In Sermon Illustrations: "Parental Sayings"

If There's An Alcoholic Parent In The Family, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

If there’s an alcoholic parent in the family, there’s a 50 percent chance one of the children will become an alcoholic. If there are two alcoholic parents, it’s an 85 percent chance. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

In Conversing With Teenagers, Parents Envy The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"In conversing with teenagers, parents envy the United Nations those earphones which give ...read more

Tags: Children

Being A Parent And A Father Can Be An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Being a parent and a father can be an interesting and trying experience. Someone said, “Fathers spend the first part of a child’s life urging him to talk and walk, and the rest of his childhood telling him to sit down and keep quiet.” A son who was in college wrote home to his dad. He said, “Dear ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:2-21

Tags: Children, Father's Day, Challenge, Parenting

A Small But Growing Number Of Parents Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, some before taking their newborn home from the hospital. It’s not known exactly how many, but the practice is no longer limited to “tekky” parents. They worry that the name of choice might not be available by the ...read more

Tags: Internet, Identity

Parents Are Always Trying To Teach Their ...

Contributed by Bill Burress on May 16, 2008

Parents are always trying to teach their children by by example. Then when one child hits another they smack the ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Blesses Christian Parents

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Nov 17, 2008

GOD BLESSES CHRISTIAN PARENTS How wonderful for children to have parents who are truly "in the Lord." They will be able to honor such men and women, thus activating the promise mentioned in verse 3. Nancy’s Grandparents took her Grandfather’s mother into their home and cared for her when she ...read more

Tags: Home

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Hebrew Word For Parents Is Horim, And It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The Hebrew word for parents is horim, and it comes from the same root as moreh, teacher. The parent is, and remains, the first and most ...read more

Tags: Parenting

What Parents Do For Their Children ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What parents do for their children is...infinitely more important and ...read more

Tags: Parenting

By The Time Parents Are Ready To Enjoy The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By the time parents are ready to enjoy the comforts of life, their ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Parents Influence Is Inevitable And Continuous; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Parents influence is inevitable and continuous; they cannot be passive if they would. You cannot really neglect ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Best Combination Of Parents Consists Of A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother ...read more

Tags: Parenting

By The Time Children Are Five, Their Parents ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By the time children are five, their parents will have done at least half of all that can ever be done to ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Parents Must Not Cowardly Abdicate Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Parents must not cowardly abdicate their authority...In the struggle, the child will acquire experience; he will learn how far he ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Parents, You Are Accountable For Disciplining ...

Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009

Parents, you are accountable for disciplining and teaching your children about God, salvation, and how to live and make godly decisions · How important is it? · A Spiritual Clinic, J. Oswald Sanders recorded observations about two Revolutionary War era families from New England, and the differing ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

Parents Sued By Son For Malpractice Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010

Parents Sued by Son for Malpractice of Parenting In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of parenting.” He charged in his suit that his mother and father had botched his upbringing so badly, that he would need years ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Tags: Parenting

The Parental Challenge Of Helping Teenagers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010

The Parental Challenge of Helping Teenagers Face Their World And I wanna share a story with you. It’s a traumatic one and one that actually happened. I did a funeral about four or five years ago and in this funeral it was really bizarre, because as the high schoolers came in about a third of them ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

Tags: Death, Parenting

Elton Trueblood On Family And Parenting

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 24, 2014

Elton Trueblood: "No matter how much a man may be concerned with his work in the world, he should not care about it as much as he cares for his family. This is because we have, in our families, a bigger stake than most of us can ever have in our employment. We can change business associates ... we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:4-12

Tags: Family, Parenting, Fatherhood, Fathers Day, Household, Christian Fathers, Godly Fathers  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Successful Parenting - Two Hands

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 13, 2023

The secret of all successful marriages ......... of all successful parenting...... always rests ... in two sets of hands. First and foremost, ... in the hand of God ...... and secondly ... in our hands. If we allow those hands ... (Clasp them) to be linked together ...... the results are ... ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-18

Tags: Father's Day, Hands, Fathers, Families

Denomination: Anglican

The Men's Thesaurus (Men Don't Always Say What ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2004

THE MEN’S THESAURUS (men don’t always say what they mean) – excerpts: When a man says: "IT’S A GUY THING" He means: "There is no rational thought pattern connected with this, and you have no chance at all of making it logical" When a man says "UH HUH, SURE HONEY,” or “YES, DEAR" He means: ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 5:1-8

Tags: Marriage Obligations, Men And Women, Parenting

Family Devotions 50% Of Traditional Parents ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Family Devotions 50% of traditional parents (married with kids) say they attend religious services once a week or more, but only 36% of nontraditional parents do so. However, 49% of both families read religious scriptures every week; 45% of traditional families and 42% of nontraditional families ...read more

Tags: Children