In Sermon Illustrations: "Money"

Young Families In Debt

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006

Young Families In Debt Spending habits of young married couples with children (both spouses 18 to 25): Average after-tax income, $19,783. Average annual spending, $21,401. Family Economics Review, quoted in U.S.A. ...read more

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Denomination: Wesleyan

You Can't Take It With You. There Was A Man Who ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006

You can’t take it with you. There was a man who tried to disprove that. As he lay on his deathbed, he spoke with his 3 best friends, a doctor, a professor, and a preacher. He said, “I’m going to prove them wrong. I’m going to take it with me. I’m giving you each $100,000 in an envelope. After ...read more

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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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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The Average Mortgage Runs About 20 Years, Which ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The average mortgage runs about 20 years, which gives the owner time, if he works on it every weekend, ...read more

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I Have No Use For Bodyguards, But I Have Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very special use for two highly trained ...read more

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Be Generous In Giving Credit To Others. Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Be generous in giving credit to others. Its ...read more

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It Was Natural For Man To Adopt Credit Buying ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It was natural for man to adopt credit buying hes had long experience ...read more

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Credit Is Not Only One Of The Main Pillars Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Credit is not only one of the main pillars of the public safety, it is among the principal engines of useful ...read more

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