In Sermon Illustrations: "Starting The Year"

More Than 80 Percent Of Pregnant Girls Under Age ...  PRO

Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Dec 2, 2002

More than 80 percent of pregnant girls under age 17 who give birth and keep their babies end up on welfare, costing society a ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Methodist

Southern Baptist Leader, Carl Bates, Said, "We ...  PRO

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 19, 2005

Southern Baptist Leader, Carl Bates, said, "We are so well manned and eqipted in our churches that the Holy Spirit could leave and it ...read more

Tags: Trinity

Denomination: Baptist

Moviegoers In The U.s. See An Average Of 5.5 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Moviegoers in the U.S. see an average of 5.5 films a year at 34,184 indoor theaters and 746 drive-ins. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Moms: The Most Popular Mothers Day Gifts This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Moms: The most popular Mothers Day gifts this year were cards (47%), flowers (36%) and gardening items, such as plants or equipment ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Halloween Has Become The Second Most Popular ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Halloween has become the second most popular decorating holiday. This year Americans will spend more than $1 billion doing so. ...read more

Tags: Paranormal

Wal-Mart Rang Up More Than $288 Billion In Sales ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Wal-Mart rang up more than $288 billion in sales last year. Compare that to #2 Target with $46.84 billion. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Luxury Consumers Spent An Average Of $33,188 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Luxury Consumers spent an average of $33,188 buying luxuries last year, an increase of 33% over their ’03 spending of $25,010. ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

46% Of American Adults Listen To Christian Radio ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

46% of American adults listen to Christian radio vs. 56% 13 years ago, due to a 33% decline among non-Christians. ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

The Presbyterian Church (Usa) Membership Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Presbyterian Church (USA) membership has declined from 4.2 million in ’83, the year it was formed, to 2.36 million today. ...read more

Tags: Church General

South African Researchers For The Medical ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

South African researchers for the Medical Research Council estimate a male partner killed a girlfriend or spouse every six hours last year. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

64% Of All Network Tv Shows Have Some Sexual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

64% of all network TV shows have some sexual content, up from 56% of all shows 4 years ago. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

Major Hotel Chains Earn About $190 Million Per ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Major hotel chains earn about $190 million per year from in-room pay-per-view porn videos. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Addiction

70 Million Americans Are Social Drinkers; The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

70 million Americans are social drinkers; the amount of alcohol consumed per person has risen 40% in the U.S. in the past ...read more

Tags: Addiction

I Thought I Could Change The World. It Took Me ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I cant change the world. I can only change ...read more

Tags: Change

If You Want Happiness For An Hour, Take A Nap. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If ...read more

Tags: Joy

Cato Learned Greek At Eighty; Sophocles Wrote ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand Oedipus, and Simonides Bore off the price for verse from his compeers, When ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Only People Who Make No Mistakes Are Dead ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The only people who make no mistakes are dead people. I saw a man last week who has not made a mistake for four thousand years. He was a mummy ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

What Is Time? The Shadow On The Dial, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries these are but arbitrary and outward signs, ...read more

Tags: Time

Elizabeth Dole, Nc Senator And Former ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007

Elizabeth Dole, NC Senator and former presidential candidate, said, “Life is not just a few years to spend on self-indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

Non-Electronic Games Is A $5 Billion Industry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Non-Electronic Games is a $5 billion industry with 900 publishers and 38,000 products. Board games have seen record sales for eight ...read more

Tags: Entertainment