Sermons on Child Rearing:

The Culture Of Sowing

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Mar 6, 2019

Sowing should be a part of you as a child of God

May the peace of the Lord be with you. *DAY 1 OF LENT* For our 40 day fasting period, we will focus on the Kingdom Culture. The culture we need to possess, the ways or practices we need to have established in us so we walk and live successfully in the Kingdom. These cultures are all in the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:26-29

Denomination: Charismatic

Do All Things Without Grumbling And Disputing Series

Contributed by Jason Grubbs on Jan 11, 2020

Grumbling and disputing is a poor testimony for a child of God.

I heard a story about an old lady that walked into a department store one day and was surprised when an executive pinned a flower on her dress and gave her a $100 bill. She was the store’s one millionth customer. A tv reporter asked her, “just what did you come into the store for today?” To ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:14-18

Christ The Life Giver Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 18, 2023

When you receive and believe in Christ, you become a child of God.

Christ the Life Giver John 1:10-13 Rev. Brian Bill December 16-17, 2023 I’ve mentioned before that fellow pastors are some of my favorite people. It’s a joy to partner in gospel ministry with our pastors at Edgewood and with other pastors in the community. One of my favorite shepherds is Ed ...read more

Scripture: John 1:10-13

Denomination: Baptist

Mother’s Days For Elizabeth

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 12, 2013

Mother’s Day isn’t a day of celebration for all women and Elizabeth experienced what it was like to be childless, to have a child and to lose a child

Mother’s Days for Elizabeth It is a familiar story and one that fits with Mother’s Day. A woman who wasn’t supposed to be a mother becomes a mother. It is one of the most familiar stories in the Bible but a story that is over shadowed by another story and gets lost. We are all familiar with the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:30-41

Denomination: Wesleyan

What Is In A Name?

Contributed by Jake Jacob on Dec 2, 2017

During Biblical times name meant something. Often they were given a name related to the birth of the child or something related to the physical trait of the the child.

What is in a name? - I remember a man named ‘odd’ that met a few years ago. - what’s in name? - it all depends - one physiatrist studied the names of 15000 juvenile delinquents and discovered that those with odd or embarrassing names were in trouble 4 times as much as others. So interested. - ...read more

Persecution

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

1. Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

1. Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. And for many of us this is something we may find hard to relate to. For we live in a land of freedom - free to worship God and free to live out our faith -at least for now. Like me, most of us have never experienced violence in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

No Discipline = No Love

Contributed by Greg Nance on Jul 26, 2003

When the church fails to practice biblical discipline it loses its influence for the cause of Christ and ruins its members. A difficult work requiring committed leadership and obedient membership, see how Paul commands it and instructs it for the Thessal

No Discipline = No Love 2 Thessalonians 3 On the flight home from Honduras there was a sitcom about discipline. The title of the sitcom was “Yes Dear.” It involved two couples with young children. The son of one couple lied to the mother and they were discussing how to discipline him. They ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18, 2 Corinthians 10:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Making Better Choices Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Jun 8, 2015

A comment my mother made frequently when we were kids with this: “a woman’s work is never done.” My mother worked in a doctor’s office all day, took care of our home and paid most of our bills on her own.

“Making Better Choices” Luke 10:38-42 A comment my mother made frequently when we were kids with this: “a woman’s work is never done.” My mother worked in a doctor’s office all day, took care of our home and paid most of our bills on her own. So she had a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-41

Denomination: Baptist

Father Abraham

Contributed by Kimberly Belken on Aug 23, 2020

The faith of Abraham made him righteous. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, our faith makes us righteous and leads us to trust in God and God's promises. We never know what these promises will mean for us, but we can know that God works them together for our good.

Father Abraham had many sons And many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them And so are you So, let’s all praise the Lord I know our Sunday School kids know that song and perhaps some of you do as well. In fact, it is probably the most well-known song and story about the great patriarch Abraham ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-6, Luke 3:8, Romans 4:13-25

Denomination: Lutheran

A Tale Of Two Mothers

Contributed by C Vincent on Mar 22, 2010

A look at two Mothers and their role in the life of Moses. The natural mother and the adopted mother, both demonstrate love for the child.

A Tale of Two Mothers JCC Mother’s Day 14.03.10 am Exodus 2:1-10 Moses wrote this account about his own birth He shares with us who and what his family was like But he never discloses his parents names until later in Ex 6:20 Now Amram took for himself Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Coming Of The King; How Is Your Life Governed Light Or Dark? Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 15, 2010

730 years before Jesus birth, Isaiah fore told the coming of The Messiah. A look at what that ment then and what it means today... a look in this direction.. for a great light has dawned!

IThe coming of the King; how is your life governed light or dark? Scipture: Isaiah 9:1-7 I see the King of Glory [(Brooke Fraser) Check out this song, brilliant!] I see the king of glory Coming on the clouds with fire The whole earth shakes, the whole earth shakes I see his love and mercy Washing ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7

Denomination: Salvation Army

One Dangerous Baby Series

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Dec 20, 2009

The Christ Child stimulates a lot of controversy. What role do the followers of Jesus play in opening hearts to the gospel?

Sermon for CATM – Advent 4 – December 20, 2009 – One Dangerous Baby Let’s all stand to read today’s Advent Scripture reading. [Luke 2:1-20] It’s funny the responses that people have to Christmas, to the story of the birth of Christ. My wife Barbara was telling me the other night that at her ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:10-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Is All I Need How About You?

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Nov 18, 2015

Just do what you know you should not what you want.

Jesus is all I need how about you? Psalms 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalms 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Psalms 117: 1 O praise the LORD, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Gospel: Shown By Allegory Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 20, 2015

Galatians 4:21-31 is unique. It is the only place in the New Testament to use allegory from the Old Testament. These events are recorded in Geneses 15-21. When Abraham was seventy five years old God promised him he would be the father of a great nation.

One of the most widely read and influential books of all time was written from a jail cell by a Baptist minister. He was in England, in jail for twelve years for preaching without a license when he wrote it. The title of the book is Pilgrims Progress and the author is John Bunyan. There are ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:21-31

Denomination: Baptist

Passing The Faith Along Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 7, 2016

If you want to pass the faith along to the next generation, eliminate threats to their spiritual inheritance and set the example of a full and satisfying life.

W. A. Criswell tells the story of a five-year-old Baptist girl who lived next door to a five-year-old Catholic boy. On a hot summer day, they decided to play in a small wading pool in his back yard. As they were splashing around, quite innocently, they both took off their swimming suits. The little ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical Free