In Sermon Illustrations: "Romans 6 1b 11"

Annual Health Insurance Out-Of-Pocket Costs For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Annual Health Insurance out-of-pocket costs for employees of large companies have more than doubled since ‘98, to $2,126 this year, according to Hewitt Associates, a benefits consulting firm. Hewitt is expecting a 22% jump next year, to $2,595. Employers still pay 70% of total health care costs but ...read more

Tags: Money

Eve: The World's First Mother  PRO

Contributed by Stan Szelkowski on May 5, 2011

EVE: THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTHER 7 Advantages of Being 1st 1. No "in-laws!" 2. No one to be compared to (Eve never heard, "Johnny's mother...") 3. No bad culture or influences to fight against 4. No birthdays (of your own) to celebrate (perpetually 29 and holding!) 5. You hold the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:27-30, Luke 18:1-8

Tags: Mothers

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Blackaby: What Does A Calling Look Like?  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 3, 2013

BLACKABY: WHAT DOES A CALLING LOOK LIKE? Henry Blackaby shares from his book "The Power of the Call" pages 10-14 a clear picture of what one looks like who is called by God into pastoral ministry: 1. The pastor is chosen 2. He is chosen by God 3. He is chosen by God to be His servant 4. He is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4, 1 John 4:7-10

Tags: Leadership General, Elder, Shepherd, Pastor

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Types Of Preaching Found In The New Testament

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 15, 2023

Thomas Constable points out that there are 6 different kinds of preaching described in the New Testament: (1) kerugma, which means proclamation of the clear facts of the Christian message. (2) didache or teaching. This was explanation and interpretation of the facts-the "so what?" (3) ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-11

Tags: Church, Teaching, Preaching, Pastors, Homiletics, Teachers, Preachers  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lessons From A Gps  PRO

Contributed by Coz Von on Jul 13, 2016

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Prov 16:9, 3:6. I’m sure you’ve driven a car with a Global Positioning System (GPS). A number of years ago I settled into the passenger’s seat of a fully equipped ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:9

Tags: Gps, Eternally Lost, Divine Direction, Heart For The Lost, Parable Lost Son  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Check Out This Welcome Sign Into A Town In ...  PRO

Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 20, 2004

Check out this Welcome sign into a town in Florida– “Welcome to Sebastian – Home of Pelican Island” – “Friendly People and Six Old Grouches”. - I know this sign is being cute but in reality some individuals basically present themselves this way to the world. Most of the time they are friendly ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jim Montgomery, President Of Dawn Ministries, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Jim Montgomery, President of Dawn Ministries, observes "there is much evidence that evangelicals around the world are growing at rate of 6% to 7% per year. Even if we slowed to just 5%, the current 600 million evangelicals would ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Father's Day Is The 4th Most Important Retail ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Father’s Day is the 4th most important retail gift holiday, after Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Valentines. 55% of Americans celebrate the day with a gift, according to new Unity Marketing research the typical gift-giver ...read more

Marriage Amendment: 37% Of America's Voting-Age ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Marriage Amendment: 37% of America’s voting-age citizens have never even heard of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), according to a new Barna study. When respondents were told about FMA, 46 % favored and 44 % ...read more

Dayspring.com Site Is One Of The Most-Trafficked ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

DaySpring.com site is one of the most-trafficked Christian websites in the world attracting 1.6 million visitors on an average month. It is the most trafficked Christian e-card website and the 7th most-trafficked e-card website ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Job Tenure: The Median Job Tenure For U.s. Male ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Job Tenure: The median job tenure for U.S. male workers age 25 or older is 4.9 years, down from 5.9 in ’83. For female workers in the age group the figure has risen from 4.2 to ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Marriage Dividend: A New Study By Thomas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Marriage Dividend: A new study by Thomas Rutledge, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego, finds that of women 65 and older, those with a longtime husband coped with stress of aging, clocked lower blood pressure, and had stronger immune ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The Most Popular Exotic Fish Dived For Is The ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006

The most popular exotic fish dived for is the shark. Did you know that a shark can be kept in fish tanks and they will only grow in proportion to their surroundings so a fully mature shark can be as small as 6 inches yet that same shark in the open waters ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Our Favorite Brands: A Recent Harris Poll Reports ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Our Favorite Brands: A recent Harris Poll reports the 10 favorite brands of American consumers are: 1-Sony, 2-Dell, 3-Coca-Cola, 4-Toyota, 5-Ford, 6-Honda, 7-Hewlett-Packard, ...read more

Millionaires The Number Of Millionaires Worldwide ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Millionaires The number of millionaires worldwide has nearly doubled since ‘96. It grew to 8.7 million in ’05. North America has 2.9 million millionaires, Europe 2.8 million, Asia 2.4 ...read more

No Wall Of Separation "This Extra-Constitutional ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

No Wall Of Separation “This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome,” reads the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 4/24/06 decision to uphold a lower court’s opinion that “The First Amendment does not ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

7 Ways To Rationalize Your Way To Ruin

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

7 ways to Rationalize your way to Ruin 1. Everyone’s doing it 2. I’ll just try it once 3. It’s just a little lie 4. No one ever needs to know 5. No one will really ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Compared To Children Of Married Biological ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Compared to children of married biological parents, children age 12-17 with cohabiting parents are 6 times more likely to exhibit emotional and behavioral problems. Likewise, adolescents from cohabiting households are 122% more likely to be ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Rates Of Serious Child Abuse Are Lowest In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Rates of serious child abuse are lowest in intact families; 6 times higher in step-families; 14 times higher in always-single-mother families; 20 times higher in cohabiting biological-parent families; and 33 times higher when the mother is ...read more

Tags: Children

The Top Concerns Of Cfo's

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

THE TOP CONCERNS OF CFO’S 1-Consumer Demands, 2-Cost of labor, 3-Credit markets/Interest rate, 4-Cost of fuel, 5-Health care cost, 6-Housing market fallout, 7-Skilled-labor shortage, 8-Cost ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace