{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Houston's First Baptist Church","title":"Suffer Little Children","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1388,"description":"The preacher opens by urging the congregation and radio listeners to read Matthew 18, emphasizing Jesus’ teaching that entry into the kingdom of heaven requires becoming like a little child. He argues that children possess a simple, trusting faith that makes conversion easier than for adults, who are often burdened by pride, prejudice, and preconceived ideas. Throughout the sermon, he stresses that hindering a child's desire to follow Christ is a grave offense, even invoking the harsh language of a millstone and drowning used by Jesus to warn against leading children astray.\n\nHe then presents a series of reasons for encouraging childhood conversion: Scripture’s command, historical patterns of early conversions, the blessings that flow to churches that nurture children, and the practical advantages of a child’s lack of sin’s entanglements, pride, and excuses. The speaker challenges parents to model a genuine Christian life, to bring their children to Sunday school, family prayer, and personal testimony, warning that delaying evangelism risks losing them to the temptations of the world. He concludes with a heartfelt appeal, a poem, and a prayer for the city’s hearts to respond with childlike faith.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o5yzRQYlXr9ParDz0W15WXJmDEyj_QNDo8tzYNqSRoc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wN2Ew/Yjg4MTI1YTdmNDVi/Mjc2NWZiNDkwYTBi/OTU4MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}