In Sermon Illustrations: "Missiles Sermon"

The Number Of Baptisms Is Declining Throughout ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

The Number Of Baptisms is declining throughout the Christian community according to USA Today. Southern Baptists baptisms fell about 35% from ‘72 to ‘85 and has remained flat since. SBC membership increased from 13.6 million in ‘80 to 16.2 million in ‘04, while baptisms dropped from 430,000 in ‘80 ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

Depression 1 In 4 People Are Affected By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Depression 1 in 4 people are affected by depression of family, friends, and coworkers, while 1 in 10 experience a major depressive episode yearly. The World Health Organization estimates depression will be the 2nd leading cause of health impairment worldwide by 2020. Unfortunate-ly the ...read more

Tags: Emotions

American Dream Dying A Pew Research Center Survey ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

American Dream Dying A Pew Research Center survey finds 50% of U.S. adults say today’s children will grow up to be worse off than people are now. 34% say they’ll be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Film Economics 101 A Movie Needs To Generate 2.5 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Film Economics 101 A movie needs to generate 2.5 times its cost at the box office to ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Blue Collar 34.9% Of U.s. Blue Collar Workers Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Blue Collar 34.9% of U.S. blue collar workers are female vs. 31.6% in ’00. Hispanics make up 22.5%, up from 19%. Caucasians declined from 59.1% to 52.8%. Blacks fell from 17.6% to 15.9%. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Sleepless In America The National Sleep ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Sleepless In America The National Sleep Foundation says the culprits are: Email: It just won’t let us unplug. Caffeine: Our sleep shortage has deepened in lockstep with the rising popularity of gourmet coffee. Alcohol: Alcohol compromises deep sleep and robs us of much-needed rest. Lack of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Boomer Generation Spends $2 Trillion Annually ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

The Boomer Generation spends $2 trillion annually on goods and services. That’s almost 3 times more than the $350 billion American’s ages 12-24 (the most sought after demographic of ...read more

Tags: Money

Financial Fear 71% Of Americans Have Enough Money ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Financial Fear 71% of Americans have enough money to live comfortably today, yet just 50% of all non-retirees expect to have enough money to live comfortably after retirement. This is the lowest measure Gallup has ...read more

Tags: Money

Prayer Humbles Us By Reminding Us Of Our Place ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

“Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation. Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each and every soul in His creation. And prayer blesses us by reminding us that there is a divine plan that ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Sinner's Prayer Recent News Surrounding The Sago ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Sinner’s Prayer Recent news surrounding the Sago mine disaster reported the miners prayed the “Sinner’s Prayer” before dying. AllAboutGod.com saw visits to its sinner’s prayer web page spike from an average of 67 visits per day ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Life & The Internet 45% Of Internet Users, Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Life & The Internet 45% of Internet users, or about 60 million Americans, say the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major life ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

U.s. Workers Feel Rushed On The Job, But Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

U.S. Workers feel rushed on the job, but are getting less accomplished due to technology intended to make work quicker and easier. “Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it’s slowed everything down, paradoxically,” says John Challenger, Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Roe V. Wade Support Waning Harris Poll Has Been ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Roe v. Wade Support Waning Harris poll has been measuring Roe v. Wade support for 33 years and reports just 49% of U.S. adults support the decision today vs. 57% in ’98. 40% favor laws to make it more difficult for a woman to get an abortion, while another 40% ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Uncensored An Arbitron Study Of Cable Tv ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Uncensored An Arbitron study of cable TV subscribers finds nearly two-thirds prefer the government not restrict cable programming, agreeing channels like MTV, E!, and Comedy Central should be able to carry whatever they please. 77% said premium networks (e.g. HBO) should be given even greater ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Black Owned Businesses Are Among The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Black Owned Businesses are among the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy, says the Census Bureau. The number of black-owned businesses grew by 45% from ‘97 to ‘02, more than 4 times the overall rate. Blacks now own 5% of all non-farm U.S. businesses. Revenues increased 25%, to about $89 ...read more

Tags: Money

Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. 2. Divorce: Ongoing wave of broken marriages and families—inside and outside the church. 3. Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. 4. Lack of ...read more

More Than Half Of Americans Would Rather Lose ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

More Than Half Of Americans would rather lose their jobs than get fat, according to a Fitness magazine poll. 58% of women and 54% of men would rather be unemployed than gain 75 pounds. 63% of women and 55% of men would rather be poor and not overweight than ...read more

Tags: Workplace

73% Of American Adults Are Internet Users. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

73% of American adults are Internet users. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

For Every Ring Made, Gold Mines Generate About 20 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

For every ring made, gold mines generate about 20 tons of ...read more

Tags: Weddings

The National Center For Missing And Exploited ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says 1 in 5 kids online has been sexually solicited ...read more

Tags: Children