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  • Daddy Restrained

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 31, 2009
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    DADDY RESTRAINED I’ll never forget an experience I had with my son Ethan. When Ethan was about 2 years old, he had been playing and had fallen and cut open his chin. It was bad enough for Nicole and I to take him to A.I. DuPont Hospital for children. After the doctors examined his cut they told ...read more

  • Dad's Alarm

    Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
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    DAD'S ALARM A father wrote about what happened when his son David was about five years old. They attended a church where it was common for the preacher to invite children to the front for a special sermon. On one particular morning, he brought up a smoke detector and asked the children if anyone ...read more

  • The Parent Trap: The Joy Of Having A Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,801 views

    THE PARENT TRAP: THE JOY OF HAVING A DAD Anyone ever seen the original The Parent Trap with Hayley Mills done in 1961? Have you seen the remake from 1998? In the remake Lindsay Lohan plays the twins and Dennis Quaid is the father. If you know the story then you’ll remember that identical twins, ...read more

  • On My Recent Pilgrimage To Israel One Of The Many ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 14, 2009
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    On my recent pilgrimage to Israel one of the many profound experiences occurred on the airplane prior to even leaving JFK International in New York. After I was seated on the huge double Decker airplane which took us directly to Tel Aviv, I noticed a large Orthodox Jewish family making their way ...read more

  • I Was In High School, Either A Junior Or Senior, ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 15, 2009
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    I was in high school, either a junior or senior, I can’t remember which. My dad and step-mom were out of town, leaving my older step-brothers and me to have the house to ourselves. As was our custom, we partied. Lots of people, lots of alcohol, and even some pot. While I was drunk one of those ...read more

  • God In Motion (From A 4th Grade Textbook)

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 12, 2010
     | 1,267 views

    GOD IN MOTION (FROM A 4TH GRADE TEXTBOOK) For centuries, scientists have debated whether the physical objects that make up the universe are naturally at rest or naturally in motion. If physical objects are naturally at rest, then any object in motion is made so by something else. This view ...read more

  • Honrar Es

    Contributed by Juan Quintero on Feb 12, 2010
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    Honrar es: 1. Respetar a alguien. 2. Enaltecer o premiar su mérito. 3. Dar honor o celebridad. 4. Como fórmula de cortesía para enaltecer la asistencia, adhesión, etc., de otra u otras personas. 5. Dicho de una persona: Tener a honra ser o hacer algo. Honor is: 1. Respecting everyone. 2. ...read more

  • Hey Bob! Building Margin In Your Life

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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    "HEY BOB!" BUILDING MARGIN IN YOUR LIFE In his book, The Short List: In A Life Full of Choices, There Are Only Four That Matter, Butterworth tells of the time when he came home to his family after another weekend speaking engagement when his then youngest son decided to start talking at the Monday ...read more

  • Dads Make A Difference

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    DADS MAKE A DIFFERENCE Dad, you might not feel like your presence is very important. You might not feel like you are making a difference, but you are. Fatherless kids are more likely to: - Be convicted of a violent crime (2,000% more likely than those with fathers) - Be involved in a teen / ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership Begins At Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP BEGINS AT HOME I like the way Paul Carlson put it in Leadership Journal years ago. He said, "Your spiritual leadership begins at home. In dealing with the family, remember that you have been blessed by the Lord, not beatified. Don’t expect your wife to stop asking you to carry ...read more

  • My Daddy Is Here!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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     | 3,933 views

    MY DADDY IS HERE! David Elkind, a psychologist, tells the story of visiting his middle son's nursery school class, at the request of his teacher. She wanted him to observe a "problem child" in the class. While he was there, he caught a conversation between his son and some other boys. There ...read more

  • Build Character Into Your Children  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,960 views

    BUILD CHARACTER INTO YOUR CHILDREN David Kraft was a big, strong man -- all muscle. At the age of 32, he was six feet, two inches tall and weighed 200 pounds. He had been to seminary and ended up working with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, because of his athletic background. Then he was ...read more

  • Rooting For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
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    ROOTING FOR YOU Zig Ziglar tells of the time he took his young son golfing. The boy was still relatively new to the game, so Zig was very impressed by his son’s performance on one of the par 4 holes. At the tee, the boy lifted the ball straight and true down the fairway. A second shot got him ...read more

  • The Colt Mccoy Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,861 views

    THE COLT MCCOY STORY College football experienced a masterpiece national championship game featuring the number one ranked Crimson Tide from Alabama against the undefeated ballers from the University of Texas. The Longhorns, led by their Heisman nominated quarterback Colt McCoy hoped to prove to ...read more

  • He's My Dad.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 1,551 views

    "HE'S MY DAD." A group of scientists and botanists were exploring remote regions of the Alps, looking for new species of flowers. One day they noticed through binoculars a flower of such rarity and beauty, that its value to science was incalculable. But it lay deep in a ravine with cliffs on both ...read more

  • 9/11: A Sense Of Ownership

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    9/11: A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP David Frum, one of President George W. Bush’s speechwriters, wrote in his book The Right Man that when he drove home on the evening of September 11, 2001 after the tragic attack on our nation by Muslim terrorists that something grew within him. He wrote that a sudden ...read more

  • Don't Ever Trust Anyone...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,813 views

    DON'T EVER TRUST ANYONE... "There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the railing of the back porch. He then went down, stood on the lawn, and encouraged the little fellow to jump into his arms. 'I'll catch you,' the father said confidently. After a lot of ...read more

  • I Knew He Would Come.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2011
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    "I KNEW HE WOULD COME." Bruce Howell tells the story of a father and his son and daughter who were 8 and 10. They went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey a few years back. They were all great swimmers. They were a long way from shore and they became separated when the dad realized that ...read more

  • The Impact Of Fatherlessness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,246 views

    THE IMPACT OF FATHERLESSNESS Several years ago the TV show 60 Minutes ran a segment that tells us something important about fatherlessness. The park rangers at a South African wildlife preserve were concerned about the slaughter of 39 rare white rhinos in their park. It turned out that the rhinos ...read more

  • Our White Stone Name

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
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    OUR WHITE STONE NAME In the BBC reality show Monastery, a group of five men from diverse backgrounds voluntarily join a Benedictine monastery for a span of forty days. The five men don't have to assent to Christian beliefs, but they do have to respect and follow the monks' communal requirements--a ...read more

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