In Sermon Illustrations: "Sermon Delivery"

Homeschoolers Are Expected To Grow At The Rate Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Homeschoolers are expected to grow at the rate of 7%-15% a year for the foreseeable future. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Children

World Vision Has Over 22,000 Employees And Works ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

World Vision has over 22,000 employees and works in 100 countries serving 100 million people with nearly $1 billion in aid annually. ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

By The Time An American Teen Reaches 17, She Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

By the time an American teen reaches 17, she has received over 250,000 commercial messages via the media. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Children

Men Now Make Up 29% Of All Spa Goers, According ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Men now make up 29% of all spa goers, according to the International Spa Association. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

5% Of High School Girls And 7% Of Middle School ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

5% of high school girls and 7% of middle school girls have tried steroids at least once. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

33% Of U.s. Born-Again Christians Say It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

33% of U.S. born-again Christians say it is impossible for them to get ahead in life because of financial debt. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Americans Had 3.27 Billion Drug Prescriptions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Americans had 3.27 billion drug prescriptions filled by pharmacists in ’04. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Between '00 And '04, Use Of Drugs For Adhd ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Between ’00 and ’04, use of drugs for ADHD doubled for adults ages 20-44 and rose 56% for children according to a new Medco Health Services study. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The National Center For Health Statistics Claims ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The National Center for Health Statistics claims 1.4 million (nearly 35% of all ’03 births) were out of wedlock. ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

More Than Two-Thirds Of Married Couples In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More than two-thirds of married couples in the U.S. now say they lived together before marriage. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The U.s. Census Claims From ‘96 To ‘00 There Was ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The U.S. Census claims from ‘96 to ‘00 there was a tenfold increase in unmarried couples living together. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

40% To 50% Of People Older Than 85 Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

40% to 50% of people older than 85 have Alzheimer’s. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Card Quandary: The Stationery Goods Market ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Card Quandary: The stationery goods market reached $36 billion in ‘04, up 6.3% over ‘02. While greeting cards account for $10.3 billion in ‘04, sales of cards declined 3.9% from ‘02. The market is mature, with 78% of adult Americans having bought a greeting card in the past year. A typical consumer ...read more

Tags: Giving General, Unity

Fact Vs. Values: Relentless Repetition Was Once ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Fact Vs. Values: Relentless repetition was once enough to drive your message home. It’s not that simple anymore. Fact-based statements can be proven or disproven objectively. But the ‘truth’ of a values-based statement hinges on agreed-upon values. Modern advertising overflows with values-based ...read more

Tags: Truth

More Believers: It Took 1900 Years For The Number ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More Believers: It took 1900 years for the number of dedicated believers to grow to 2.5% percent of the population, but only 70 years to double that to 5%. Since ‘70 – just 35 years – it has more than doubled again, to 11.2% today. At this rate, in 20 years the numbers will grow to 50%. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Children's Bedrooms Are Filled With Multimedia, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Children’s Bedrooms are filled with multimedia, according to USA TODAY. 68% of kids 8 to 18 have a TV in their bedroom, 54% a VCR or DVD, 49% a video-game player and 31% have ...read more

Tags: Children

Emotion Is Always More Persuasive Than Logic. Yet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Emotion is always more persuasive than logic. Yet it is even truer for older consumers, says Matt Thornhill President of the Boomer Project. “When you’re young and you’re making a purchase decision, you have to go through a reasoned thought process. But by the time you’re 55, you’ve done that about ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Origins: A Recent Gallup Survey Shows Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Origins: A recent Gallup survey shows most Americans have somewhat tentative views about evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Few Americans are familiar with all three. Clear majorities believe creationism and evolution are at least probably true, but the public is ...read more

Value Values: "If Values And Principles Are To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Value Values: “If values and principles are to set the tone for organizations and guide their decisions, they must become part of every task, plan, discussion, and operation,” ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Spiritual Growth Is A Low Priority: A Recent ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Spiritual Growth Is A Low Priority: A recent Barna survey explored seven dimensions of spiritual development, asking respondents to rate themselves in each area on a 5-point scale. Researcher George Barna noted, “most people do not feel as if they are learning enough about God, the Christian faith, ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency