This Week's Sermons

The Ultimate Ride: Transforming Your Life and Family
by Jonathan Falwell
1 Corinthians 11:1

So, first, this morning, let me first share with you a couple verses that illustrate The Power of a 'Visual' Testimony then I want to share with you Five Contagious Characteristics that your children are able to not only witness but will provoke them to good works—cause them to crave and desire to follow.

Passing the Baton
by Bob Hostetler
Deuteronomy 6:4-7

Many of us, as Christian parents, grandparents, pastors, and teachers have begun fearing and feeling that we're losing the race, that we're muffing the transfer, that our kids are dropping the baton. My purpose here this morning…is to tell you that we can transfer our values to the next generation; we can pass on Biblical values to our children and teenagers; we can equip them to live godly lives in the midst of an ungodly world.

A Recipe for Successful Parenting
by John Hamby
Proverbs 22:6

I made a startling discovery soon after our child was born: they do not come with an instruction manual. The way that we dealt with this emergency was to call our moms, with questions that went something like this, "Mom she doing so and so, is she supposed to do that?" James Dobson in his book, The Strong Willed Child, said, "Child-rearing is like baking a cake. You don't realize you have a disaster until it's too late." But success in both child-rearing and cake-baking is best achieved by following the recipe, so this morning I would like to offer you A Recipe for Successful Parenting.

God's Plan for Parenting
by Jeff Simms
Colossians 3:20-21

...Here Paul moves from discussing marriage to specifically discussing the parent-child relationship. It's nice to know that God has a plan for parenting. It may be that parenting is one of the most difficult jobs on earth. We seem to have more and more parents who don't take their role in their children's lives seriously. A man named Warren Wiersbe once said that "children don't create problems—they reveal them." This seems true for the most part. They reveal where their parents have failed to teach them right and wrong and whether or not they have been instructed in the Lord....

God's Plan for Parents & Kids
by Ed Taylor
Ephesians 6:1-4

Our focus this morning by the Holy Spirit is caring for our kids. With all of the books & seminars, packets & pamphlets on raising kids, the Holy Spirit uses just four verses to lead us & teach us. Maybe you're not a parent this morning...well, you're still a kid. You're a child of God, our faithful Heavenly Father. And as His children, we have the joy of relating to a father that never leaves us, never hurts us, and never gives up on us.

This Week's Videos

Offered by: BlueFish TV Little Girl and Psalm 23 Time: 1:21 This cute and inspirational video illustration shows a little girl reciting all of Psalm 23 from memory. Click to watch »

Offered by: SermonSpice Parenting Time: 3:26 A candid interview with the average person what makes a good father or mother? Would you do anything for your children? Click to watch »

Offered by: WorshipHouse Media Rethink Parenting Time: 1:07 This gripping video shows the contrast between our culture's definition of what is important and what it takes to be a great parent. Click to watch »

Offered by: SermonSpice Parenting Mistakes Time: 2:08 This man on the street grabs your attention with the question what is the biggest mistake parents make when raising their children. The answers are amusing and serve as a great lead in to any parenting topic. Click to watch »

Offered by: BlueFish TV Parenting 101 Time: 0:45 In this humorous video illustration, parents grab a megaphone to get their point across in order to connect with their kids. Click to watch »

This Week's Sermon Illustrations

The Marshmallow Test
Contributor: Grant van Boeschoten

During the 1960s, psychologist Walter Mischel conducted what became known as "the marshmallow test" with four-year-olds in the preschool at Stanford University. The object of the exercise was to assess each preschooler's ability to delay gratification. Each child was given one marshmallow …

Somebody Said
Source: Mikey's Funnies

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby. Somebody doesn't know that once you're a parent, normal is history. Somebody said you learn how to be a parent by instinct. Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping  …

Church's Influence on Kids
Source: George Barna, Revolutionary Parenting, p. 38Contributor: Ed Vasicek

"…churches alone do not and cannot have much influence on children. In fact, the greatest influence a church may have …

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Good Boundaries
Source: Excerpted from Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide by Dr. James Dobson
Contributor: Bruce Emmert

[Children have] a great need to know where behavioral boundaries are and who has the courage to enforce them. Years ago, during the early days of the progressive-education movement, an enthusiastic theorist decided to take down the chain-link fence that surrounded the nursery-school yard…

Men More Involved in Family
Source: Time 10/4/07

"Men today are far more involved with their families than they have been at virtually any other time in the last century," says Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History. In the late '70s, sociologists found the average dad spent about a third as much time with his kids as the average mom did. By '00, that was up to three-fourths …

Facts to Suggestions to Prayer
Contributor: Jim Drake

A young single preacher took his first part-time church while he was going to seminary. He preached a message one Sunday called, "10 Facts On How To Raise Perfect Children." A few years later, he got married and they had their first child. He pulled out the old sermon to preach it again, but decided to retitle it, "10 Suggestions on How to Raise Healthy Children …"

A Price Too High
Source: Homemade, February 1989
Contributor: Donnie Martin

A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father—a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, The Law of Trusts. "Do you remember your father?" asked the magistrate. "I remember him well, your honor," came the reply …

Whose Boy Are You?
Source: From a sermon by Fred Craddock, "Is It Well With Your Family?"

One of the great preachers of our time is Dr. Fred Craddock. Craddock tells a story about vacationing with his wife one summer in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One night they found a quiet little restaurant, where they looked forward to a private meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with the guests. Craddock leaned over and whispered to his wife, "I hope he doesn't come over here …"

Parents Are Teachers
Source: Rabbi Kassel Abelson

The Hebrew word for parents is horim, and it comes from the same root as moreh, teacher …

Men and Spiritual Leadership
Contributor: Davon Huss

Recent research is shining light on the importance of male spiritual leadership in the home. Among their findings is the reality that 68 million of our nation's 94 million men don't attend any church. This, in spite of the fact, that 86% of them grew up with some sort of church background …"

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