A cartoon strip reveals a father coming into the room where his teenage daughter was sitting on the couch watching television and eating popcorn. He decides to sit down next to her and help himself to some of the popcorn.
As he was sitting there, a little thought balloon appears over his head. He’s thinking, “I remember when she was …
Various studies conducted by Yale, John Hopkins and other groups have documented the following;
The absence of a father is a stronger factor than poverty in contributing to juvenile delinquency.
In 48 cultures around the world crime rates were highest among adults who as children had been raised solely by women. Closeness with parents was the common factor in hypertension, …
Four preachers were discussing the merits of the various translations of the Bible.
Listen, my child, to what your father teaches you. Don’t neglect your mother’s teaching. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and clothe you with honor.
~~ Proverbs 1:8-9 (New Living Translation)
Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is …
George Washington, “father of his country,” was a Christian gentleman, of whom Thomas Jefferson said, “He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man.” George Washington’s father died when
he was just 11, but a Christian mother, Mary Ball Washington, molded his character with Bible reading, and with CONTEMPLATIONS MORAL AND DIVINE …
Around Mother’s Day we hear the old saying, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” But is that true?
Augustine was a fourth-century scholar who is considered one of the greatest thinkers of all times. He was born under Roman rule in what is now Algeria. His Christian mother, Monica, was married to a pagan who lived an …
One day, a girl walk to her mother and look at her mother’s hair and sadly said: “Why are some of your hair white mom?”
The mother replied, “Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.
The girl thought about this revelation a while, and then said, “Momma, …
Hymn: “Rescue the Perishing” by Fanny Crosby
“I remember writing the hymn in 1869. It was written following a personal experience at the New York City Bowery Mission. I usually tried to get to the mission at least one night a week to talk to ‘my boys.’ I was addressing a large company of working men one hot summer evening, …
“There were two warring tribes in the Andes, one that lived in the lowlands and the other high in the mountains. The mountain people invaded the lowlanders one day, and as part of their plundering of the people, they kidnapped a baby of one of the lowlander families and took the infant with them back up into the mountains.
The …
Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 10:1-3
“(NIV) As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.”
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