Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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WHAT MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME
Parents are teachers of faith and morality. What God is to the world, parents are to their children. Unfortunately, some parents become so focused on the element of friendship or their own convenience, comfort, self-fulfillment, happiness, or love life that they forget
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 1, 2008
Homeless man is seated on a park bench during the noon hour. A business woman sits on the other end of the bench, begins to eat her sandwich, paying no attention to the man. Two children, boy and girl come along and sit down next to the man. They open their lunch bags and are about to eat when
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Wesleyan
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ZORTHIAN'S FEAR
A mural artist named J.H. Zorthian read about a tiny boy who had been killed in traffic. His stomach churned as he thought of that ever happening to one of his three children. His worry became an inescapable anxiety. The more he imagined such a tragedy, the more fearful he became.
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 30, 2004
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Not only does He clear the debt, not only does He give us a fresh start with Him, but He makes us one of His children.
Can you imagine what would happen if you were going financially bankrupt, and you went to one of your creditors and said, “Here’s what I want you to do: I want you to clear my
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Barna notes this about parents in his book Revolutionary Parenting that the most influential person in a child’s life is their parents.
i. “The fact that neither government nor schools are the solution to the problem is not a big deal. That’s because they are not the ones responsible for fixing
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Caron Wheaton on Jun 13, 2008
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By now, I’m sure most of you know the subject of polygamy or plural marriages has resurfaced in the news. A Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints compound was recently raided by Federal officers over accusations of polygamy, child abuse, and teen pregnancies. And isn’t sad that for the 401 children
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Methodist
A couple of months ago, my daughter, who has four children, two of whom are in Catholic school, asked me “Dad, why are my children in Catholic school?” I know it’s a struggle, even with a doctor’s income. She faces an incredible tuition when two are in Catholic high schools and two in grade
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Catholic
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
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FOR YOU, MOTHER
This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf full of Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here."
This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004
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The Empty Tomb
Little Philip, born with Down’s syndrome, attended a third-grade Sunday School class with several eight-year-old boys and girls. Typical of that age, the children did not readily accept Philip with his differences, according to an article in leadership magazine. But because of a
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Baptist
As a child, Pastor Bill experienced the pain and hopelessness of abandonment. One day, as he walked down a street with his mother, they stopped to sit for a while. She instructed him to sit there and wait for her to return. He sat and waited for 3 days straight. She did not return. A gentleman who
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