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  • A Christian Home  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 8, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,383 views

    “A CHRISTIAN HOME” O GIVE US HOMES BUILT FIRM UPON THE SAVIOR, WHERE CHRIST IS HEAD AND COUNSELLOR AND GUIDE; WHERE EVERY CHILD IS TAUGHT HIS LOVE AND FAVOR AND GIVES HIS HEART TO CHRIST, THE CRUCIFIED: HOW SWEET TO KNOW THAT THOUGH HIS FOOTSTEPS WAVER HIS FAITHFUL LORD IS WALKING BY HIS SIDE! ...read more

  • Billy Graham Once Wrote An Article In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 1,056 views

    Billy Graham once wrote an article in the newspaper giving advice on how to be the ideal father. He said in the following order: First, Love your children and let them know that you love them. Secondly, Spend time with your children, listening to them, playing with, ...read more

  • Culture Has Moral Confusion About Families  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,639 views

    Culture Has Moral Confusion about Families In a recent column, commentator Dennis Prager observes that he was recently asked to write an article defending the traditional two-parent family. He wonders what has happened to our society that such a concept even needs to be defended? He notes: "In ...read more

  • More Than 80 Percent Of Pregnant Girls Under Age ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 1,415 views

    More than 80 percent of pregnant girls under age 17 who give birth and keep their babies end up on welfare, costing society a ...read more

  • The Significant Thing  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 26, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,264 views

    THE SIGNIFICANT THING “Parents, the most significant thing you have in your home is you!” SOURCE: Charles R. Swindoll. The Strong Family. Zondervan ...read more

  • Do As I Do  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 1,446 views

    DO AS I DO Woodrow Wilson said in an address in 1904, “If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take ...read more

  • One Of The Most Terrific Mothers Of All Time Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 1,982 views

    One of the most terrific mothers of all time was Susannah Wesley. Susannah’s father was a minister and she was born in England in 1669 as the youngest of twenty-five children! Susannah was married at 19 to Samuel Wesley, also a minister and, not to be outdone, she had nineteen children herself. Her ...read more

  • Someone Once Said, There Are Three Ways To Get ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Tonkinson on Jan 17, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 1,305 views

    Someone once said, There are three ways to get something done: 1. Do it yourself. 2. Hire someone else to do it. 3. Forbid your kids to do it. Citation: ...read more

  • Life Lesson:  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 2,792 views

    LIFE LESSON: Jaime Rodriguez, a schoolteacher in Chicago, Ill., was named as the worst offender on the city’s list of employees with unpaid parking tickets. After checking into things, he discovered it was actually his 26-year-old son, also named Jaime, who had run up $11,040 in unpaid tickets. ...read more

  • My Labeling System  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,555 views

    MY LABELING SYSTEM I have my own system for labeling homemade freezer meals. Forget calling them "Veal Parmigiana" or "Turkey Loaf" or "Beef Pot Pie." If you look in my freezer you’ll see "Whatever," "Anything," "I Don’t Know," and, my favorite, "Food." That way when I ask my husband what he ...read more

  • A Young, Awkward Boy Grew Up In Southern ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on May 8, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,036 views

    A young, awkward boy grew up in southern California, plagued by a learning disability that in later years would be called dyslexia. But with his mother’s encouragement and admonishment, he became a strong and capable leader. Years later he was commanding thousands of your Americans in war. When ...read more

  • There Is The Story Of A Young Man Who Went Off ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on May 8, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,377 views

    There is the story of a young man who went off to college and defied some of the values of his rearing that he had acquired in a Christian home. He had pornographic pictures on the walls. One day his mother came to visit him. She saw his walls but said nothing. Instead, she sent him a picture of ...read more

  • Moms On The Go For The Lord Strengthen Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 15, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,468 views

    Moms on the go for the Lord strengthen their children¡¦s individual personalities.They allow their children to soar into what God designed them to be. This poem expresses this act well: Before I was myself, you made me, me by Nicholas Gordon: Before I was myself you made me, me With love and ...read more

  • In The Movie, "Dead Poets Society," Neil Perry ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jun 9, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,942 views

    In the movie, "Dead Poets Society," Neil Perry was a boy from a wealthy family studying in a very exclusive New England prep school. He wanted very much to become an actor when he grew up. But his father wanted him to be a medical doctor. The school produced a play in which Neil had the lead ...read more

  • Is This What I'm Here To Do?  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jun 9, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,568 views

    IS THIS WHAT I’M HERE TO DO? At 39, Garth Brooks is probably the world’s most successful singer. He has sold more records than Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Elvis Presley, or any other solo act in history and he has done it in only 12 years. He has won every prize in the recording business. A ...read more

  • My Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,536 views

    My Father; When I was seven: My Dad was a genius When I was forteen: My Dad is wrong many times. When I was twenty: My Father is old fashion and not up to things. When I was twentyfive: The old man does not know what he is talking about, he is out of touch with reality. When I was thirty five: With ...read more

  • Studies Of Young Criminals Have Found That More ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 15, 2003
     | 1,213 views

    Studies of young criminals have found that more than 70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes. Children from broken families are nearly twice as likely as those in ...read more

  • According To Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, A Father's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 15, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,279 views

    According to Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, a father’s involvement with a child increases the child’s IQ, the child’s motivation to learn, and the child’s self-confidence. In addition, children with involved dads are more likely to develop a sense of humor as well as an “inner ...read more

  • Who Will Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,186 views

    WHO WILL BE FAITHFUL A study once disclosed that if both Mom and Dad attend church regularly, 72 percent of their children remain faithful in attendance. If only Dad attends regularly, 55 percent remain faithful. If only Mom attends regularly, 15 percent remain faithful. If neither attend ...read more

  • Story Number One  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,721 views

    STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was his lawyer for a good ...read more

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