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  • After The Christening Of His Baby Brother In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,647 views

    After the christening of his baby brother in church, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, "That preacher said he ...read more

  • Sing To The Children  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,931 views

    SING TO THE CHILDREN A tradition that Evelyn Knowles has chosen for posterity is to sing to her babies. The very first time she held each of her newborn grandchildren cheek to cheek and heart to heart, they heard their grandmother softly sing-- Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson Reports The Findings Of An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Moore on Mar 21, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,491 views

    Dr. James Dobson reports the findings of an interesting study done on school children recently in his film series "Focus on the Family." A group of educators decided to remove the chain-like fences from around the school playgrounds. They believed the fences promoted feelings of confinement and ...read more

  • And A Good Father Does Not Give Everything The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 1,689 views

    And a good Father does not give everything the child asks for. A Danish proverb notes, "Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when he cries, and you will have a fine ...read more

  • Norman Wright Describes Four Changes That Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,476 views

    Norman Wright describes four changes that have taken place in family life in recent years. One is the move toward a nuclear family. This is the mother, father and children. In the past, it was common for families to involve the extended members as well. The second change is the selection of the ...read more

  • Daddy Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,763 views

    Daddy Hands Susan Fabncke I awoke in the night to find my husband, Marty, gently rocking our baby son, Noah. I stood for a moment in the doorway, watching this amazing man with whom I was so blessed to share my life, lovingly stroke Noah’s fat pink cheeks in an effort to comfort him. I felt in my ...read more

  • Calvin And Hobbes—the Rest Of The Story  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 19, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,378 views

    CALVIN AND HOBBES—THE REST OF THE STORY The next day at home, father is sitting at his desk doing paper work. Calvin walks in with a clipboard and pen in hand. CALVIN: Dad, your polls took a big dive this week. Your "Overall Dad Performance Rating" was really low. See? Right about yesterday ...read more

  • One Summer Evening During A Violent Thunderstorm, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,494 views

    One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was just about to turn off the light when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" His mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can’t, ...read more

  • For The Rest Of My Life!!  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 4,589 views

    FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!! A little girl had been trying for months to learn the art of tying her shoes. She finally grasped the knack and was able to do it by herself. Her parents expected the child to be delighted, but were surprised by her disappointment. Her father asked why she was crying. ...read more

  • Earthly Fathers Understand What It Means To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,059 views

    Earthly fathers understand what it means to be human. In an article entitled “Imperfect Dads Expect Perfect Sons,” Archie Wortham wrote of his struggle to not “over do” his fathering and said this, “Maybe it’s because I realized how hard it was for ...read more

  • Remember Me At Home  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,649 views

    REMEMBER ME AT HOME “By profession, I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact. But I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build. The father only builds, never destroys…It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, ...read more

  • Keep It Between The Lines  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,353 views

    Keep It Between The Lines. He was a sitting beside me in the passenger seat. As I looked through the window at the quiet little street. He was a smiling so proud as he gave me the key. But inside I knew he was as nervous as me. I said “Daddy, oh Daddy are you sure I know how? Are you sure that I ...read more

  • Is This The Life I Want?  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,490 views

    IS THIS THE LIFE I WANT? "I look in on my children as they sleep at night, [and] I think of the kind of father I want to be. I want to create moments of magic, I want them to remember laughing until the tears flow ... I want to have slow, sweet talks with them as they’re getting ready to close ...read more

  • The Manifestations Of An Antichrist  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,755 views

    THE MANIFESTATIONS OF AN ANTICHRIST A father told a Senate committee that his son committed suicide after listening to songs about violence, sex, drugs, and death. "He was a good boy," Raymond Kuntz of Burlington, N.D., said of his only child, 15-year-old Richard. "The music wasn’t symptomatic ...read more

  • What My Mother Taught Me  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 15,003 views

    Illustrate Humor: WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME My mother taught me RELIGION: When I spilled grape juice on the carpet, she instructed, "You better pray the stain will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me LOGIC: From her decisive words, "Because I said so, that’s why." My mother taught me ...read more

  • A Mother's Influence

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
     | 4,298 views

    A Mother’s Influence I took a piece of plastic clay And idly fashioned it one day; And as my fingers pressed it still It moved and yielded at my will. I came again when days were past, The form I gave it still it bore, And as my fingers pressed it still, I could change that form no more. I took a ...read more

  • A Little Boy Forgot His Lines In A Sunday School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Apr 5, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,822 views

    A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son’s memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." ...read more

  • If I Cannot Give My Children A Perfect Mother I ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 18, 2005
     | 1,137 views

    "If I cannot give my children a perfect mother I can at least given them more of the one they’ve got — and make that one more loving. I will be available, I will take time to listen, time to play, time to be home when ...read more

  • A Comfortable Emptiness!

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 2, 2005
     | 4,472 views

    A Comfortable Emptiness! On a faded scroll framed in mahogany and hung in the hallway of an old farmhouse I chanced many years ago to read what then, in my youth, seemed important but now many years later is ingrained in my heart as one of the most profound and impacting statements I have ever ...read more

  • D.w.i.!  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    D.W.I.! (06.07.05--Family--Eph. 6:1-4) The American family under assault! Did you know that one out of three children in the United States are growing up without a father present in the home or that last year in a number of major U.S. cities more children were born out of wedlock than within? ...read more