Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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*Pastor John Ortberg once gave us this wake up call: “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
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Oct 16, 2022
Let me give you an illustration. It’s from the movie “The Music Man”. Have you seen that movie? “Ya got trouble, my friend, I say, trouble right here in River City.” In that movie, the con man Harold Hill has been selling band instruments, promising the townspeople that he will teach their children
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Baptist
ILLUSTRATION: You may remember years ago a TV show that was geared to teach our children . . . and maybe some of us parents what a "conjunction" is in the English grammar. The goal was called "SchoolHouse Rock." Remember? In it they sang a little tune . . . "Conjunction Junction . . . what your
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Nazarene
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
The April 2008 Newsletter from Timberdoodle (a supplier for homeschooling families) noted a problematic teaching in a Children’s Study Bible used in Sunday school. Referring to Matthew 3.12, the footnote said, “This means that Jesus will come to separate the good people from the bad people, saving
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Martyn Baxter on Nov 23, 2008
That is us too, so often. We have the scriptures, we know of its authenticity and yet we fail to live by its teaching. We live in a land of plenty where we fail to go without all we need and more, look on your television sets at home for a reminder, yet we fail to give thanks. We experience the
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Methodist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 14, 2011
ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ELSE?
One time a woman asked the preacher, "What should I do, Preacher? I want to follow and serve Jesus. I want to do his work totally and completely."
The preacher said, "Great, you could be a part our weekly ladies Bible study group and later you could perhaps lead
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 16, 2005
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What is repentance? Gordon MacDonald helps us to understand with these sobering words: “Repentance is not necessarily repentance for what I have done although it may necessitate that. Repentance is for, more significantly, what is in me as a sinner. I suggest to you that the Bible is teaching
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 19, 2008
Ranai Carlton said:
During Sunday school I was trying to teach the children that we all need God’s forgiveness. After the Bible story I asked on of the girls, "Lisa, when is a time you might need God’s forgiveness?" Her blank stare prompted a response from my son. "It’s okay, Lisa. You don’t have
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 9, 2007
"Nice is about what the other person is thinking and feeling–it’s their perception of the situation. Kind is about what you choose to do and why. When you want to be nice it’s because you want to please the other person; you want everyone to be happy. When you want to be kind it’s because you want
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 10, 2006
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This past January the pastors were at a retreat in Duluth and the speaker told of a missionary friend who was trying to reach this group of people in Mexico.
They had a difficult time because these villagers had what he phrased “a scarcity mentality.” The missionary said their belief affected
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Assembly Of God
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So did you hear the story about the Sunday School teacher who was teaching on the 8th Commandment and trying to illustrate that it’s wrong to steal? “all right children, here’s another example,” she said. “If I were to pull a man’s wallet out of his pocket and take all the money in it, what would
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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Fathering Is Hard Work: According to the 6/10/03 issue of Family Circle magazine in its national poll of fathers finds:
· 94% feel building a family is the hardest and most important thing a man can do.
· 71% say fatherhood is more demanding than they expected, while 88% say fatherhood is more
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BARNA ON PARENTING
George Barna in his book "Revolutionary Parenting" gives us the bad news about the family today -- especially many Christian families:
What does God measure? In other words how does God evaluate what is a healthy family and an unhealthy family?
Barna states: What does God
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Charles Jones on Aug 24, 2008
The daughter’s statement of submission is one of the most touching speeches in Scripture (Judg. 11:36). She shared her father’s extreme reverence for God, even if it cost her marriage, children, and life itself. No wonder the young women of Israel honored her ever after (11:40).
What does this
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Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Sep 1, 2002
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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
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 17, 2007
Sometimes there things that I react so strongly to not because there is a tendency in me but because I have strong emotional connection to the issue. The biggest example for me personally is sexual abuse of children. My parents were social workers in the child welfare system and even though I was
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Church Of God
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