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ATTN Some of you can really relate to that video, can’t you? You’re trying to do your best to have a good family, but it seems that it all comes with too much stress and too little time! For decades, really, this has been the complaint: The American family is under the thumb of the clock and racing to…

ATTN DVD BACKGROUND I love that little clip. It gives you a look at the other character of this story. You see, I think we’ve often misnamed this parable. Instead of calling it the parable of the prodigal son, I really think you should call it the parable of the prodigal sons. There was definitely more…

ATTN In the 1980's there was a strong push to build the self-esteem of our children. This movement found many children mindlessly singing with their teachers, I am special, I am special, look at me, look at me! (“Frere Jacques”) However, this movement has had some negative consequences. Recent comprehensive…

In his book, Living with Eternity in Your Heart, Mark Buchanan writes about what I call the “Christmas Paper Blues.” It’s what happens on Christmas morning. Mark says that he even saw it in his children when they reached the age that Christmas morning became the “Day of Getting.” There were mounds of…

ATTN: Today we begin a new series entitled Divorce Proof. I want to tell you some of what the Bible says about a truly biblical marriage and how you can apply that truth to keep your marriage strong and your family together. Today we begin at the beginning. We will seek to define marriage. Now, as I…

ATTENTION I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time." So spoke one of today’s popular entertainers. She has had a number of more controversial quotes, however. She also said: "I want women -- and men -- to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they're…

ATTENTION ILL - SKIT GUYS - CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW Ever had the experience? You lose your cool and say things that you later wish you could take back, but just don’t know how? Maybe you’ve even made a commitment to the Lord to control your anger, but then your wife is late again, and on the very day when…

ATTN She never imagined it would end like that. He never saw it coming. Their marriage began as most do with high hopes and bright dreams, but in a year or so, it was all over. No, she didn’t begin to flirt with anyone at work. No, he didn’t ignore her for some flattering woman on the job. Their divorce…

ATTENTION: God has enlisted us in his navy and placed us on his ship. The boat has one purpose-to carry us safely to the other shore. This is no cruise ship; it is a battleship. We aren’t called to a life of leisure, we are called to a life of service. Each of us has a different task. Some, concerned…

ATTN: THE DRAMATIC IMPACT OF DIVORCE - BLUEFISH You can hear the pain in this young lady’s voice. I wish that pain were rare, but I am afraid that it is not. In fact, research into the American family tells us that half of all American will witness the divorce of their parents and then half of those…

ATTN The commanding officer was furious when nine GIs who had been out on passes failed to show up for morning roll call. Not until 7 p.m. did the first man straggle in. “I’m sorry, sir,” the soldier explained, “but I had a date and lost track of time, and I missed the bus back. Being determined to get…

ATTENTION One modern philosopher admitted, “I want atheism to be true … It isn't just that I don't believe in God, and, naturally, hope that I'm right about my belief. It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that."” Now I know you immediately…

ATTN One man said of his neighbor who was a notorious grouch: “The spreads good cheer wherever he DOESN’T go.” May Tuohy, a seventy-year-old known for her general grouchiness, called the police about her neighbor who was sunbathing in the nude. “I don’t see anything,” said the police officer, looking…

ATTN A preacher and a soap maker went for a walk together. The soap maker said, “What good is religion? Look at all the trouble and misery of the world! Still there, even after years—thousands of years—of teaching about goodness and truth and peace. Still there, after all the prayers and sermons and…

ATTN If you had been reading the July 22, 1776 edition of the Boston Gazette, you would have come across a notice that read: Deserted from my company, in Col. Craft’s battalion of colony train of artillery, Michael Carrick, 31 years of age, about 5 foot 8 inches high, with a cut over his right eye brow,…

Some of you have felt it. It’s frustrating; it’s bewildering; it’s a transparent moment when the truth dawns and the answer is not at all what you had expected. It happened to me behind a lawn mower. O it had happened before and it has certainly happened since. This time just sticks out in my mind. Since…

ATTN It’s been well over a year ago now that they came. I was standing at the Welcome Center greeting guests who had been in the service when a couple approached. I could tell they were troubled. As I observed them, their body language was all wrong. She was fighting back tears and he was talking. She…

Crash and Burn ATT It was a normal January day. I had been working at the church in Elizabethton, TN. and lunch time came, so I headed down the street to my home for lunch. When I walked through the door, I could tell something was terribly wrong. There sat Marie, our baby sitter on the couch with a…

ATTN: He was called “Praying Hyde.” A missionary to India at the turn of the century, many people thought John Hyde was always intensely serious because of his reputation for being able to pray and see incredible answers to prayer. They thought that such a prayer-warrior could have no capacity for celebration.…

ATTN: Ever hear the story of the Prodigal Pig? It goes like this: There was a man who had two son And loved them for they were his own. The younger said, “Dad, I want my estate, I think that I’m now fully grown.” The son left home, went far away, And spent all he had living high. A famine then hit and…

ATTN Well, there you have it: Ask anyone if they love Christmas, and they’ll probably say yes. I googled something like “The top ten reasons I love Christmas” and these were some typical responses. One person gave 8 reasons they liked it. Number 8 was because “things smell so good. Christmas trees, cinnamon…

ATTN I’D RATHER DIE WHILE I’M LIVING THAN LIVE WHILE I’M DEAD I WANT TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER EVERY NOW AND THEN.. THE WEATHER IS HERE, WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL. All of these truisms were the creation of that “dock-of-the-bay” philosopher, Jimmy Buffet. While I surely there are better sources of truth,…

ATTN - GAME CHANGER: JACKIE ROBINSON There was a guy who mattered! There was a man who, regardless of how you might feel about him or baseball, he made a difference when a difference was not easy to make. And, as a result, Jackie Robinson still lives in our memory as a courageous and significant person.…

ATTN: DVD – Prayer - Sermonspice I still remember being shocked to hear it. I was standing in the Doctor’s entrance to Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. I was standing there with my buddy who also sold pharmaceuticals. We were there meeting the docs as they left from or arrived for their morning rounds.…

ATTN In 1995 Brenda Adelman’s father (whom she adored) shot and killed her mother (whom she considered her best friend) and then turned around and married her mom's sister. He was not remorseful, and, in fact, refused to talk to Brenda about what happened. O he went to jail for what he did, but his plea…