In Sermon Illustrations: "New Identity"

Tryvertising Is A New Breed Of Product Placement ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Tryvertising is a new breed of product placement in the real world, integrating goods and services into daily life in a relevant way, so that consumers can make up their minds based on their experience, not your message. It includes everything from traditional supermarket product sampling and free ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Digital Scrapbooking Is The Hottest New Way To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Digital Scrapbooking is the hottest new way to capture moments, create layouts, and art that result in scrapbooks. For an example visit ...read more

The Largest Group Of New Users Of The Internet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The largest group of new users of the Internet are kids 2-5. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

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

Generation C (C Is For Creative): A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Generation C (C is for Creative): A new generation of parents is abandoning its obsession with children becoming doctors, lawyers or business executives; they are realizing that creative careers are not necessarily doomed to poverty. Fuelling the trend: (1) The creative urges each consumer ...read more

Tags: Children

A New Grammar Rule Devised In The Netherlands And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A new grammar rule devised in the Netherlands and Belgium stipulates the word “Christ” shall be spelled with a lowercase “c. ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

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

New Research Reveals That Marijuana, Pornography, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

New research reveals that marijuana, pornography, and illegal labor account for 10% of the U.S. economy. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

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

Americans Support Christian Monuments In A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Americans Support Christian Monuments In a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll Americans are overwhelmingly thumbing their noses at liberal judicial activists who seek to strip the public square of all references to God. The poll shows the following preferences: * The inscription “In God we trust” on ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Job Satisfaction Is Waning. A New Conference ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Job Satisfaction is waning. A new Conference Board survey finds that just 49% of Americans are satisfied with their jobs today versus 58% in ’95. It fell most among workers aged 35 to 54, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

Marriage Dividend: A New Study By Thomas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Marriage Dividend: A new study by Thomas Rutledge, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego, finds that of women 65 and older, those with a longtime husband coped with stress of aging, clocked lower blood pressure, and had stronger immune ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Info Overload: New Research Conducted By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Info Overload: New research conducted by professors at the University of California at Berkeley found that the volume of new information stored on paper, film, optical and magnetic media doubled between ’99 and ’02. Last year alone, enough new information was generated to fill half a million ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Watching The News Can Be Dangerous To Your ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2007

WATCHING THE NEWS CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH, that is, your psychological health. Since most of the news is of a negative nature, if one is not careful, he/she can develop a very pessimistic view of human nature. Consider the following: The year is 2065. An astronaut has been stranded alone ...read more

The Pastor Of New Spring Community Church In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The Pastor of New Spring Community Church in Anderson, South Carolina wrote about a burden that was upon his heart in regard to the unBiblical way churches function today. He wrote, “If you operated an airplane like most churches operate today, you would have a pilot and his crew in the cockpit, ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

The Times-Reporter Of New Philadelphia, Ohio, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool. The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200 people gathered, ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

In April, 1988 The Evening News Reported On A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In April, 1988 the evening news reported on a photographer who was also a skydiver. He had jumped from a plane along with several other skydivers and filmed the group as they individually dove out of the plane and opened their parachutes. As the video was being shown of each member of the crew ...read more

Tags: Jesus Teachings

During A Hurricane In The Gulf Of Mexico, A News ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

During a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, a news report highlighted a rescue device used on the oil rigs. In case of fire or (in this case) hurricane, rig workers scramble into the bullet-shaped "bus" and strap themselves into their seats. When the entry port is shut, the vehicle is released down ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

A Pastor Was Called To A New Church. The First ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A pastor was called to a new church. The first Sunday the pastor was there, his message was taken from John 3:16. The message was entitled, "How to Be Born Again." The message was well received, but no decisions were made. The second Sunday, the pastor’s message was taken from John 3:16 and was ...read more

Tags: Faith

Years Ago There Was A Valley In New England That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Years ago there was a valley in New England that was going to be dammed up for a hydro-electric plant. There was a small town in the bottom of the valley, and that town fell into disrepair. Someone asked why? The answer came ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection