In Sermon Illustrations: "Money Changers"

Sometimes The Poorest Man Leaves His Children ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the ...read more

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Everyone In The United States Knows That We Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Everyone in the United States knows that we have no classes. Furthermore everyone knows that ...read more

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Checkless- A Checkfree Corporation Study Finds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Checkless- A CheckFree Corporation study finds that 69% of U.S. online households are paying at least one bill online. Online payments are steadily replacing checks. Among those surveyed, 37.5% use paper checks for all bill ...read more

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Balance Due Gallup's Annual Personal Finances ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Balance Due Gallup’s annual personal finances survey finds Americans have an average of 3 credit cards. 25% always pay their balances in full each month, while another 25% carry a balance. On average, card owners owe more ...read more

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Cars R Us 59% Of Americans Mainly Drive A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Cars R Us 59% of Americans mainly drive a domestic brand car, 27% an Asian model, and 6% a European brand. The kind of car we drive tells a lot about us. Republicans are most likely to drive a U.S. domestic brand while Democrats and independents are more likely to drive an Asian brand. 45% of ...read more

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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

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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

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According To Cardweb.com, Americans Owed $696.7 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

According to CardWeb.com, Americans owed $696.7 billion on credit cards in ’05, vs. $285.5 ...read more

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The Average Household Credit Card Debt Has Grown ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

The average household credit card debt has grown to $9,312 from $4,301 in the past ...read more

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Financially Illiterate 17% Of The 5,775 High ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Financially Illiterate 17% of the 5,775 high school seniors that took a 30-question financial test had taken a money management or personal finance class, yet they fared worse than their peers who had not taken such a class. Students only correctly answered 52.4% of the questions. Financially ...read more

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Home Ownership Nearly 70% Of Americans Own Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Home Ownership Nearly 70% of Americans own their homes, a record high, but the rate of homeownership for working families with children is lower than in ’78. The surprising trend is being driven by: soaring housing costs that have overshot wage increases, higher health care bills, and a ...read more

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Roughly Half Of Americans Report Economizing To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Roughly half of Americans report economizing to compensate for the increase in gas prices over the ...read more

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Infolust Consumers Are Lusting After Detailed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

INFOLUST Consumers are lusting after detailed information on where to get the best of the best, the cheapest of the cheapest, the first of the first, the healthiest of the healthiest, the coolest of the coolest, or on how to become the smartest of the smartest. The driving force behind INFOLUST is ...read more

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Boomers (Ages 40-To-60) Account For $2.1 Trillion ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Boomers (ages 40-to-60) account for $2.1 trillion in annual spending ...read more

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Today, The Irs Has About Twice The Budget Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Today, the IRS has about twice the budget of the FBI, and 8 times as many ...read more

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John 12:26...the Word (Diakoneo) Means To Wait ...

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Apr 3, 2006

John 12:26...The word (diakoneo) means to wait on. We get our English equivalent deacon, or servant from the word. The other word (servant) means literally union on the road. So Jesus is saying something like, Join me on the road of serving others. The world in which we live says, Grab on, ...read more

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Denomination: United Methodist

I'll Say This For Adversity: People Seem To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

I’ll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that’s more than I can say ...read more

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What Is Called A High Standard Of Living ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for avoiding muscular energy, for increasing sensual pleasure and enhancing caloric intake above any conceivable ...read more

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A Group Of Elderly, Cultured Gentlemen Met Often ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

A group of elderly, cultured gentlemen met often to exchange wisdom and drink tea. Each host tried to find the finest and most costly varieties, to create exotic blends that would arouse the admiration of his guests. When the most venerable and respected of the group entertained, he served his tea ...read more

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Our Mammas Did Not Hesitate To Bargain. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Our mammas did not hesitate to bargain. Questioning a price was standard procedure. "How much are these cucumbers?" "Two for five." The mamma pushed one aside. "And how much is this one?" ...read more

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