Sermons on Parenting/Family

Parent-child Relationships by Frank Pollard
In the last verse of II Samuel 18 we read the heartbroken cry of King David for his lost son. It happened a long time ago, yet these words are tragically up-to-date. They are the words of a careless parent: "O my son! My son, Absalom! Absalom,my son! If only I had died in your place, my son! Absalom, my son!" David had great family problems. Especially tragic… ( read more )

How to Lead Family Devotions (6 of 35) by John Barnett
This evening we are taking a look at our owner's manual. You see we were bought with a price, we are no longer our own. The Owner of your life and my life has written out just what He expects from each of us. He also has included instructions that keep us running in tip top condition - FOREVER. Have you looked at your Bible that way this week? It is the exact… ( read more )

The Functioning Family by Nelson Price
Jesus Christ emphasized and elevated the institution of marriage by asserting it to be a permanent relationship. It is the basis for family living. In a day when family life is rapidly deteriorating somebody needs to speak a good word for the family. That's my intent. Dr. Ernest Gordon, Dean of Chapel at Princeton University ended one of his books with this… ( read more )

God's Formula For The Family by Jerry Vines
God has a very interesting kind of mathematics in this passage. The Lord says that in marriage one plus one equals one. He said you take a man and you take a woman and the two become one. There in that little formula which God has given is the formula for success in a marital relationship. Now if we are to build the kind of homes we ought to build, I believe we… ( read more )

The Essentials For A Happy Family Part 2 by Ernest L. Easley
We are nearing the end of our study of the book of 1st Thessalonians! Tonight we're in chapter 5 picking up where we left off last time together in verse 12 thinking about The Essentials for a Happy Family. Now keep in mind that the church is more like a family than it is a business. Now there is a business side to the church, but in function, it's more like… ( read more )

The FUNctional Family by Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to Ephesians chapter 4. I want to talk today about "The FUNctional Family." Now the word dysfunctional is one that we hear a lot, dysfunctional is an adjective that means "not operating normally or properly." It means "deviating from the norm in a way that's regarded as bad." Dysfunctional is a term that's so often attached to family. We talk about the dysfunctional family. You don't hear much about the functional family... ( read more )

Parenting 101 by James Merritt
There was a young couple who had just purchased brand new appliances for their house, and they decided to give their old refrigerator to their parents. Since they lived many miles apart, they just shipped the refrigerator to their parents. A few days later the phone rang, her mother said, "Honey, we want to send you a check for the refrigerator." The daughter… ( read more )

Flexible Parenting (2 of 6) by David Cawston
We all know that children are in trouble today! Our society is destroying their lives! In the 1950s kids lost their innocence. They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term ---the generation gap. In the 1960s, kids lost their authority. It was a decade of protest---church, state, and parents were all called into… ( read more )

Counter Culture Parenting by Fred Lowery
Sometimes I wish that I could be something other than a Baptist for a few minutes and shout. We are doing a series on parenting because we have partnered with the young parents in this church to try to help you raising spiritual champions. We want to help you with your marriage. We want to help your parenting skills. We want to help you in the financial… ( read more )

Father Knows Best - Parenting by Jim Henry
This year, six-million Americans are going to take part in the greatest event of their lives. I mean, perhaps the most life-changing event outside of conversion that ever happens to a person. Six million Americans! It will be more important than the way they vote. It will be more important than any art work they may create. It will be more important than any… ( read more )