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Using Babylonian Kings Matthew 5:33-37 Dr. Jim Denison Jeff Warren was a long-time staff member here at Park Cities, and is now the very effective senior pastor of First Baptist Church in McKinney. Shortly after I came to Dallas, Jeff taught me how to cuss and be a Baptist preacher: use Babylonian kings’ names. When […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37 Many years ago, I learned how to cuss and be a Baptist preacher: use Babylonian kings’ names. When you miss a three-foot putt say “Belshazzer!” When someone cuts you off on the interstate say “Nebuchadnezzar!” It works. Jesus wants to talk with us about our language today. And we need the […]
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Voting For God Matthew 17.1-8 James C. Denison I’ve been voting in presidential elections since 1976, and cannot ever remember one like this. A year ago, none of the candidates would have been expected to be here. On the Democratic side we can vote for a man who was the offspring of a white woman […]
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Washing Soles and Souls Matthew 4:23, John 13:34-35 Dr. Jim Denison Houston Baptist University, my alma mater, required an identification card of every student every year. I still have mine for 1978, my junior year, with my picture complete with mustache and sideburns. Why have I kept it? Because my ID number that year was […]
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What about Faith Healers? Matthew 4:23-25 Dr. Jim Denison This week I read one of the strangest stories I’ve seen in a long time. A woman, 23 years of age, was visiting her in-laws and drove to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the […]
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What does the Bible teach about divorce? Dr. Jim Denison When is divorce permissible biblically? When is it not? What does the Lord say about such a difficult subject? This is unfortunately a very common question. America has five percent of the world’s population, but 50% of its divorces. Web sites, magazines, and support groups […]
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What Happens to Those Who Never Hear? Matthew 5:13-16 James C. Denison A friend recently sent me an essay titled “Ode to Plurals.” It goes like this. We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, and two are called […]
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What is the Unpardonable Sin? Matthew 12:30-32 Dr. Jim Denison For three weeks during the presidential campaign of 1988, two California whales gained more global attention than candidates Bush and Dukakis. “Bonnett” and “Crossbeak,” as they were named by marine biologists, had become trapped in Alaska as an early winter iced them in. Eskimos were […]
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What Jesus Doesn’t Know Matthew 24.36-44 Dr. Jim Denison This morning we begin with life-changing facts: the shortest war in history was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896; Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. Dueling is legal in Paraguay so long as both parties are registered blood donors. Donald Duck cartoons were banned in Finland […]
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What Was Jesus Thinking? Matthew 9.9-13 Dr. Jim Denison Several years ago President Bush visited a nursing home, where he began visiting with the residents. One elderly woman in a wheelchair seemed rather disinterested in his presence. He approached her, smiled, patted her shoulder, and gently squeezed her frail hand. She smiled back but said […]
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