In Sermon Illustrations: "Sermon Delivery"

Warranty Profit: Last Year, Profits From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Warranty Profit: Last year, profits from warranties accounted for all of Circuit City’s operating income and almost half of Best Buy’s. Profit margins on contracts are between 50% and 60%. That’s nearly 18 times the margin on the goods themselves. For example, a 4-year contract on a $3,000 ...read more

Tags: Money

Gift Cards Are Expected To Be Purchased By 64% Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Gift Cards are expected to be purchased by 64% of Christmas gift givers this year. 50% plan to buy gift cards for stores or products; 34% for restaurants and 27% for ...read more

Tags: Giving General

The Ability To Collaborate Is The Most Sought ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Ability To Collaborate is the most sought skill managers want in a new employee. 75% rank it first with ambition ringing in at ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Best Tag Lines: Recent Research By Researcher ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Best Tag Lines: Recent research by researcher Emergence found the following three the most recognized brand identity tags: “You’re in good hands” (Allstate Insurance), “Like a good neighbor” (State Farm Insurance) and ...read more

Tags: Church General

Volunteerism: About 59 Million People, Or 27.6% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Volunteerism: About 59 million people, or 27.6% of the civilian non-institutional population, volunteered through or for an organization at some point from September ‘01 to September ’02 (The most recent ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8-11

Tags: Giving General

Americans Favorite Activities Reading (35%), Tv ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Americans Favorite Activities Reading (35%), TV watching (21%) and spending time with families and children (20%) are the favorite leisure-time activities of ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Carols Legal: "No Court Has Ever Ruled That The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Carols Legal: “No court has ever ruled that the Constitution requires government officials to censor Christmas carols, eliminate all references to Christmas, or silence those who celebrate ...read more

Tags: Christmas

The Cocooning Lifestyle Peaked In ‘98 When The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Cocooning Lifestyle Peaked in ‘98 when the typical household spent $1,601 on home furnishings and it’s been falling since. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the American household spent only $1,497 on home furnishings in ‘03. Consumers are downscaling, downsizing and eliminating clutter. ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

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

58% Of U.s. Companies Are Dedicating The Majority ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

58% of U.S. companies are dedicating the majority of their marketing funds to customer retention, vs. 30% who say they are mostly devoted to new customer ...read more

Tags: Church General

Worldwide, 264 Cans Of Spam Are Eaten Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Worldwide, 264 cans of Spam are eaten every minute. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Americans Consume Almost 31 Pounds Of Cheese Each ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Americans consume almost 31 pounds of cheese each year, up 75% from ‘80. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

3 In 10 U.s. Households Experienced Some Type Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

3 in 10 U.S. households experienced some type of crime during the past year, including 18% with one incident and another 12% with two or more ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Half Of All Baby Boomers Are Experiencing Some ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Half of all baby boomers are experiencing some hearing loss finds a new study. Loud noise is blamed. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

More Than 90% Of American Homes Celebrate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than 90% of American homes celebrate Christmas. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Starbucks Now Has 8,800 Stores In 35 Countries. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Starbucks now has 8,800 stores in 35 countries. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Americans Average About 7 Hours Of Sleep A Night, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Americans average about 7 hours of sleep a night, little changed over the past decade. But more people today say they don’t get enough sleep than said so 15 ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Motorcycle Sales In The Past 4 Years Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Motorcycle sales in the past 4 years have exceeded those in all of the ‘90s by 24%. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Dr's Believe In Miracles: 3 Out Of 4 American ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Dr’s Believe In Miracles: 3 out of 4 American doctors believe in miracles, finds a the survey conducted by HCD Research and the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC. Perhaps the most surprising finding is that 55% of doctors have ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Help Wanted: 35 Million Workers Will Leave Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Help Wanted: 35 million workers will leave their jobs permanently from ’02 to ’12 and will need to be replaced. (USA ...read more

Tags: Workplace