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Topical Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7 Your focus usually becomes your reality. What you want to become, you usually become. In learning how to live your blest life, we’ve discovered the positives: daily commitment to Christ, and covenant with us. Now we’ll consider the negatives, the attack of the enemy, that which will keep us from lives […]
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Topical Scripture: Genesis 1:26–31 If you’re planning a solo climb of Mt. Everest this year, I have bad news for you: the Nepalese government has amended its mountaineering regulations. They are now prohibiting foreign individual climbers from scaling all mountains in the country without an escort. One reason for the new prohibition: Nearly three hundred people […]
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The Cure for Cracked Pots Genesis 39 Dr. Jim Denison Families and relationships face brand-new challenges these days. This week’s Dallas Morning News reported that the ten-year project to decode the human genome, the operating manual for how human beings are constructed, will be completed next month and available to the world over the Internet. […]
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The Key to Successful Living Genesis 39:1-6 Dr. Jim Denison The inventor Thomas Edison was talking with two dejected assistants. They informed him, “We’ve just completed our seven hundredth experiment and we still don’t have an answer. We have failed.” Edison replied, “No, my friends, you haven’t failed. We’re closer to finding the answer, because […]
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The Market Value of Clay Genesis 40-41 Dr. Jim Denison There are more than 75 million single adults in our country this weekend. Half of the adults in America are single. In our community, 19% is widowed or divorced, and 32% has never married. In other words, 51% of our total population is composed of […]
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The Secret and Your Soul Genesis 3:1-5 James C. Denison The Secret by Rhonda Byrne has sold more than seven million copies to date. It’s been featured on Oprah Winfrey and talk shows around the country, made into a movie, and is now downloaded as an Internet video. Here are some excerpts which summarize its […]
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The Wisest Investment You’ll Ever Make Genesis 39:6-10 Dr. Jim Denison Thomas Edison said of one of his inventions, “The phonograph is not of any commercial value.” Astronomer Simon Newcomb proclaimed in 1902, “Flight by machines heavier than air is impractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.” Thomas J. Watson, IMB chairman in 1943, announced, […]
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Where Did Cain Get His Wife? Genesis 4:17-18 Dr. Jim Denison Today we begin our summer preaching series, titled “Hard Questions in the Bible.” We’ll begin at Genesis and go through God’s word, asking such questions as What does God think of the Jews?, Did Jesus go to Hell?, and What is the unpardonable sin? […]
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Why Did Abraham Sacrifice Isaac? Genesis 22:1-19 Dr. Jim Denison The current issue of Fortune magazine carries this cover story: “God and business: the surprising quest for spiritual renewal in the American workplace.” In the article, Andre DelBecq, a management professor, says, “There were two things I thought I’d never see in my life, the […]
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Why God Needs Fathers Genesis 46:1-7 Dr. Jim Denison A father came home from work to find his little girl brushing the dog’s teeth with his toothbrush. He was horrified, and asked her what she was doing. She said, “Oh, don’t worry, daddy, I’ll put it back like I always do.” Fathers deserve a day. […]
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