In Sermon Illustrations: "The Past"

66% Of Latin American Protestants Attend A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

· 66% of Latin American protestants attend a Pentecostal church. · Charisma magazine reports its average reader spends more than $570 on Christian products annually and household income averages over $51,000. · It also reports that in the past year: 88% of its readers last year purchased at least ...read more

Tags: Church General

Global Evangelism Movement Reports 25% Of All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Global Evangelism Movement reports 25% of all Christians worldwide are charismatic and estimates this number will grow to 38% by 2025. It’s also estimated there are 18 million charismatic Christians in the U.S. Gallup poll reports nearly 62% of Charismatics visited a Christian store in the past 3 ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Sharing Our Faith: According To A New Study From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Sharing Our Faith: According to a new study from the Barna Research Group, there are nearly 50 million born again adults who shared their faith in Christ with non-believers during the past year. That constitutes 60% of the born again adult population, which itself represents 38% of all adults. The ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Poem Called Hope  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007

Poem called Hope It’s magic and it’s free. It’s not in a prescription. It’s not in an IV. It punctuates our laughter, it sparkles in our tears. It simmers under sorrows, and dissipates our fears. Do you know what Hope is? It’s reaching past today. It’s dreaming of tomorrow. It’s trying a ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Simplify Your Life. Dont Waste The Years ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Simplify your life. Dont waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Dont destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Call Him Not Old Whose Visionary Brain Holds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Call him not old whose visionary brain Holds o'er the past its undivided reign. For him in vain the envious seasons ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

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

The Chorus Of The Song

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 4, 2009

The chorus of the song “Only One Life” says: “Only one life, ‘twill soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last!” ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Baptist

53% Of Hr Officials Claim That Job Seekers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

53% of HR officials claim that job seekers sometimes falsify past salaries and criminal records and ‘stretch’ the impact they had in a previous job. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Among Adults Who Say They Had Given 10% Or More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Among adults who say they had given 10% or more of their income to churches and related ministries in the past year, 63% lied about their ...read more

Tags: Giving General

40% Of American Men, Compared With 50% Of Women, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

40% of American men, compared with 50% of women, have attended a church service, not including a special event such as a wedding or a funeral, in the past 7 ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Digital Music Is Growing Rapidly. Digital Sales ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

Digital Music is growing rapidly. Digital sales will replace the lost CD sales of the recent past and account for 16% of consumer music spending by 2010, ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Let Fate Do Her Worst, There Are Relics Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy; Which come in the night time of sorrow and care, ...read more

Tags: Joy

The World Population Doubled, To 6 Billion, Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The world population doubled, to 6 billion, over the past 40 years, but will increase a much slower rate to about 8.9 billion by 2050. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Donors Want To Know: Most Donors Would Like To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Donors Want to Know: Most donors would like to receive more financial information about the ministries they support, plus information on what their past gift ...read more

Tags: Giving General

On Average Affluent Consumers Spent $10,060 On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

On average affluent consumers spent $10,060 on luxuries such as fine dining, travel, entertainment, cultural/ arts events and sporting events the past 12 ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Fewer Than 1 Of Every 10 Born-Again Christians ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

· Fewer than 1 of every 10 born-again Christians possesses a biblical worldview that impacts his/her decisions and behaviors. · The people who believe Christianity is losing its influence in our society outnumber those who say its gaining influence by more than 3 to 1. 50% of regular worship ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

The Impact Of Attitude

Contributed by John Price on Feb 13, 2007

THE IMPACT OF ATTITUDE The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of Attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important: than facts, than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do, than appearances, than ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Impact Of Attitude  PRO

Contributed by Brian Mavis on Apr 4, 2001

THE IMPACT OF ATTITUDE The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of Attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important: than facts, than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do, than appearances, than ...read more

Tags: Joy, Human Body

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Slightly More Than Half Of All Born Again Adults ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Slightly more than half of all born again adults shared their faith in Christ with others during the past 12 months, or roughly 43 million ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony