Sermons on Children Of Dark:

Maintaining Family Unity

Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005

Considering how to maintain family unity.

Maintaining Family Unity – Eph 4:22-32 Gladstone Baptist Church – 5/9/04 Screen Viva La Difference – The Ledger people. Well this is the last night in our series on the family and we are stopping to consider the issue of unity within families. If you were to watch many of the TV shows featuring ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Do Not Sin Against The Child

Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 20, 2005

This is a strong sermon against the sins of this generation against our own children.

DO NOT SIN AGAINST THE CHILD GEN 42:22 Intro: Note the words of the text. “Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child?” The essence of sin lies in being committed against God. When men are fully convinced that they have disobeyed the Lord, and that this is “the head and front of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 42:22

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Act Your Age Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 21, 2010

If we want the next generation(s) to know and love Jesus as much or more than we do, we must bring a child to Jesus, be a child ourselves, and bless a child every chance we get.

Little 5-year-old Kayse Poland grew more and more excited about her first day of kindergarten, and her 3-year-old sister, Jayme, watched her with great fascination. On the Sunday before the first day of school, Kayse fell and skinned her knee. Tears began to flow, and Jayme, seeing the blood on ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Can I Trust You? Can You Trust Me?

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010

First of a series based on the six pillars of 'Character Counts!'

Today, we are part of six or seven congregations in the East Noble School district that are addressing the six pillars of 'Character Counts!' program that East Noble has been running for the past couple of years. It is not often these days that the church and the school get together on the same ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:12

Denomination: Church Of God

Responsibility

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010

The third message in the series based on the six pillars of ‘Character Counts!’

Today is the third message in the series based on the six pillars of ‘Character Counts!’ Two weeks ago, we started with the first pillar: trustworthiness and, as we looked at the Wise Men, we were informed that: (Slide 1) To Be Trustworthy is to be reliable-to do what you say ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 41:33-44

Denomination: Church Of God

A Citizen In Two Kingdoms

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010

The sixth and final message in the series based on the six pillars of ‘Character Counts!’

(Slide 1) Today is our last Sunday to hear and think about the Six Pillars of Character counts with our kids present. And kids I am glad to have had you present these past six weeks and I also hope that you have learned some helpful things about these six character qualities. Today our discussion ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22

Denomination: Church Of God

Raising Kids To Be Healthy Adults Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010

There are a few specific scripture references to parenting, but I think we need to look at the entire scope of scripture to really get a complete picture of how we are to parent. After all, God is the ultimate parent as our father, so all of Scripture giv

Before I became a counsellor, while I was still going to school, I worked as a family support worker. Essentially I would pick up kids from troubled homes who social workers were involved with but hadn’t taken the children away yet, and I would spend a couple hours with them and take them ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4

Saints And Sinners

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 31, 2009

John teaches the difference between the two

“See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-12

Denomination: Orthodox

Halloween, The Devils Tools Year Around.

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 31, 2011

Folks, we live in a world today that we should sift all our children’s activities and things that they are exposed to each day as though we were looking and inspecting the candy they get on Halloween night and throw out the things that look suspicious

Halloween, The Devils tools year around. Folks, we live in a world today that we should sift all our children’s activities and things that they are exposed to each day as though we were looking and inspecting the candy they get on Halloween night and throw out the things that look suspicious. I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-11

Denomination: Baptist

New Parenting Series

Contributed by Herbert Cooper on Jun 19, 2013

How to provide godly parenting to your family

1. Live with integrity 2 Timothy 1:5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. (NIV) 2. Provide encouragement 2 Timothy 1:6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:5-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Parenting

Contributed by Jimmy Seibert on Aug 13, 2014

Willl you bless your children? Will you affirm and love them the way God intended?

On the parenting front, if you are not a parent, a single, or not able to have kids, this is still for you because you were parented. Somewhere along the line you were a kid and had parents. There are two things I want you to do this morning, write down tips on what you need to do to help others, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:27-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Raising Kids That Don’t Disappoint Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 12, 2011

A PROVERBS-DRIVEN LIFE ACCEPTS THE CALLING TO RAISE CHILDREN AS A TASK DELEGATED AND DIRECTED BY GOD.

Life Simplified Raising Kids that Don’t Disappoint November 13, 2011 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Proverbs 22:15 INTRODUCTION Happy children are children with boundaries and who are well disciplined. Children who respond well to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:15

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Puzzle Of Family Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 8, 2012

This is week one of a five week series on Families and we look at Mary and Joseph and the family they provided for Jesus

1 the Puzzle of Family It was Tolstoy who said “All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Have you ever stopped to think that both the Old Testament and the New Testament start with the story of a family? And the bible itself is a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-47

Denomination: Wesleyan

What Kind Of Parent Are You? Series

Contributed by Peter Flournoy on Feb 24, 2012

The purpose of this sermon is to help parents find out which style of parenting they are currently using and which style of parenting they should be using.

He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him. 5 For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?” 1 Timothy 3: 4-5 Eli was disqualified from leadership because he did not restrain his children fro doing wrong. ( 1 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:4-5

Denomination: Baptist

Being Encouragers, Equippers And Trainers Of Children, Youth And Families Series

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 14, 2012

A sermon that focuses on the congregation and individual members being encouragers, equippers and trainers of children, youth and families

This week we explore what it means for us as individuals and God’s congregation to be encouragers, equippers and trainers of children, youth and families… Today’s reading from Mark 10:13-14 highlights how the Christian faith is different from many views in the world about ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Denomination: Lutheran