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  • Don't Have To Spank Me

    Contributed by Rev. Ryan Peters on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,729 views

    DON'T HAVE TO SPANK ME During the normal works of the day, Jenny the local Pastor’s wife is watching her three little boys while her husband is at the church. When all of a sudden she hears a large crash in the living room, and when she runs in to see what it was there was little 4-year-old Brian ...read more

  • An Evangelist Was Once Asked If His Mother Ever ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Culler on Mar 21, 2001
    based on 171 ratings
     | 3,435 views

    An evangelist was once asked if his mother ever spanked him. He replied that she had a strap hanging in the kitchen under ...read more

  • Spiritual Arrhythmia  PRO

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Feb 25, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,962 views

    SPIRITUAL ARRHYTHMIA The primary function of the heart is to supply blood and nutrients to the body. The regular beating, or contraction, of the heart moves the blood throughout the body. Each heartbeat is controlled by electrical impulses traveling through the heart. In the normal heart these ...read more

  • A Switch In Time On My Behind

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 2, 2022
     | 850 views

    Recently, I was reminded of my father’s passing 12 years ago. It’s funny how time quickly goes by, and then something happens to remind you of the past. When I was growing up, spankings were normal. And, for someone like me, those spankings were quite regular. Today my father would be arrested for ...read more

  • A Small Boy Is Sent To Bed By His Father. Five ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Biolsi on Apr 7, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,972 views

    A small boy is sent to bed by his father. Five minutes later.... "Da-ad...." "What?" "I’m thirsty. Can you bring drink of water?" "No. You had your chance. Lights out." Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....." "WHAT?" "I’m THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??" "I told you NO!" If you ...read more

  • Punishment Teaches The Great Lesson That Choices ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jun 16, 2007
     | 2,139 views

    Punishment teaches the great lesson that choices have consequences. I have been spanked, but the worst punishment I ever had was not a spanking. I called my grandmother an old “battleaxe”. I didn’t even know what it meant. She told me, “Well this old battle axe is going to make you sit in the ...read more

  • Dad, Are You God?

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
     | 2,496 views

    DAD, ARE YOU GOD? One day after church, the pastor asked his little boy what he learned in Sunday school. The lad said, "I learned that God loves me more than anything else in the whole world." "What else did you learn?" asked his dad. "I learned that when I’m bad, He spanks real hard." "What ...read more

  • We're Like The Little Boy That Brought Home A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,022 views

    We’re like the little boy that brought home a terrible report card. The next day he came back into class with a warning for the teacher. He said, "Mrs. Smith, my dad says if ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,181 views

    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • A Mother And Her Daughter Were Shopping For ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jun 16, 2007
     | 2,895 views

    A mother and her daughter were shopping for father’s day when a little boy pitched a fit in the store, fell on the floor, and kicked his mother as she begged him to get up. Seeing that as a teachable moment, the mother said to her daughter, “Do you know what that boy needs?” (She ...read more

  • Preacher Charles Swindoll Recalled His Last ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 2,226 views

    Preacher Charles Swindoll recalled his last spanking when he turned thirteen years old. Chuck said, “Having just broken into the sophisticated ranks of the teen world, I thought I was something on a stick. My father wasn’t nearly as impressed as I was with my great importance and new-found ...read more

  • Chicken For Dinner

    Contributed by Tim White on Sep 7, 2011
     | 2,857 views

    CHICKEN FOR DINNER When my dad was a small boy, he wanted to go fishing, but no one would take him. He sat on his porch with his fishing pole and pretended to be fishing until that became too boring. So he put a hook on and put a piece of bread on the hook. My grandmother let her chickens run ...read more

  • Royalty Receives The Punishment

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,227 views

    Royalty Receives The Punishment Throughout history, royal families have received special treatment. Often they were exempt from keeping the law or receiving punishment or even discipline. But the royal children still needed to know that when they misbehaved they deserved to be punished. When a ...read more

  • Someone Asked, "What In The World Is Happening ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,459 views

    Someone asked, “What in the world is happening with our kids today?” Let us see…I think it started when Madelyn Murray O’Hare complained that she did not want any prayer in our schools, and we said “Okay.” Then someone said, “You had better not read the Bible in school” – the Bible that says, “Thou ...read more

  • A Professor Of Psychology Had No Children Of His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    A professor of psychology had no children of his own, but whenever he saw a neighbour scolding a child for some wrongdoing, he would say, "you should love your boy, not punish him." One hot summer afternoon the professor was doing some repair work on a concrete driveway leading to his garage. Tired ...read more

  • Mary Cooper (Christian Reader, "Kids Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 3,381 views

    Mary Cooper (Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom."): “One of my preschool students had a habit of patting me on the seat of my pants. I tried several things to make him stop, but nothing worked. Finally, I resorted to a time-out chair. Later, when his father came to pick him up, I quietly ...read more

  • Through The Eyes Of A 3-Year-Old

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
     | 6,158 views

    Rena was 3 years old when she went to her first baptismal service. It was new for her and a bit mystifying. As events transpired, she looked up at her father with surprise in her eyes, “Daddy, he pushed that guy under the water? Why did he do that?” The father tried to quietly answer her question ...read more

  • Father Teaches Disobedient Daughter About Grace ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
     | 5,920 views

    Father Teaches Disobedient Daughter About Grace and Consequences I’ve given you all the acronym before of “GRACE- God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.” I’ll always remember a daddy-daughter moment with my oldest girl when she was maybe three years old. We raised our girls with loving discipline ...read more

  • Larry Christenson On The Christian Family

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,043 views

    Larry Christenson in The Christian Family: "A child’s relationship to Jesus thrives in direct relation to the obedience which he gives to his parents. An obedient child is therefore a happy child. The child who knows exactly how far he can go is relieved of a heavy burden. "A child may test ...read more

  • Little Girl Doesn't Understand Cleansing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 4,447 views

    Little Girl Doesn’t Understand Cleansing Symbolism of Baptism Pastor Bob Beasley shares a true story told by a father in his church: “Our three-year-old daughter, Rena, sat with us during the baptismal service…which was a new experience for her. She exclaimed in surprise, ‘Why did he push that guy ...read more

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