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British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 2, 2005
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Joseph White, in his book The Troubled Adolescent says that 1 in 8 teens between 12 and 18 will run away at least once. The majority, he notes, are white girls, either 15 or 16, who have never had trouble with the
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Church Of God
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“Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the
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Two young kids Billy and Kay were at the amusement park. Their parents tell them they can explore the park by themselves but they must go together.
They were happy. Run from one ride to another. They felt they’ve grown up, they can do things on their own. They can take care
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by John Gerald on Jun 2, 2005
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The story was passed on over internet about Little Billy, a Jewish boy, who was failing his math lessons. His parents tried everything they could to get him to do better in this subject, but he continued to fail. At last, they took him down to the Catholic School, and enrolled him. After the first
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 4, 2005
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I heard about a woman whose dad owned a grocery store when she was growing up, and several times a week the milkman would come to deliver milk to the store, and every time he saw her he would say, "How is my little Miss America doing today? So beautiful, so talented." Everyday, he would stack the
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Christian Church
Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 19, 2005
(Old Irish Proverb) Give to a pig every time it grunts and to a child every time it cries and you will
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 19, 2005
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I am reminded of the story of the discussion at church camp for children where one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose of God has for all of his creation.
They began to find good reasons for the clouds and trees and rocks and rivers and animals and just about everything else
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
Recently Jeanie and I have been working on a project to install a mantle above our fireplace. It is going to be beautiful when we finish it, if we ever finish it. The problem is that we started with a piece of wood that had already been molded into something else. It had been a piece of
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Charismatic
Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
Did you know that we spend roughly 68 times more money caring for the average felon than on a church’s ministry to a spiritually hungry child. From George Barna, Transforming
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Contributed by Michael Thomas on Nov 12, 2005
I have a one year old girl and a three year old boy. I wrestle with keeping our shopping list for our children to only a couple items each. Our kids have more stuff than they really need and what they need more of is time with dad and mom. If you tell yourself that you have to buy more stuff,
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Ingratitude denotes spiritual immaturity. Infants do not always appreciate what parents do for them. They have short memories. Their concern is not what you did for me yesterday, but what are you doing for me today. The past is meaningless and so is the future. They live for the present. Those who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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One day as I was picking the toys up off the floor,
I noticed a small hand print on the wall beside the door.
I knew that it was something that I’d seen most every day,
but this time when I saw it there, I wanted it to stay.
Then tears welled up inside my eyes, I knew it wouldn’t last,
for every
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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In her book, First Lady from Plains, Rosalynn Carter told of the “wonderfully odd” things she learned about White House history while a resident there. It seems that the children of President James A. Garfield rode large three-wheelers around as they carried on pillow fights in the East Room. Teddy
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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Returning home one afternoon with my two daughters, Kimberley, age two, and Kristi, six months, I pulled into my driveway and stopped to check the mailbox. But when I returned to the car, I found Kimberley had pushed the locks down on both doors—and I had left the key in the ignition.
For an hour
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