In Sermon Illustrations: "Numbered"

The Number Of Working U.s. Mothers Peaked In '98 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

The number of working U.S. mothers peaked in ’98 at 59%. In ’00 it dropped to 55%. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Number 2: The Second Highest Traffic Topic Search ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Number 2: The second highest traffic topic search category on the Internet is Spiritual and Religious, second only to Sex and Pornography. (Randall ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

The Number Of Working Women In The U.s. Has More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of working women in the U.S. has more than doubled in the last 30 years, to 60 million. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Women

The Number Of Adult Day Care Programs Has Grown ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of adult day care programs has grown 14% since ’94. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Death

The Number Of Pay Phones In The U.s. Has Dropped ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

The number of pay phones in the U.S. has dropped from 1 million to 500,000 in the last 9 ...read more

Quote: "God's Number One Purpose In Your Life Is ...

Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 23, 2007

QUOTE: “God’s number one purpose in your life is to make you life Jesus Christ. The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make the child of God more like the Son ...read more

Denomination: *other

A Number Of Years Ago Jim Carry Stared In A Movie ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009

A number of years ago Jim Carry stared in a movie that considered this very idea. In the movie “Liar, Liar”, Jim Carry plays a lawyer who is particularly good at stretching the truth. After promising, and then breaking his promise, to show up at his five-year-old son’s birthday party, the son ...read more

Tags: Lies

Denomination: Baptist

Blake Griffin Is The Number One 2009 Nba Draft ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2009

Blake Griffin is the number one 2009 NBA draft pick for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is 6’10” and dominated college basketball playing for Oklahoma. After he was drafted, he called the Clippers general manager on a Saturday morning to open the gym so he could work out. Being a millionaire and ...read more

Tags: Zeal

Denomination: Pentecostal

Misapplied Scriptures, Numbers 5:11ff: Abortion?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 27, 2023

Introduction: By now we’ve seen a few examples where selected (!) Scriptures are taken out of context and used in ways the writers never intended. There are some people who flat-out either twist or attempt to misapply the Scriptures in a much more devious way. They’ll take or quote a passage that, ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 5:11-31

Tags: Adultery, Abortion, Misapplied Scriptures, Spirit Of Jealousy

Denomination: Baptist

I Can't Count The Number Of Times Christ Has ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 5, 2008

I can't count the number of times Christ has kept me from a decision that looked good at the time, but would have led to a disaster for my family. And I think all of us would run out of fingers and toes before we could ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Catholic

Since '96, The Number Of U.s. Adults Who Read The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Since ’96, the number of U.S. adults who read the Bible has increased from 34% to 40%. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Two Ships In The Night! (07.18.05--Pride--Numbers ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 14, 2005

Two Ships in the Night! (07.18.05--Pride--Numbers 22:29) There’s a time to be right and a time to be righteous. That’s what the old farmer told me as I hefted the last hay bale into the loft. I had just had an encounter with a bully at school and I was feeling both peeked and embattled at the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:29

Tags: Wait, Worship, Christian Love, Christian Disciplines, Patience  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Lutheran

Moms Staying Home: The Number Of U.s. Mothers Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Moms Staying Home: The number of U.S. mothers who put work on hold and stayed home with children grew to 5.4 million in ‘03, says a new U.S. Census Bureau analysis. The report finds 20% of stay-at-home moms live in households earning $100,000 or more, while 2.3% are in households earning less than ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Moms Staying Home: The Number Of U.s. Mothers Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006

Moms Staying Home: The number of U.S. mothers who put work on hold and stayed home with children grew to 5.4 million in ‘03, says a new U.S. Census Bureau analysis. The report finds 20% of stay-at-home moms live in households earning $100,000 or more, while 2.3% are in households earning less than ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Do You Have A Portable God?" Numbers 10: 11-21 ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 7, 2005

“Do You Have A Portable God?” Numbers 10: 11-21 Key verse(s): 21:“Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.” Think about this! The only time that you will be through with change in this life is when your life is through. Life in an ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 10:11-21

Tags: God Brings Hope, God Brings Purpose

Denomination: Lutheran

So You Think Sins Don’t Matter?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 12, 2022

Introduction: Have you ever heard someone say, “Oh, sin doesn’t matter” or anything like that? There are plenty of times when, in the Bible, when it certainly did. Would you believe that only two major sins cost Israel thousands of their population? Let’s take a look. Text: Numbers 1:44-46, KJV: ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 1:44-46, Numbers 26:51

Tags: Balaam, Phinehas, Moses, Sin

Denomination: Baptist

[205]. A Message From A Poem – One Hair Here And One Hair There

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 17, 2025

[205]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ONE HAIR HERE AND ONE HAIR THERE Well, well, well! How many of us are bald? How many are heading that way? I remember when I was a kid my mother used to say to me, “Tell the barber to thin out your hair.” There used to be some sort of clippers that would do ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:20-21, Luke 12:7, 2 Kings 2:23

Tags: Numbered, Glorious Bodies, Alopecia, Falling Out, Hair, New Bodies  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Baby Steps!" Numbers 33: 1-49 Key Verse(S): 2a: ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 29, 2004

“Baby Steps!” Numbers 33: 1-49 Key verse(s): 2a: “At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey . . .” I opened up the paper the other day and there staring me right in the face was a “huge success.” The newspaper was focusing on people who had made it; you know, those who ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 33:1-49

Tags: Gifts General

Denomination: Lutheran

Balaam's Error,

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 25, 2024

And this from the Revelation to John at Patmos: Jesus words to the angel of the church at Pergamum give us the view of God as to what happened in Numbers chapters 22-25, and why God was angry with Balaam. Balaam was a deceiver. “But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:1-41, Revelation 2:14, Numbers 25:1-3

Tags: Deception, Teaching, Israelites, Pergamum, Stumbling Block, Sexual Immorality, Idols  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Walking On Water  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 20, 2005

A man read an ad in the newspaper, “Hunting dog for sale, $2,500.00, but well worth it.” He called the number and the man told him that he had to see the dog in action. The next morning they met and went hunting early. The dog flushed two birds from a clump of bushes and when they fell into the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 16:13-14

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Denomination: Lutheran