from one of its customers: "I built a birdhouse according to your stupid plans, and not only is it much too big, it keeps blowing out of the tree. Signed, Unhappy. The firm replied: "Dear Unhappy, We’re sorry about the mix-up. We ...read more

Tags: Emotions

By The Time Young People Reach The 10th Grade, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

By the time young people reach the 10th grade, only three in ten are non-drinkers. Results of a study indicate that about a third of high school students are moderate to heavy drinkers in the classification of the scientists who organized students into six categories: abstainers, infrequent, light, ...read more

Tags: Children

All Blame Is A Waste Of Time. No Matter How Much ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may ...read more

Tags: Anger

For Years Scientists Were Puzzled ...  PRO

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 27, 2006

ILLUSTRATION: For years scientists were puzzled about apples that had worms in them but had no breaks in the surface of the apple! How did they get inside when there did not appear any outward signs of entrance? What they discovered was that a certain worm lays its eggs right on the apple ...read more

Tags: Satan

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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?

There Are Numerous Cultures Around The World ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Oct 5, 2006

“There are numerous cultures around the world where the divorce rate is near zero. Why? The common denominator is that divorce is not viewed as an option. It may be against the law or against the norm of their society. In cultures where divorce is an acceptable choice, couples can decide in advance ...read more

Tags: Divorce

One Elderly Lady Had Come Under Hard Times. She ...  PRO

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007

One ELDERLY lady had come under HARD TIMES. She would have to SELL her HOUSE and move into a RETIREMENT HOME. Her children had tried to help her understand the SITUATION but she couldn’t seem to GRASP it. She was WORRIED, FRETFUL, and UPSET all the time. Her son said, “Mom, everything is ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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

Blogs Are Increasingly The Way People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Blogs are increasingly the way people communicate. There are some 37 million blogs in the world, with a new one created every second, reports blog track site Technorati. Blogs as a social network, doubles in size every 6 months. It is now 60 times bigger than 3 years ago, with 1.2 million new ...read more