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Who Will Win the Oscar? Matthew 6:1 Dr. Jim Denison Last Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for this year’s Academy Awards. The winners will each receive something called an “Oscar,” though no one knows why. One possible answer is that early on, the Academy librarian said the statuette […]
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Topic Scripture: 28:1-10 Easter last fell on April Fools’ Day in 1956. We’ve waited sixty-two years to see the irony in their alignment. On this day in 1996, Taco Bell announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. The company boasted, “Taco Bell’s heritage and imagery have […]
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Why Do God’s People Suffer? Matthew 5:10-12 Dr. Jim Denison Innocent suffering is the greatest single problem confronting the Christian faith. We Christians believe three facts about God: God is all loving—he would want to end evil and suffering, it would seem. God is all powerful—he could end evil and suffering. Evil exists—it is not […]
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Winning in the Fourth Quarter Matthew 4:12-25 Dr. Jim Denison Today’s Super Bowl will be the biggest sporting event of the year. Last year 144 million people saw all or part of the game, in 230 countries around the world. Television ads are going for $2.4 million each. Imagine the pressure for the players on […]
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Winning the Battle of the Mind Matthew 5:27-30 Dr. Jim Denison Dios te bendiga! Estoy contento de estar aqui con nuestra. Thus I began my sermons in Cuba last week: “God bless you. We are very happy to be with you.” And we were, for God did marvelous miracles before our very eyes. Each time […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30 When we follow Jesus, we die to the old life and live only for the new. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us how to live this new life, the biblical worldview, the life of a disciple. Today he deals with sexual sin and adultery. Is this an issue […]
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Scripture: Matthew 9:1-8 Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer. It is also the end of hot dog season. According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, hot dogs are consumed most often between Memorial Day and Labor Day. I had no idea there was such a thing as the National Hot Dog […]
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Your Utmost for His Highest Matthew 5:13 Dr. Jim Denison A few days ago, the PBS program Frontline presented a special edition entitled “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero.” The show described ways people have responded to the question, “Where was God on 9-11?” Most of the news was not good. Marian Fontana, writer: “I […]
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