THE DIFFERENCES IN ALLOWANCES Allowances have always been around, but there is a difference. Allowances used to based on a percentage. Dads would let their children keep a small percentage of what the children earned.
Sermon Illustrations
A PRACTICAL GIFT FOR DAD Dad told the family to get him something that the whole family could get something out of. So they did. They got Dad a new wallet.
A FATHER'S GREATNESS A father is as great as the dream he dreams, As great as the love he bears, As great as the values he redeems, And the happiness he shares. A father is…
BLESS DAD Mender of toys Leader of boys Changer of fuses Kisser of bruises Mover of couches Soother of ouches Pounder of nails Teller of tales Hanger of screens Counselor of teens Fixer of bikes…
KID'S EYES STAY OPEN Children may close their ears to advice, but they keep their eyes open to example.
BO KNOWS AGAIN Bo may know dramatics, too. Bo Jackson, whose baseball career was put on hold by injuries, is dabbling in acting. The 29 year old athlete played a security guard in an episode…
REFLECTIONS ON THE FAMILY We as a race see ourselves so different from each other: I'm white, you're black; I'm male, you're female; I call God Jehovah, you call God by a different name. We…
GETTING PAST THE PHONE I know a teenager girl who has been trying to run away from home for years, but every time she gets to the front door the phone rings.
TEEN-AGE MUTANT MUNCHKINS Dear Abby: My husband and I need help. Our home has been invaded by Teen-Age Mutant Munchkins from an alien planet. The upstairs has taken on the appearance of a local landfill.…
NEVER GIVE UP! When Vince Lombardi said, "We never lose, but sometimes the clock runs out on us", he was manifesting the aversion of the intense competitor to anything approaching admission of defeat. John W.…
TO BE LIKE MY DAD "Well, what are you going to be, my boy,/When you have reached manhood's years; A doctor, a lawyer, or actor great, Moving throngs to laughter and tears? But he shook…
R + R - R = R + R. Rules and Regulations minus Relationships equals Resenting and Rebellion. From Healing Grace, David A. Seamands, pg. 97
THE ULTIMATE REALITY Discussed how spanking is regarded as child abuse to some people. The difference between happy, well-adjusted children and their opposites has, in my view, precious little to do with the presence or…
CHIP OFF THE PROFANE BLOCK The boy's mother was furious, "Young Man, where did you learn to talk that way?" The boy hesitated, looked toward his father and asked, "Well Dad, should I tell her?"
OUR LIVES ARE CONTROLLED The first half of our lives is controlled by our parents; The second half of our lives is controlled by our children.
TESTS AND LESSONS IN LIFE Experience is a hard teacher; She gives the test first, and then the lesson.
AN ODD THING ABOUT ECONOMISTS An economist: Someone who thinks he knows more about money than the people who have it. From the bulletin of the Rotary Club of Spring Lake Michigan
VACATION SPOT A vacation spot is where they charge you enough to make up for the rest of the year you're not there. Anonymous author
MORE SOURCES OF EVIL Evil often is woven not from malevolence but from the simpler threads of thoughtlessness and fear. By Hannah Arendt, as quoted from "Eichmann in Jerusalem" in U.S. News & World Report,…
HECKLER FAMILY Speaker to heckler: "Please -- if I wanted a hard time I could have stayed home and talked to my kids." From System Forms Brochure, August 1988
