Sermon illustrations: Statistic

It’s Okay to Say, “Merry Christmas”

According to the Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for 2011, 70% of American adults like...

107 Trillion Emails

107 trillion emails were sent in 2010 and 89.1% of them were spam. Source: Business Insider,...

Motherhood Statistics

There were 5.6 million stay-at-home mothers in 2006. Somewhere between 61 percent and 81 percent...

Marriage and Cohabitation Statistics

In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report based on a nationwide...

77% Believe in the Resurrection

A survey conducted April 3-4, 2012 shows that 77% of Americans believe Jesus rose from the dead,...

Churches Closing

The number of churches that close each year is nearly three times the number that open, and no...

Those with No Church

In April, 2009 the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reported the unchurched is the fastest...

Books Published on Happiness

In 2008, 4,000 books were published on happiness which is significantly more than the 50 which were...

Thanksgiving Calories

When it comes to Thanksgiving, Americans like to begin grazing long before the big meal begins....

Patriotism Survey

When asked how well the word patriotic describes them, the following percentages of Americans...

Working With Clutter

In America, the average desk worker has 36 hours worth of work on his or her desk and wastes 3...

How People Spend Their Lives

Someone has calculated how a typical lifespan of 70 years is spent. Here is the estimate: Sleep—23...

How Long Things Last

Experts estimate that if a normal cassette tape is played about 100 times a year, sound quality...

Resurrection Ignorance

The resurrection of Jesus is central to the celebration of Easter, but less than half of adult...

It Is Hard to Be an Atheist

21% of those who define themselves as atheists say they believe in God. 13% of Christians who...

Expensive Garbage

Americans shell out more for garbage bags than 90 of the world’s 210 countries do for everything....

Heaven Statistic

A Barna poll indicated that 76% of Americans believed in Heaven and 71% believed in Hell. Of those...

Worst Gifts

An American Express survey about Christmas gifts found that fruitcake was chosen most often (31%)...

Drinking and Driving

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that over 17 million Americans drive...

Alcohol Statistic

15% of Americans will struggle with alcoholism in their lifetimes, and over 10 million are actively...

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