In Sermon Illustrations: "Studying Youth"

I Stand In Awe Of God Because Of What He Has Done ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2002

I stand in awe of God because of what he has done through his creation. Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science it will bring you closer to God. James Tour, professor at Rice University’s Dept. of Chemistry ...read more

When You Read A Book You Have A Desire To Ask The ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 5, 2002

When you Read a book you have a desire to ask the author what he meant. The Holy Spirit, the Author of the Bible, is in your heart. When you’re studying the Scriptures and you get into something you don’t understand, you’ve got the privilege of talking to the Author and asking the Holy Spirit to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Success In Overcoming  PRO

Contributed by Thomas Ward, Sr. on Dec 11, 2002

THE SUCCESS IN OVERCOMING A study of 300 highly successful people like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Winston Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Mahatma Gandhi, and Albert Einstein revealed that one-fourth had handicaps such as blindness, deafness, or crippled limbs. Three-fourths had either ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:18

Tags: Poverty, Endurance, God In The Hardships

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Whenever You Hear Someone Say All Religions Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2004

Whenever you hear someone say all religions are basically the same, you can safely assume the person you are talking to is ignorant. He or she doesn't know anything about religions. Anyone who has made a serious study of the world religions would never claim they are all the same. D. James ...read more

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

Spam Costs U.s. Companies $8.9 Million In Lost ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Spam Costs U.S. companies $8.9 million in lost productivity, time, and equipment cost yearly, according to a new study by Ferris Research. It takes an average of 4.4 seconds to delete a spam message as opposed to 1 second for a regular e-mail since the origin of spam is unknown. It also takes time ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Want Better Kids? Buy A House! A New Ohio State ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Want Better Kids? Buy a house! A new Ohio State University study finds that compared to kids living in rented premises; those in owner-occupied houses have 9% higher math scores, 7% higher reading scores, and 1% to 3% fewer behavioral problems. The difference is credited to an improved ...read more

Tags: Children

Home Schoolers Excel: A National Home Education ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Home Schoolers Excel: A National Home Education Research Institute study has reveals that home-schoolers are more likely to attend college and be more politically active than their peers. 74% of home-schoolers ages 18-24 had taken college courses (compared with 46% of their general population ...read more

Tags: Children

Possessions

Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Apr 9, 2006

ILLUSTRATION The test of a financial loss would reveal whether or not we are depending on God and whether or not we understand that our possessions belong to him. Once the great evangelist John Wesley was on a trip, he got word that fire had destroyed his home. Instead of being upset, he declared ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Charismatic

I Spent Many Years As A Teacher In Further ...

Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Feb 2, 2007

I spent many years as a teacher in Further Education. My subject was business studies and one of the topics that I taught was marketing. It is said that to market any product or service successfully you have to pay attention to the 4 ps. These stand for Product, Price, Place and Promotion. In ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Adolescents Regularly Exposed To Sex In Media Are ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

Adolescents regularly exposed to sex in media are more likely to have sex at ages 14 to 16 than those who have minimal exposure finds a Pediatrics study. White 12-14-year-olds exposed to sex through the media were 2.2 times more likely to participate in early sexual activity ...read more

Tags: Children

Archaeology And The Bible  PRO

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Dec 6, 2008

ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE John McRay wrote the handbook on Biblical archaeology. He studied at Hebrew University, Vanderbilt University of Divinity and University of Chicago. He now is a professor of N.T. archaeology at Wheaton Collage. In His masterpiece "Archaeology and the New Testament," he ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Denomination: Baptist

To Use An Analogy, Salvation Only Opens The Door ...

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 3, 2009

To use an analogy, salvation only opens the door to God's University of True Wisdom. It remains up to each of us to choose to attend His classes, study His teachings, follow His mentors, and pass His exams by fully and correctly applying what we have learned. This is what it means to 'have the mind ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Stds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

STDs RAMPANT More than three million girls aged 14 to 19 have an STD. A new Center for Disease Control and Prevention study finds at least one in four U.S. teen girls has a sexually transmitted disease. Pro-family groups say sex-ed programs and the morning after pill ...read more

Tags: Sexuality

Death Or Disability? Americans Choose Death  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

DEATH OR DISABILITY? AMERICANS CHOOSE DEATH 52% of people in the U.S. would rather be dead than disabled says a Disaboom study, a website for disabled people. 63 % of younger Americans chose death over disability. 56% of Americans 65 and older would rather die than live with a disability. Those ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:5

Tags: Death, Disability

On The Sequence Of Songs In Revelation 5  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 19, 2010

ON THE SEQUENCE OF SONGS IN REVELATION 5 Think of this like a commencement on a cosmic scale. The graduate represents three things: ** The past (all the study and hard work she has invested) ** The present (the diploma and honors she receives at his graduation) ** The future (the potential ...read more

Tags: Divinity Of Christ

Denomination: Mennonite

Mom Was Right!

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011

Mom was Right! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for everyone. Many studies have found a relationship between eating breakfast and learning ability, attention span, and general well-being. The American Dietetic Association (www.eatright.org) reports that adults who eat breakfast ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Law Of The Pendulum  PRO

Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 17, 2002

THE LAW OF THE PENDULUM In college a student was asked to prepare a lesson to teach his speech class. He was to be graded on creativity and ability to drive home a point in a memorable way. The title of his talk was, “The Law of the Pendulum.” He spent twenty minutes carefully teaching the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 9:10, Psalm 37:3, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 26:4, Matthew 8:19  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Risk, Trust, Provision, Doubt, Belief, Faith  (view more)  (view less)

What's In A Name?  PRO

Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Jan 19, 2001

What’s In A Name? A lot of people subconsciously predict career success based on a name, according to James Bruning, Ph.D., a psychology professor at Ohio University in Athens. In his study, participants forecasted that girls with feminine names like Emma and Winifred would be more successful if ...read more

Tags: Children, Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

The Real Issue  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002

THE REAL ISSUE "Even a superficial study of church history reveals that the Spirit of God blows with hurricane force only through those prophets and lovers who have surrendered to the folly of the cross. If there is little power and shallow wisdom in our preaching, teaching, worship, and ministry, ...read more

Tags: Crucifixion, Jesus Christ