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Faith in a Time of War John 20:1-9 Dr. Jim Denison Last Monday evening, President Bush told the world that diplomatic efforts in Iraq had ended, giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave or face military conflict. That period has ended, and the conflict has begun. This morning we face a confusing mixture of feelings […]
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Fight Fear With Faith John 6:5-21 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: true faith in Jesus will defeat every fear we face Bill and Vonette Bright were hard at work on the UCLA campus, seeking to win students to faith in Christ. But results were mediocre, and their supporters feared for the future of this ministry. Then, […]
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For Whom Should You Vote? John 3:1-8 Dr. Jim Denison My title may have caused some of you to wonder if I’m going to endorse a presidential candidate today. I could do that if I wanted our church to lose its non-profit status, and if I wanted to violate the church-state separation essential to Baptist […]
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How to Choose Your Children John 21.15-19 / Acts 1.1-5 Dr. Jim Denison Genetic engineering is much in the news. The idea that parents can one day determine the sex, hair and eye color, abilities and capabilities of their unborn children is exciting to some and abhorrent to most of us. It is very troubling […]
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How to Handle Doubts John 20:24-31 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: Jesus will give every doubter who asks the miraculous gift of his presence One of my favorite stories concerns a Baptist young man who went away to college and made himself obnoxious to his friends by bragging constantly about his Baptist heritage. According to him, […]
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Topical Scripture: John 6:35 The Masters concludes today. The tournament is played on one of the most beautiful and historic golf courses in the world. However, the tournament was cancelled from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. To assist the war effort, cattle and turkeys were raised on the grounds. Here are some […]
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Topical Scripture: John 10:7-10 Don’t look now, but an asteroid could be headed for Earth. I don’t know that one is. But I don’t know that one is not. And neither do astronomers, apparently. An asteroid estimated to be at least 150 feet in diameter passed our planet last Sunday morning just hours after it […]
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Topical Scripture: John 10:11-15 The 2018 NFL draft has dominated sports headlines this week. My favorite story involves a linebacker named Shaquem Griffin. He played at Central Florida, where he was named the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year. He ran for NFL scouts last month, posting the fastest forty-yard time by a […]
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Topical Scripture: John 9:1-7 I was once part of a group touring Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. The park contains over 119 caves. One of its caves has been mapped to a depth of 1,600 feet. Seventeen species of bats live in the park; one count estimated 793,000 of them in the caverns. At one […]
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Topical Scripture: John 11:21-26 Two deaths during the month of April dominated the news here and abroad. One lived a full life devoted to public service; the other never had a chance to live. Both had families who loved them. When former first lady Barbara Bush died at the age of 92 a few weeks […]
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