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  • A Child's Father Kept Bringing Home Office Work ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
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    A child's father kept bringing home office work just about every night. Finally his first-grader son asked why. Daddy explained that he had so much work, he couldn't finish it all during the day. The boy ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Churchhill's Father

    Contributed by Bill Purvis on Oct 20, 2008
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    Churchhill’s Father Winston Churchhill’s father was jealous of Winston. He couldn’t speak a kind word of him. Curchhill, the greatest leader of the day, in the book, "The Last Lion" says, "I would rather had been an apprentice for a brick layer, or run errands as a messenger boy, or dressed the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • In One Of Dr. James Dobson's 2008 Newsletters, He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    In one of Dr. James Dobson’s 2008 newsletters, he writes: "Some years ago, executives of a greeting-card company decided to do something special for Mother’s Day. They set up a table in a federal prison, inviting inmates to send a free card to their Mom. The lines were so long they had to make ...read more

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  • Good Father, Good Worker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    GOOD FATHER, GOOD WORKER I had a conversation with a man named Bill Houghton, who was president of a large construction firm. Through the years, he had hired and managed thousands of employees, so I asked him, "When you hire an employee, what do you look for?" He said, "I look primarily at the ...read more

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  • A Father's Duty Never Ends

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 23, 2009
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    A FATHER'S DUTY NEVER ENDS I went to a Saturday matinee showing of that great Sidney Poitier movie, "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?" and I reveled in that confrontation between Poitier’s world-renowned doctor character and his inner-city postman father. The postman father plays the "I sacrificed ...read more

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  • Mom Is Amazing

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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    MOM IS AMAZING When I was small, I always thought my mother was omniscient because she knew where everything was. I’d say, "Mom, where are my mitts?" And she’d say, "They’re under the bed" just like that. When I looked, there they were. As I grew older, I realized she wasn't omniscient; she just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • God Cannot Give Us A Happiness And Peace Apart ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not ...read more

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  • Fatherless

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    FATHERLESS 37% of juveniles, when first arrested for a serious crime, reported a parent or sibling in prison. Young men without father-figures are twice as likely to be ...read more

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  • Dead Fathers Better Than Absent Fathers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    DEAD FATHERS BETTER THAN ABSENT FATHERS According to the New Jersey Index of Leading Cultural Indicators, in 1960 the total number of births to teenagers was 11,636. In 2000, the number of births to teenagers was 8,219. At first glance, we would say we are doing something right, yet a little more ...read more

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  • Calvin & Hobbes Comic Strip. Well, On One ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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    Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it." She begins to read: "I was going to buy a card with hearts ...read more

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  • Godly Mothers: Always With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
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    GODLY MOTHERS: ALWAYS WITH YOU The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning." But the young mother was happy, ...read more

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  • My Mother And My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
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    MY MOTHER AND MY FRIENDS (Excerpted from Simple Treasures - Garnet Hunt White. Stories for a Woman’s Heart, p. 187.) The Prov. 31 woman has grateful children – “Her children stand and bless her” (Prov. 31:28 NLT). Mother accepted my friends as they were, and they loved her for it. They liked the ...read more

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  • Let Me Just Say That When In My Mother’s ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 14, 2009
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    Let me just say that when in my mother's house, you do not have to worry about ever moving if you don't want too. I grew up not doing anything around the house. Oh, I worked outside some but my mom was a perfectionist and still is, so we kids never had to do anything because we exploited her desire ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • One Mother's Day I Was Preaching In Another State ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
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    One Mother’s Day I was preaching in another state and during the Sunday School class I told about one of the two times that I sassed my mother. Now my mother is about 4 foot 11 inches tall and I was approaching 6 foot so I towered over her. She had told me to do something and I told her she wasn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Fourth Of July Thoughts

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 2, 2009
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    FOURTH OF JULY THOUGHTS A Quote from Band of Brothers: "They depended on each other. And the world depended on them." I say, "We need to depend on each other so that our community and country can depend on us." Quote from Band of Brothers: "There Was A Time When The World Asked Ordinary Men To Do ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Benjamin Carson Would Agree Listen To What He ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
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    Dr. Benjamin Carson would agree listen to what he says about his mom: Dr. Benjamin Carson, renowned surgeon at John Hopkins, has a story told about his mother by Kevin Lemam. Mrs. Carson insisted that Ben and His brother Curtis write a book report every couple of weeks. This wasn’t for school-this ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
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    Rick White states: Today is mother’s day and we have the joy of honoring our mom’s on this special day. For some it is a day filled with all kinds of emotions because of the special relationships that we have to our mothers.For some the word mother, conjures up images of June Cleaver, complete with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Father's Day Is Almost Upon Us And It Reminded Me ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 13, 2009
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    FATHER’S DAY IS ALMOST UPON US and it reminded me of a story I read about a dad who really understood his role. Some years ago, in a military academy, the students mutinied, probably a reaction to the hard demands of such an environment. The students had struck in everything: lessons, study ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • What God Looks Like

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 16, 2009
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    WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE A preacher once asked the preschoolers in Sunday school to draw pictures of God. He intended to use them as an illustration for his Sunday sermon. Toward the end of class the children were excited to show him their work. They came up with rainbows and men with big hands. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Austin L. Sorensen Once Said, "A Child Is Not ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 16, 2009
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    Austin L. Sorensen once said, "A child is not likely to find a father in God unless he finds ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church