In Sermon Illustrations: "No More Curse"

Cohabitation Up More Than 50% Of Couples Live ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Cohabitation Up More than 50% of couples live together before marriage, up from 10% in ’65 according to USA Today. Couple who do so face a 48% higher risk of divorce than those ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Religious Music Accounts For More Than 5% Of All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Religious music accounts for more than 5% of all music sales. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Children See More Of Their Parents Now Than 20 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Children see more of their parents now than 20 years ago, finds new research by the University of Michigan. The study shows that children spent 4 to 6 more hours per week with their parents in ‘97 than they did in ‘81. Child-ren ages 3 to 12 spent about 31 hours a week with their mothers, a gain of ...read more

Tags: Children

Men Spend More On Their Mothers Than Women Do, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Men spend more on their mothers than women do, $45 to $29 respectively. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Parenting

More Non-Christians: Over The Past 10 Years, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

More Non-Christians: Over the past 10 years, the number of adults who identify with a non-Christian religion rose from 5.8 million to 7.7 million, according to a Graduate Center of the City University of New York report. This represents an increase from 3.3% to 3.7% of the population. The American ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Health Concerns: More Than 6 In 10 Americans ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Health Concerns: More than 6 in 10 Americans worry a “great deal” about the availability and affordability of healthcare, according to the Gallup survey. Healthcare ranks the #1 issue among 11 issues polled. Other high concern issues include crime and violence (mentioned by 46%), drug use (46%), ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Four Key Reasons Kids Become More Committed To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Four Key Reasons kids become more committed to Christ. (1) Parents: 36% of youth report parents are their top influence (or at least 2nd or 3rd influence) when it comes to helping them grow in Christ. (2) Struggles: 1 in 7 kids claim a difficult struggle stimulated spiritual growth. Another 10% ...read more

Tags: Youth Leaders, Evangelism How To

Domestic Abuse Results In More Than $44 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Domestic Abuse results in more than $44 million in annual medical costs, 99,800 days of hospitalization, and 175,500 days lost from work. (Current ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

In April More Than 25 Million People (17% Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

In April more than 25 million people (17% of the U.S. online population) visited dating sites says Nielsen/NetRatings. ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

There Are More Than 1 Million Full-Time Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

There are more than 1 million full-time Christian ministry workers in the U.S. (including 350,000 se4nior pastors). ...read more

Less Sex, More Commerce: In '97 20% Of Internet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Less Sex, More Commerce: In ’97 20% of Internet searches were sex-related, today it only accounts for 5%, according to University of Pittsburgh and Penn State researchers. People are using (the Web) more as an everyday tool rather than as just an entertainment medium. Studies show queries for ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Values Votes Bush Voters Were Significantly More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Values Votes Bush voters were significantly more likely than Kerry voters to say “moral values” were an important consideration in their presidential votes. The two groups have differing perceptions of government’s role in addressing moral concerns: Bush voters are more than twice as likely to ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Retailers Sold More Than $657 Million In Bibles ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Retailers sold more than $657 million in Bibles in ‘03. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Values Votes: Bush Voters Were Significantly More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006

Values Votes: Bush voters were significantly more likely than Kerry voters to say “moral values” were an important consideration in their presidential votes. The two groups have differing perceptions of government’s role in addressing moral concerns: Bush voters are more than twice as likely to ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Gambling Online: This Year More Than 2,000 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gambling Online: This year more than 2,000 gambling Web sites will take in nearly $10 billion. That’s up 40% from ‘04 making gambling one of the Internet’s largest moneymakers, even though ...read more

Tags: Addiction

About 20% Adults Absorb One Or More Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About 20% adults absorb one or more Christian media on a daily basis. Approximately 50% look to these for spiritual input weekly and 66% ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

More Than Two-Thirds Of The Born Again Public – ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than two-thirds of the born again public – and well over 90% of evangelicals – have exposure to Christian media each month. ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

American Religion: Gallup's ‘04 Data Shows More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Religion: Gallup’s ‘04 data shows more than 8 in 10 Americans identify with a Christian religion, 24% Catholic, 50% Protestant, and 10% as some other form of Christianity. It also indicates 9% have no religious preference, and another 2% don’t answer the question, leaving 5% ...read more

Tags: Church General

More Than 12 Million Americans Have Tried ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than 12 million Americans have tried methamphetamine and 1.5 million are regular users. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Emotion Is Always More Persuasive Than Logic. Yet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Emotion is always more persuasive than logic. Yet it is even truer for older consumers, says Matt Thornhill President of the Boomer Project. “When you’re young and you’re making a purchase decision, you have to go through a reasoned thought process. But by the time you’re 55, you’ve done that about ...read more

Tags: Emotions