Sermons on Parental Instruction:

Develop A Respect For Authority Series

Contributed by Tim Pollock on May 19, 2016

Sermon Series by Dr. Tim Pollock

When youth move into adulthood with high Christian values, they get a head start in life and will thankfully escape many pitfalls! Parents can’t make children have character. They can, however, provide the framework for positive growth by taking advantage of an infallible textbook – the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 13:1

Denomination: Baptist

"I Have Good Kids" Series

Contributed by Dan Kellogg on Aug 3, 2011

A sermon advising on how to raise Godly kids according to biblical principles.

"I HAVE GOOD KIDS." Genesis 18:18-20: Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Love Affair With The Family Series

Contributed by Steven Dow on Mar 31, 2011

This message deals with the relationship and responsibilities of parents and children as a call to walk together under the authority of God's Word.

A LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE FAMILY A Love Affair – 3 Ephesians 6:1-4 INTRODUCTION: This morning we will be concluding our series title “A Love Affair.” So far we have looked at having a love affair with the Father, with the Faithful and today we will look at having a love affair ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Being The Light In Your Children's Eyes

Contributed by Robert Tallent on May 20, 2014

Mother's are like the lamp stand in the old testament tabernacle. They hold their lamps, position their lamps and allow their lamps ligt to be projected forward.

Being the Light in your Children's Eyes Numbers 8: 1-4 I. The Purpose of the lamp stand to hold the lamps that give light to hold the lamps so the light is projected forward Pro 29:15 The rod and reproof give ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 8:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Follow God’s Plan For The Family

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Oct 14, 2012

Follow God’s Plan for the Family 1) Wives, submit to your husband. 2) Husbands, love your wife. 3) Children, obey your parents. 4) Fathers, instruct your children.

XL Foods has been in the news quite a bit recently. Their beef has been less than X-L-ent thanks to unchecked E. coli contamination at its meat-packing plant in Brooks, AB. It turns out that the plant wasn’t even following its own safety plan for packaging meat. Nothing good happens when you ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

Contributed by Jerry Owen on May 14, 2025

Mothers Day Sermon about how Moms can change the world.

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE PROVERBS 22:6 Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. There is an old saying that says “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” I’m not sure if there is a lot of truth in that old saying, but this ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:14-15, Titus 2:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

Living With Order Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 18, 2012

What happens in our families infuences what happens in our culture. If ever there is a place for quality relationships, it's the family.

“Building Quality Relationships: With Family - Living With Order in Your Home” Ephesians 6:1-4 If I asked you if you thought you could subscribe to the Communist Manifesto, you’d probably be inclined to say “No,” even if you didn’t know what it contained. And if ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Our Father Series

Contributed by Darian Catron on Jun 14, 2019

Fathers today are seen as little more than another child for the wife to take of. We have lowered the expectation of dads to an all time low. But dads, fathers are so very needed.

INTRODUCTION: How important are a father’s words of wisdom? How valuable is a father's presence in the lives of his children? How necessary is a father's influence as compared to his income or him providing for his family? How many of you remember the old song “Cat’s in the cradle”? ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:1-27, Hebrews 12:7-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Honor God – He Will Honor You Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 9, 2011

When we need to assemble a new product, we should always go to the 'instructions' and when we need to live worthy of the calling of Christ in our lives... we need to go to the instructions. Paul paints a picture here of how Christ IS the instruction for h

Sermon Brief Date Written: August 5, 2011 Date Preached: August 7, 2011 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: A Series from Philippians Sermon Title: Honor God – He Will Honor You Sermon Text: Philippians 2:5-11 [ESV] Introduction: How many people here LOVE to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Father's Advice

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on May 29, 2008

A father’s counsel to His children is the most precious gift, outside of salvation, that any man can give. How you live, not just the words you say or the commands you give, will teach your children.

A Father’s Advice Griffith Baptist Church – 6/15/08 A.M. Service Text: 1 Kings 2:1-4 Key verse: 1 Kings 2:2 - I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; The Introduction The bride was very nervous. It was right before the wedding and she wasn’t sure she ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Psalm 119 - The Word Of God

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010

Psalm 119 (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Psalm chapter 119 verses 1-176. Some say that this Psalm was written in a similar time as we live today. • It was a time of religious scepticism. • Many people doubted whether there was a God. • Other people were jumping from one religious fad to another. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:1-176

Denomination: Brethren

The Wonderful Counselor Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jul 24, 2016

A study of the book of Job 22: 15 – 30

Job 22: 15 – 30 The Wonderful Counselor 15 Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod, 16 who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood? 17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’ 18 Yet He filled ...read more

Scripture: Job 22:15-30

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

I Have Hidden Your Word In My Heart

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 19, 2014

A short talk to encourage the congregation to see Old Testament scripture as Jesus saw it, and specifically to receive the law referred to in Psalm 119 as instruction - like we receive instruction when learning to swim or play guitar.

Last week I had the wonderful privilege of spending four nights with the Benedictine monks of St. Augustine’s Abbey Chilworth in the Surrey hills. This was my second visit after spending 5 days with them in July 2012 at the start of my extended study leave. Their ministry is prayer and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:1-16

Denomination: Anglican

Learning From The Prayers Of Jesus - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Apr 13, 2018

The prayers of Jesus help us understand Him better. Today we will begin by looking at Jesus instruction concerning prayer in what is commonly known as "The Lord's Prayer".

Matthew 6:9-13 I. THE PRAYERS OF JESUS HELP US UNDERSTAND HIM BETTER. A. We can learn about His life by examining His prayers. 1. We learn about His personality (His Nature) 2. We learn about what matters most to Him (His Heart) 3. We learn why He came to the earth (His Purpose) 4. We learn ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Church Of God

Realistic New Year's Resolutions

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 1, 2024

Our desire alone cannot always produce change, but with God's guidance we can produce New Year's Resolutions that can be sustained through the New Year and beyond.

“For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? Only take heed to yourself, and ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:7-10, Mark 11:22-24, James 1:22-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ