In Sermon Illustrations: "Religious Poems" showing 461-480 of 1,278

Christmas Under Attack: Fox News Conducted A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christmas Under Attack: Fox News conducted a survey 11/29 asking: •Do you consider Christmas a religious holiday or cultural holiday? Religious: 57% ... Cultural 14% ... Both: 12% •Do you agree there is a war on Christmas in the U.S.? Agree: 42% ... Disagree: 48% •Does it seem that the public ...read more

Tags: Christmas

From A National Survey Of Strong Families ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

From a national survey of strong families conducted by the Human Development and Family Department at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, a profile of a strong family: Appreciation. "Family members gave one another compliments and sincere demonstrations of approval. They tried to make the others ...read more

Tags: Family

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Casual Christians  PRO

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jul 27, 2009

CASUAL CHRISTIANS Barna defines these folks as those who perceive their Christianity as "faith in moderation. It allows them to feel religious without having to prioritize their faith. Christianity is a low-risk, predictable proposition..., providing a faith perspective that is not demanding. A ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Prayer Police

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011

THE PRAYER POLICE A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action "religiously based ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:11-16

Tags: Persecution

The Wall Separating Church And Economics Is Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

The Wall Separating Church And Economics is being breached. “More and more scholars have been using conventional economic methods to understand the way in which religion relates to the rest of society, and to the economy in particular,” says George Mason University professor Laurence R. Iannaccone. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15-16

Tags: Christian Values

Churched" Vs. "Unchurched" Doesn't Tell The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

"CHURCHED" VS. "UNCHURCHED" DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY New Ellison research on U.S. adult attendance at worship services found the traditional definitions of "churched" (attend services monthly or more often) — and "un-churched" (do not typically attend frequently enough to be considered ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Persecution Of Baptists In The Colonies

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011

PERSECUTION OF BAPTISTS IN THE COLONIES Throughout their long history as a people of faith, Baptists have consistently opposed any diminution of the rights of the individual to seek and to pursue their own faith, or for each person to decide to be without faith if that is the choice. Though ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-17

Tags: Persecution

Children's Church Attendance: Approximately 5% Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Children’s Church Attendance: Approximately 5% of children in the U.S. between ages 7 and 12 attend a religious service at least once a week. Children in: England-14%, France-8%, China-4%, Japan-2%. This leaves a ...read more

Tags: Children

Christian America: According To Gallup More Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christian America: According to Gallup more than 8 in 10 Americans are Christian while only 9% claim no religious affiliation at all. More than 4 in 10 Americans attend church regularly, and most Americans say that religion is fairly or ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

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

E-Mail Content Sharing 63% Of Internet Users ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

E-mail Content Sharing 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care ...read more

Tags: Workplace

E-Mail Content Sharing: 63% Of Internet Users ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

E-mail Content Sharing: 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care ...read more

Tags: Workplace

E-Mail Content Sharing 63% Of Internet Users ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007

E-mail Content Sharing 63% of Internet users share various content via e-mail at least once a week, 25% daily, and 11% never. Of those who share content, 88% share jokes or cartoons, 56% news, 32% health care ...read more

We "Must Distinguish Between The Error, Which ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 7, 2009

We "must distinguish between the error, which must always be rejected, and the person in error, who never loses his dignity as a person even though he flounders amid false or inadequate religious ideas. God alone is the judge and the searcher of ...read more

Tags: Judgment

Denomination: Catholic

Bible Tax: Another Sign Of Cultural Change And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Bible Tax: Another sign of cultural change and values shift. Commonwealth Court in Pennsylvania ruled this month that the state’s sales tax exemption for bibles and other religious material is unconstitutional. This ends a 41 year old exemption and is expected to yield ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Who Took Christ Out Of Christmas? Secular Tv. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Who Took Christ Out of Christmas? Secular TV. During this past December, of 1156 hours TV devoted to the theme of Christmas 90% of the shows did not include a major spiritual theme, 7% had a religious or spiritual theme not specifically dealing with Jesus and ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Help For Historic Churches: A New Policy Approved ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Help For Historic Churches: A new policy approved by President Bush will lift the ban on using federal grants for the preservation of historic churches. Since ‘95, historically significant structures that were also used for religious purposes have been ineligible for federal grants ...read more

Tags: Church General

Many Of Us Live Our Lives Like Elaine's Boyfriend ...

Contributed by Corey Arnold on Nov 17, 2003

Many of us live our lives like Elaine’s boyfriend on Seinfield: Elaine asks, "Do you believe in God?" "Yes," her boyfriend replies. Elaine asks, "Is it a problem that I’m not religious?" "Not for me," her boyfriend ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Adults Believe Some Of The Key Findings ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

What Adults Believe Some of the key findings tracked by The Barna Group for the last two decades: 87% claim their religious faith is very important in their life today. 75% strongly affirm this idea. 77% are with the Christian faith, 12% are atheist or agnostic, while 11% are with some other faith ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Religion Very Important: Roughly 6 In 10 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Religion Very Important: Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say religion is a “very important” part of their lives. A majority of Americans say they attend religious services at least once a month, including a third who go every week. More than 8 in 10 Americans are Christian, including roughly 50% who are ...read more

Tags: Faith