In Sermon Illustrations: "National Anthem"

A Study Released By Rutgers University's National ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

A study released by Rutgers University’s National Marriage Project found that the national marriage rate has fallen 43%, down 4% from 40 years ago. Only 30% of girls and 40% of boys responded that married people are happier than those who remain single or live with a mate out of wedlock. With so ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

National Science Foundation Research Reveals That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

National Science Foundation research reveals that people who attend church regularly could live up 14 years longer than who don’t. ...read more

Tags: Church General

National Center For Education Statistics, 75% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

National Center for Education Statistics, 75% of 4th graders report reading for fun at least once a week. Of that group, 43% say they read every ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

National Religious Broadcasters Has Written To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

National Religious Broadcasters has written to its 1,200 members decrying a recent FCC ruling that allows the federal agency to influence religious programming content. The ruling states, programming “primarily devoted to religious exhortation, proselytizing or statements of personally held ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:29-34

Tags: Character

National Center For Education Statistics, 75% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

National Center for Education Statistics, 75% of 4th graders report reading for fun at least once a week. Of that group, 43% say they read every ...read more

Tags: Children

Giving Cannibalized: All Around The Nation, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Giving Cannibalized: All around the nation, charities and other nonprofit organizations are confronting the same stark reality. More than $1 billion flooded into more than 100 funds set up to aid victims of the terrorist attack, those that serve ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Kid Stress: According To A National Survey ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Kid Stress: According to a national survey conducted by Insight Express, 42% of kids aged 13-17 believe that selecting the right outfit for the first day of school is more stressful than homework (29%), being called on in class (19%) or ...read more

Tags: Children

Nae & Global Warming: The National Association ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

NAE & Global Warming: The National Association of Evangelicals has scheduled two meetings on Capitol Hill and in the Washington suburbs where more than 100 leaders will discuss issuing a statement on global warming. The meetings are considered so pivotal that Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Child Care: A New National Alliance For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Child Care: A new National Alliance for Caregiving study says 1.3 million to 1.4 million children (ages 8-18) in the U.S. care for sick or disabled relatives. At least 75% get some help, but half spend a ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The National Center For Health Statistics Claims ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The National Center for Health Statistics claims 1.4 million (nearly 35% of all ’03 births) were out of wedlock. ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the non-partisan research group Child Trends finds almost 25% of teens who say they are virgins have had oral sex. Teens who define themselves as abstinent may ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Lifelong: A New National Fatherhood Initiative ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Lifelong: A new National Fatherhood Initiative survey finds 88% of Americans believe marriage should be a lifelong commitment and 89% agree “all things being equal, it is better for children to be raised in a household that has a married mother and father.” Also, 71% reject the statement: “Either ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment

Christian Nation: After Years Of Complaining ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian Nation: After years of complaining about Hollywood, conservative Catholics and Evangelical Christians are gaining traction. But the battle is a long way from over, and the culture is still up for grabs. Many of these developments stem more from a long-overdue recognition of the importance ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Child Care: The Nation's Largest Childcare ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Child Care: The nation’s largest childcare providers are the Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention with nearly 10,000 childcare centers between them. Since ’97, the number of church-based childcare centers has risen by 26% versus a 19% increase in all U.S childcare centers. ...read more

Tags: Church General

The National Median Household Income For Donors ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The national median household income for donors is $54,100. (Foster Letter ...read more

Inspired Kindness: A New Survey By The National ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Inspired Kindness: A new survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago finds that those who attend church weekly and take part in other religious activities perform an average of 128 acts of kindness a year versus 96 ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Customer Loyalty: A Recent National Survey By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Customer Loyalty: A recent national survey by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories found the following factors cause customers to become loyal to a company: 56% Good Service, 28% Good Products, 7% Good Price, 6% ...read more

Tags: Church General

I Recently Read In The National Geographic ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 29, 2006

I recently read in the National geographic magazine about a forest fire in Yellowstone national park, rangers found a bird literally petrified in ashes at a base of a tree. As the ranger touched the petrefied bird ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Baptist

Follow The Money The National Geographic Society ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Follow The Money The National Geographic Society (NGS) garnered front-page coverage when they recently unveiled a restored version of The Gospel of Judas--which asserts that Judas was Jesus’ closest friend rather than a traitor, and that he only did what Jesus asked of him: NGS has invested over $1 ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Church Bulletin - National Prayer And Fasting ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Aug 13, 2006

Church bulletin - National Prayer and Fasting Conference announcement: “The cost to attend the Fasting ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Denomination: Church Of God