In Sermon Illustrations: "National Repentance"

1 In 6 Residents Of Massachusetts, Connecticut ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

1 in 6 residents of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington are atheist or agnostic, twice the national average. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Your Love Of Liberty Your Respect For The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Your love of liberty your respect for the laws your habits of industry and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the ...read more

Tags: Joy

Andrew Jackson Needs To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009

ANDREW JACKSON NEEDS TO REPENT I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright. He became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening. Cartwright personally baptized over 12,000 people during his ministry. He was a Circuit rider and spent most of his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38

Tags: Revival

For Joachim Neander Praise Was Evoked By ...  PRO

Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Aug 26, 2002

For Joachim Neander praise was evoked by life-changing memories from his youth. To say he was a rebel is probably an understatement. Most of his youth was spent with little regard for God and His Word. Sometimes he even outrightly mocked the Word of God and those who preached it. Neander and ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Lutheran

King David Gave Us A Great 4pt Sermon In His ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 13, 2009

King David gave us a great 4pt sermon in his Psalm of repentance (51) He pleaded, “Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of my Thy compassion blot out my transgression.” He confessed, “Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, and done what is evil ...read more

Tags: David

Denomination: Orthodox

The Greatest Generation

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009

THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

Tags: America

Voices From The ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Voices from the Past “It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures, and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” --Abraham ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:7

Tags: Patriotism

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pastors Older: Several Protestant Denominations ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Pastors Older: Several Protestant denominations report that their corps of pastors is not just decreasing but aging, with less than 10% age 35 or younger, compared with rates as high as 24% a generation ago. More than 30% of pastors in several denominations are above 55, higher than a generation ...read more

Tags: Church General, Love, Women, Wife

Morals Sub Par: One Thing That Most Americans Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Morals Sub Par: One thing that most Americans can agree on is that moral values in the U.S. are less than good and are getting worse. Older adults are particularly critical of the state of moral values today. Overall, only 19% of Americans describe moral conditions in the country as “excellent” or ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Half Of Americans In A Recent Poll Said They Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Half of Americans in a recent poll said they or their family members have suffered from depression, 46% considered it a health problem, and 43% saw it as a "sign of personal or emotional weakness," according to the National Mental Health Association. Other topics measured included alcoholism (seen ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Friends: Facebook

Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010

FRIENDS: FACEBOOK Facebook story: 175 million users of Facebook. (Stat correct in 3/2009, as of 5/2010 more like 500 million...) If it were a nation would be the 6th most populous nation. Used to be for college kids, but no more. Greatest growth (24.1 million) age 35 ¡V 49. Facebook has added ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

About A Third Of America's 8th-Graders And A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

About a third of America’s 8th-graders and a quarter of its high school seniors are proficient writers, according to national writing test results. Although basically unchanged from ’00, the latest test found modest increases in the skills of lower-performing students. 88% can now demonstrate at ...read more

Tags: Children

Sinners Pour Out Love For Their Savior

Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008

SINNERS POUR OUT LOVE FOR THEIR SAVIOR Leonard Ravenhill tells of going to a worship service at David Wilkerson’s skid-row mission in New York City. There he stood with former prostitutes and drunks and drug addicts and he said a short little man stood up and said, "Let's sing our national ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Church Of God

Traditional Family Is Alive

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

TRADITIONAL FAMILY IS ALIVE Of the nation’s 73 million children, nearly 45 million (62%) live with their biological parents, according to the Census Bureau. Another 19 million live with their unmarried, biological mothers. Based on 2004 surveys, the report also shows cohabiting families are on the ...read more

Tags: Family

I Am Concerned For The Security Of Our Great ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am concerned for the security of our great nation, not so much because of any threat from without, but because of ...read more

Tags: Security

China, The World Leader In Cell Phone Use, Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

China, the world leader in cell phone use, has surpassed the U.S. as the #1 nation in Internet ...read more

Tags: Technology

Rudyard Kipling Wrote, "Lo, All The Pomp Of ...

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002

Rudyard Kipling wrote, “Lo, all the pomp of yesterday, is one with Ninevah and Tyre. Judge of the nations, spare ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, God's Judgment

Denomination: Congregational

U.s. Adults Average 6.9 Hours Of Sleep A Night ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

U.S. adults average 6.9 hours of sleep a night according to the National Sleep Foundation. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

We Ought To Be No Less Persuaded That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of ...read more

Tags: Heaven

There Is No Security, No Safety, In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil. It must be the core of Western policy that there be no sanctuary for terror. And to sustain such a ...read more

Tags: Satan