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  • Men

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,600 views

    Men Of the estimated 94 million American males 18 or older, only 26 million currently attend church. An average man has 1 chance in 11 of going to prison. He has $3,100 in the bank and makes $27,418 a year. 1 in 4 will cheat on their wives versus 1 in 8 for wives. 1.9 million ...read more

  • Children See More Of Their Parents Now Than 20 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 804 views

    Children see more of their parents now than 20 years ago, finds new research by the University of Michigan. The study shows that children spent 4 to 6 more hours per week with their parents in ‘97 than they did in ‘81. Child-ren ages 3 to 12 spent about 31 hours a week with their mothers, a gain of ...read more

  • Lifelong: A New National Fatherhood Initiative ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,804 views

    Lifelong: A new National Fatherhood Initiative survey finds 88% of Americans believe marriage should be a lifelong commitment and 89% agree “all things being equal, it is better for children to be raised in a household that has a married mother and father.” Also, 71% reject the statement: “Either ...read more

  • Was It Not Great Blindness That God Almighty, Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 2,395 views

    Was it not great blindness that God Almighty, who created us, has so often made known to us that he is our Father, and finally even gave his Son for us; and he himself stands there and calls us poor sinners, saying "Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." And we ...read more

  • When My Children Were Young, They Enjoyed ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
     | 849 views

    When my children were young, they enjoyed watching “The Lion King.” (I’m sure I enjoyed it as much as they did). I seem to recall a scene in which the evil hyenas were challenging or threatening Simba, the young lion. He stood his ground and they laughed at his pathetic attempt to roar. But ...read more

  • God Sends Children For Another Purpose Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,880 views

    "God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race--to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections; to give our souls higher aims; to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion; and to bring round our firesides ...read more

  • An Orator In Hyde Park Of London Was Speaking ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,967 views

    An orator in Hyde Park of London was speaking out against religion. He said, “My hatred of religion is honestly come by; my grandfather was an atheist; my father was an atheist; and, thank God, I’m an atheist, too.” Atheism is not good. Since the true atheist does not believe in God we also assume ...read more

  • Billy Graham Tells The Story Of A Little Boy Who ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 18, 2008
     | 1,817 views

    Billy Graham tells the story of a little boy who was frightened by the thunder and lightening during a terrible storm and he called out one night and said, “Daddy, come here I’m scared.” And the father said, “Son, don’t be scared, God loves you. He will take care of you.” “I know God loves me,” ...read more

  • Love Of The Adopted

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,059 views

    Love of the Adopted We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child ...read more

  • God Cares For Us—every Part Of Us. He Wants Us To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 29, 2008
     | 3,240 views

    God cares for us—every part of us. He wants us to be whole—complete. This includes a physical well-being. Instead of a story I want to show you a video about a special act—a physical act—that was done for another person. It shows us what it is like to follow ...read more

  • When You Influence A Child, You Influence A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,047 views

    "When you influence a child, you influence a life. When you influence a father, you influence a family. When you influence a pastor, you influence a church. When you influence a leader, you influence all who look to him or her for leadership. You have numerous opportunities to influence, and make a ...read more

  • How Can You Forgive Sins?

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
     | 1,326 views

    HOW CAN YOU FORGIVE SINS? Suppose Brother Bill hit you in the nose. He just drew back his fist and, bam. Now, what if I walked up to you both and said, "Brother Bill, you are forgiven." You would contend that it wasn’t my place to say that. Yet Jesus could say, "If I forgive you, the ...read more

  • One Cannot Escape Any Number Of Jokes And ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 3,121 views

    One cannot escape any number of jokes and misunderstandings when it comes to the concept of prayer. Most of us have heard about the child who believed God’s name was Harold because each week they prayed, "Our Father who art in heaven, Harold be thy name". Likewise, there is the story of the ...read more

  • Howard Hendricks Once Shared How He Challenged A ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 1,700 views

    Howard Hendricks once shared how he challenged a class of seminary students to each write down the names of 2-3 people whom, in their judgment, would never come to faith in Christ. Then they covenanted together to pray every day for those individuals. At the end of the semester 36 of those people ...read more

  • Don't Just Admit It

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 1,918 views

    DON'T JUST ADMIT IT There was a cartoon in which little George Washington is standing with an axe in his hand. Before him lying on the ground is the famous cherry tree. He has already made his smug admission that he did it -- after all, he "cannot tell a lie." But his father is standing there ...read more

  • Sin Of Omission

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
     | 2,750 views

    SIN OF OMISSION We see sad events transpiring today: Mothers smothering children and fathers shaking babies. But if one did not do this and if they said, "I didn’t strike the baby, I just never fed the baby, I never changed a diaper. I never placed a warm blanket over the baby. I didn’t DO ...read more

  • Our Mission-Minded God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 10, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 732 views

    Notice how all three members of the Trinity are involved in Missions: The Father is the first missionary, who goes out of himself in creating the world and sending the Son for our salvation. The Son is the second missionary, who redeems humanity and all creation through his life, death, ...read more

  • The Valley Of Sorrow  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,962 views

    The Valley of Sorrow by Bernice Peyman I came to the Valley of Sorrow, And dreadful it looked to my view But Jesus was walking beside me, So together we journeyed it through. And now I look back to that valley As the fairest I ever have trod, For I learned there the love of my Father, I leaned on ...read more

  • Let's Imagine Dialogue Between Abraham And God. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,222 views

    Let’s imagine dialogue between Abraham and God. “Abraham, this is God speaking. I want you to leave everything and go to the land I will show you.” “Where’s that?” “If I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.” “Try me.” “It’s 1500 miles from here in a place called Canaan.” “Never heard of it.” ...read more

  • Bigger And Better Rattle Snakes  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,442 views

    "BIGGER AND BETTER RATTLE SNAKES" Mr. Jones called his pastor from the hospital one day and frantically said, "Oh, pastor come quickly, my son, John was just bitten by a rattle snake and is at the point of death." Of course the pastor hurried to the side of the worried father. ...read more

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