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  • Screen Kids- 83% Of Children Under 6 Use "Screen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 719 views

    Screen Kids- 83% of children under 6 use “screen media” for an average of 2 hours in a typical day finds a Kaiser Family Foundation study. Media use increases with age, from 61% of infants younger than 1 to 90% of 4- to 6-year-olds. Parents use media to help them keep their kids occupied, calm them ...read more

  • He Made Free Use Of Christian Vocabulary. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,387 views

    He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions, which would become the pillars of the new government. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to the church papers. He showed his tattered Bible and declared that he ...read more

  • In 1961 A.w. Tozer Was Given The Opportunity To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,108 views

    In 1961 A.W. Tozer was given the opportunity to speak to a group of ministers on a subject of his choice. Not surprisingly he chose to speak to them about the holiness of God. During that talk he said the following words: “I believe we ought to have again the old biblical concept of God which makes ...read more

  • Claria Knall, A Young Mother From Oklahoma ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,943 views

    Claria Knall, a young mother from Oklahoma writes, “It was one of the worst days of my life. The washing machine broke down, the telephone wouldn’t stop ringing, my head ached, and the mailman brought the bill that I had no money to pay. Almost at the breaking point I lifted my one-year-old into ...read more

  • The Bird

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
     | 1,554 views

    *ILLUSTRATION* I was out in the front yard working in my flower beds this past Thursday with my grandson when this bird came and rested in the tree right next to where we were. Mason will be 2 years old next week and he got so excited as he pointed at the bird and his gaze was intently on the ...read more

  • Mothers Are The First To Teach The Children. ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 22, 2007
     | 3,707 views

    Mothers are the first to teach the children. Those kids will mimic you; that’s how they learn. A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn’t know what to say," the girl replied. "Just ...read more

  • Comment On A Blog Said, "Christianity Is Boring. ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2007
     | 1,041 views

    Comment on a blog said, “Christianity is boring. It's the same stuff over and over, and sometimes they try to throw some fun stuff in there to get you to come, but sitting around studying a 2000 year old book, singing dull songs with words like thee, thou and thine and tunes out of the Victorian ...read more

  • A Gallup Poll Conducted Some Years Ago Revealed ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 1,199 views

    A Gallup poll conducted some years ago revealed that 60 percent of Americans did not know what "the Holy Trinity" was. Sixty-six percent couldn’t say who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 79 percent were unable to name a single Old Testament prophet. How is your Bible knowledge? Do you ...read more

  • It Was One Of The Worst Days Of My Life: The ...

    Contributed by Karl Ingersoll on Jun 19, 2008
     | 2,999 views

    It was one of the worst days of my life: The washing machine broke down, the telephone kept ringing, my head ached, and the mail carrier brought a bill I had no money to pay. Almost to the breaking point, I lifted my one-year-old into his high chair, leaned my head against the tray, and began to ...read more

  • Circumcise Your Sin

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jul 22, 2008
     | 2,778 views

    CIRCUMCISE YOUR SIN Thousands of years ago, before Christ was even born, devout Jewish parents would practice rituals or customs when having a child. The first of the customs was that the child be circumcised; the cutting of the skin. This symbolized that you were a part of the family of ...read more

  • Grandma's Game

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,716 views

    GRANDMA'S GAME Eight-year-old Ann Johnson wrote this poem which expresses the influence of millions of grandparents on their grandchildren: My grandma likes to play with God, They have a kind of game. She plants the garden full of seeds, He sends the sun and rain. She likes to sit and talk with ...read more

  • Same Family, Different Face  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,625 views

    Same Family, Different Face The appropriate attitude is revealed in an Ann Landers Column. “Dear Ann Landers: It happened again today. My two sons and I were in a shopping mall, and a total stranger felt the need to comment on the fact that my boys didn’t look anything alike. Apparently, my 6 ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Monastery In Portugal, ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
     | 3,240 views

    The story is told of a monastery in Portugal, perched high on a 3,000 foot cliff and accessible only by a terrifying ride in a swaying basket. The basket is pulled with a single rope by several strong men, perspiring under the strain of the fully loaded basket. One American tourist who visited the ...read more

  • Sin Promises Freedom, But It Only Brings Slavery ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 19, 2009
     | 2,383 views

    Sin promises freedom, but it only brings slavery (John 8: 34); it promises success, but brings failure; it promises life, but “the wages of sin is death” (Rom.6: 23). The boy thought he would “find himself,” but he only lost himself! When God is left out of our lives, enjoyment becomes ...read more

  • Kids And Global Warming

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,259 views

    KIDS AND GLOBAL WARMING This past April, the Washington Post interviewed a 9-year-old who said the Earth is "just starting to fade away." In 20 years there will be "no oxygen" he said, and he’ll be dead. The Post went on to say, "for many children and young adults, global warming is defining their ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,762 views

    I CHEATED... Davy Troxel said: My 8-year-old son came home from school with a stuffed animal he had won at the class Valentine party. "How did that happen?" I asked. "Well," he explained, "the teacher put all our names together, then picked one out. I cheated, though," he said, looking ...read more

  • He Is Rich Who Owns The Day, And No One Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,255 views

    "He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well ...read more

  • The Late Great United States Supreme Court ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 2,506 views

    The late great United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, Mr. Justice Thomas Campbell Clark (1899 - 1977), in the case of Abington vs. Schempp, wrote: "...it might well be said that one’s education is not complete without a study of comparative religion or the history of religion and its ...read more

  • Many Times Our Prayers Are So Selfish. A Mom ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
     | 4,373 views

    Many times our prayers are so selfish. A mom was headed to McDonald’s with her 5 year old son one day, and as they drove they passed a car accident. The mother had a practice of encouraging her children to pray for those who might be hurt, so the mom pointed and said to her son, “We should pray.” ...read more

  • No Wonder The People Wept When They Heard The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2010
     | 1,526 views

    No wonder the people wept when they heard the message! (The Hebrew word Bochim means “weepers.”) However, their sorrow was because of the consequences of their sins and not because the wickedness of their sins had convicted them. It was a shallow and temporary sorrow that never led them to true ...read more

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