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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

Info Hunger: According To A Recent Ball State ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Info Hunger: According to a recent Ball State University poll, average Americans spend more time online, on the phone, punching the remote, the radio and the game console than they do sleeping—9 hours a day. Much of that time they are using ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Sixty-Five Percent Of America’s High School ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 17, 2001

Sixty-five percent of America’s high school students say that they would cheat on an important exam. Fifty-three percent of them said that they would lie to protect a friend who vandalizes school property. All this is based on a LOU HARRIS poll of more than ...read more

Tags: Temptation General, Commandments Testimony, Faith

Worker Morale Is Considered Important By 96% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Worker Morale is considered important by 96% of workers polled by Wirthlin Worldwide. 70% of business owners indicate their company has not take steps to raise moral despite the fact that 73% of employees believe their company should take the initiative 90% say moral would improve if ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Suicide Attitudes: About Fifteen Million People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Suicide Attitudes: About fifteen million people (7% of all adults) have attempted suicide at some point in their lives, according to a recent Harris Poll. The research also revealed that 21% of adults have thought seriously about taking their own lives, and 25% believe that ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Men Still Bread Winners: 54% Of Working Married ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Men Still Bread Winners: 54% of working married Americans live in households in which the husband brings in all or most of the family income, according to a new Gallup poll. Only 13% live in households where the woman earns all or most of the ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Public School Courses On The Bible Are Now ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Public School Courses on the Bible are now offered in 460 school districts in 37 states. Polls find that over 60% of Americans favor secular teaching about the Bible. The Bible so pervades Western culture that the "new consensus" for secular Bible study argues that ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

At The End Of Each Calendar Year Usa Today, Cnn ...

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002

At the end of each calendar year USA Today, CNN and The Gallup organization ask the question: “Who are your heroes?” -Or- “Name the people you most admire.” Here’s the top ten results from last year.: #1- George W. Bush (dominating with 39% -highest ever) 2-Laura Bush; 3-Hillary Clinton; 4- ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 19:6

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Christian Church

Marriage In A Recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Marriage In a recent Religion & Ethics Newsweekly poll 71% of Americans agree “God’s plan for marriage is one man, one woman, for life.” Only 22% think divorce is sin while 49% say cohabitation is acceptable. Only 34% of evangelical Christians and 30% of traditional ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Only Three Out Of Five Christians Could Recall ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Only three out of five Christians could recall the names of the first four books of the New Testament, and only half of the Christians interviewed correctly identified Jesus as the person who delivered the Sermon on the Mount. A full 42 percent of the Christians interviewed said that without the ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

More Than Half Of Americans Would Rather Lose ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

More Than Half Of Americans would rather lose their jobs than get fat, according to a Fitness magazine poll. 58% of women and 54% of men would rather be unemployed than gain 75 pounds. 63% of women and 55% of men would rather be poor and not overweight than ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Students Don't See Western Culture As Superior  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002

Students Don’t See Western Culture as Superior Eighty-four percent of college students today do not believe that Western culture is superior to Arab culture according to a newly released poll funded by Americans for Victory Over Terrorism (a project by Empower.org) and former Secretary of ...read more

Tags: World Religions

I Worry About...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010

I WORRY ABOUT... Percentage of people who at least occasionally worry about: Having their car stolen or broken into: 42 Home burglarization when they are not at home: 45 Being the victim of terrorism: 38 Having a school-aged child physically harmed at school: 29 Your home being burglarized when ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7

Tags: Anxiety

Kids Love Family Best At Christmas  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009

KIDS LOVE FAMILY BEST AT CHRISTMAS On the TV show, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, they took a poll of 8 to 12 year olds and asked them, "What do you most enjoy about the holidays?" A) Decorating the house B) Spending time with family and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:31-42, Luke 4:18-21

Tags: Bible, Family

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Media Wary 57% Of American Parents Are More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Media Wary 57% of American parents are more concerned about their children’s overuse of media than smoking, drinking, sexual behavior, being overweight or developing eating disorders, finds a Common Sense Media poll. 68% think media influences the health and well-being of their kids with TV as ...read more

Christmas Survey  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2004

CHRISTMAS SURVEY What do people believe about the birth of Christ? A few days ago Newsweek Magazine conducted a poll asking some questions about Christ and His birth.* Here are some of the results: 67% - believe that the entire story of Christmas is historically accurate 24% - believe the story ...read more

Tags: Christmas, Birth Of Jesus

Prestige Professions Americans List The Following ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Prestige Professions Americans list the following professions and occupations in the order of having "great prestige" according to The Harris Poll: · Doctor (61%) · Teacher (54%) · Scientist (53%) · Minister/clergy (43%) · Military officer (40%) · Policeman (37%) · Engineer (36%) · Architect ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Spiritual Superstition More Than 30% Of Americans ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Spiritual Superstition More than 30% of Americans believe in astrology and over half believe in ghosts. However, many of the same folks say they believe in God, the resurrection of Christ and the virgin birth. A recent Harris Poll finds the trend is strong among the young, with 60% of those under ...read more

Tags: Paranormal

What Are You Doing Out There?  PRO

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on May 24, 2002

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE? Henry David Thoreau once went to jail rather than pay his poll tax to a state that supported slavery. His good friend Ralph Waldo Emerson hurried to visit him in jail and, peering through the bars, exclaimed: “Why, Henry, what are you ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General, Racism

Denomination: Pentecostal

Honesty Ranking: Firefighters Top The Annual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Honesty Ranking: Firefighters top the annual CNN/USA Today Gallup Poll ranking the honesty, integrity and ethical standards of various professions. 90% of Americans rated them “high” or “very high.” Close behind firefighters in the ratings were nurses (84%), members of the military (81%), policemen ...read more

Tags: Faith