In Sermon Illustrations: "Sermon Preparation"

Stress Costs: Up To 70% Of Employers Benefit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Stress Costs: Up to 70% of employers benefit costs are incurred in 6 disease categories: hypertension, gastro-obesity related issues, diabetes, heart disease, muscular-skeletal injuries, and cancer—all ...read more

Tags: Workplace

The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the non-partisan research group Child Trends finds almost 25% of teens who say they are virgins have had oral sex. Teens who define themselves as abstinent may ...read more

Tags: Abortion

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

Consumers Intend To Spend An Average Of $248 On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Consumers intend to spend an average of $248 on gift cards this holiday season, up from $223 in ‘04 and $183 in 2003 finds a Stored Value Systems ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Shoppers Expect To Spend An Average Of Only $671 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Shoppers expect to spend an average of only $671 on Christmas gifts this year, down 1% from last year, reports Gift Tracker survey. American consumers feel wrung out and are not particularly bullish about their holiday gift shopping. But what consumers say and what they ...read more

Tags: Christmas

The Graduate School Of Ministry Management (Gsmm) ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Graduate School of Ministry Management (GSMM) has launched a graduate program designed to support top level Christian ministry and marketplace executives. Modeled after Executive MBA programs established by major universities, GSMM’s mandate is to empower and equip Christian leaders with ...read more

Tags: Church General

American Baptist Churches Usa Is Expected To Lose ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Baptist Churches USA is expected to lose several hundred churches over homosexuality. It may become the biggest church exodus from any ...read more

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment And The Dove ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and The Dove Foundation are partnering to help consumers searching for family-friendly entertainment. The Dove Family Approved Seal gauges the levels of questionable content. For a list of titles ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

A New Grammar Rule Devised In The Netherlands And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A new grammar rule devised in the Netherlands and Belgium stipulates the word “Christ” shall be spelled with a lowercase “c. ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Half Of All New Churches Since 1945 Were Started ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Half of all new churches since 1945 were started in the ‘90s, and the majority meet in rented facilities. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

Grandparents Will Spend $3.3 Billion On Toys For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Grandparents will spend $3.3 billion on toys for their grandchildren this year. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Family

The Financial Wealth Of The World Has Moved From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The financial wealth of the world has moved from $28.5 trillion in ‘03 to $30.8 trillion in ‘04, an 8.2% increase. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

The Number Of Billionaires In The World Grew From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of billionaires in the world grew from 587 in ‘04 to a record 691 people from 45 countries this year. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

About 1 In 5 Americans Have Had To Evacuate Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About 1 in 5 Americans have had to evacuate their homes because of a pending natural disaster. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

79% Of Americans Believe Someone Of A Faith Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

79% of Americans believe someone of a faith other than their own can attain salvation or go to heaven. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Truth

10 Million People (8% Of U.s. Coupled Households) ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

10 million people (8% of U.S. coupled households) are cohabiting with a partner of the opposite sex. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

American's Biggest Money Worries Are Energy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American’s biggest money worries are energy costs, healthcare costs, and simply not having enough money. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

About Three-Quarters Of A Million American ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

About three-quarters of a million American children see their parents divorce each year. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Women Are Either Directly Responsible For Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Women are either directly responsible for or influence 80¢ of every dollar spent in the U.S., including stocks, computers, and autos. ...read more

Tags: Women

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor and current President of the National Association of Evangelicals, reports that about 69,000 people around the world are becoming Christians daily. That’s roughly one-third of the global ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?