In Sermon Illustrations: "Parental Sayings"

42% Of Americans Say They Would Enjoy Christmas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

42% of Americans say they would enjoy Christmas more if there were no presents. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Soft Landing: Church Seating Companies Say That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Soft Landing: Church seating companies say that 50% of their orders today are for cushioned seating, compared with only 20% just 5 years ...read more

Tags: Church General

Gambling: 2 In 3 Americans Say They Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Gambling: 2 in 3 Americans say they have participated in some form of gambling activity in the last 12 months. State lotteries are the most common. Casino visits are becoming more common and men are significantly ...read more

Tags: Sin General

49% Of Teens Say They Would Be Likely To Attend ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

49% of teens say they would be likely to attend prayer meetings before or after school. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

29% Of Teens Say They Read The Bible At Least ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

29% of teens say they read the Bible at least once a week. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

35% Of Teens Say They Never Read The Bible. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

35% of teens say they never read the Bible. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

The National Family Caregivers Association Says 1 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

The National Family Caregivers Association says 1 out of every 4 American households care for an elderly relative. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

53% Of Americans Say They Have A "Great Deal" Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

53% of Americans say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the church or organized religion. ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

E.m. Bounds Says, "God's Acquaintance Is Not ...

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 22, 2006

E.M. Bounds says, “God’s acquaintance is not made with pop calls.” ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Denomination: Baptist

C.s. Lewis: "Everyone Says Forgiveness Is A ...  PRO

Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006

C.S. Lewis: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:13, Matthew 7:1-6

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Hypocrisy, Job, Forgiveness, Family Relationships, Financial, Employer, Relationships, Love  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

The Best Estimates Say As Few As 100 Or 200 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The best estimates say as few as 100 or 200 people worldwide are responsible for the preponderance of pornographic spam. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

76% Of American Doctors Say They Believe In God; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

76% of American doctors say they believe in God; 59% believe in some kind of afterlife and 55% say their beliefs influence how they practice ...read more

Tags: Faith General

31% Of Americans Say They Have Too Little ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

31% of Americans say they have too little religious freedom in the workplace. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Workplace Evangelism

One Could Almost Say Desire Is An Absolute ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Jan 27, 2006

"...one could almost say desire is an absolute essential of prayer. Desire precedes prayer and accompanies prayer. Desire goes before prayer and is created and intensified by it. Prayer is the oral expression of desire; without desire, prayer is a meaningless mumble of words...Yet, even if it is ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Baptist

66% Of Adults Say The Most Important Issue For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

66% of adults say the most important issue for couples to discuss before getting married is children followed by finances and religion, ...read more

Tags: Marriage Struggle

59% Of Americans Say Religion Is "Very Important ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

59% of Americans say religion is “very important in their life” versus just 30% of Canadians. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Faith General

96% Of Women Polled By Careerwomen.com Say They ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

96% of women polled by Careerwomen.com say they believe corporate culture favors men. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Women

Church Attendance: Roughly 40% Of Americans Say ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Church Attendance: Roughly 40% of Americans say they seldom or never attend church or synagogue according to a recent Gallup poll. 29% attend church once a week. 11% attend almost every week and ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Scotch Catechism Says That Man's Chief End ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The Scotch catechism says that man’s chief end is ’to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.’ But we shall then know that these are the same thing. Fully to enjoy is to glorify. In commanding us ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

The Concert Impresario, Sol Hurok, Liked To Say ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

The concert impresario, Sol Hurok, liked to say that Marian Anderson hadn’t simply grown great, she’d grown great simply. He says: "A few years ago a reporter interviewed Marian and asked her to name the greatest moment in her life. I was in her dressing room at the time and was curious to hear the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values