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Topical Scripture: Matthew 27:45–54; Mark 15:21 Whom do you trust? Ninety-three percent of Americans say that they and nobody else determine what is and isn’t right in their lives. Eighty-four percent say they would violate the established rules of their religion if they thought those rules were wrong. Apparently, we trust ourselves. However, 91 percent […]
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Authentic Happiness Matthew 5:14-16 Dr. Jim Denison What will make you happy? Here are some options in the news recently. “Pocket Deities” are figurines of Francis of Assisi and the Virgin of Guadalupe. A press release says, “Tuck one of these … into your pocket or bag and take the protective spirit of these deities […]
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Baptism on Monday Matthew 28:18-20 Dr. Jim Denison A couple of weeks ago, the Dallas Morning News carried one of the strangest stories I’ve seen in a while. It seems that Beverly Mitchell of Douglasville, Georgia came home from 2½ weeks in Greece to find a stranger living in her house. Beverly Valentine broke in […]
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Changed People Can Change the World James C. Denison You and I are living in a day of unprecedented change. Sociologists tell us that 90% of all the changes which have occurred in human history have taken place in the last 100 years; 90% of these have occurred in the last ten years. For example: […]
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Citizens of Two Countries Matthew 22:15-22 “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle […]
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Come to the Party Matthew 28:18-20 / 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Dr. Jim Denison According to tradition, Queen Victoria of England looked out her castle window one morning and saw a beautiful flower blooming. It was early spring and the flower was unusual. Delighting in its beauty, she stationed a palace guard by the flower to […]
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Crowds Change Nothing–Disciples Change the World Matthew 21:1-11 Dr. Jim Denison Eugene Colvin was one of our church’s most popular members. Eugene struggled with cerebral palsy his entire life. He was in a wheelchair by the time I met him. But that chair could not contain his spirit or his joy. All of us remember […]
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Dancing With the Devil Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 James C. Denison You may know that Miller Cunningham, our Pastor of Worship, drives a pickup truck. I read in this week’s Dallas Morning News that it’s a good thing our church isn’t located in Frisco. They have a city ordinance prohibiting all trucks from parking overnight in […]
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Darth Vader Doesn’t Wear Gray Matthew 16:13-20 Dr. Jim Denison As everyone in the so-called “civilized world” knows, the final Star Wars movie opened this week. The first Star Wars movie, made back in 1977, used 360 visual effects; the last episode has 2,151. The six movies have sold $9 billion in merchandise to date. […]
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Death by a Thousand Chihuahuas Matthew 4:18-19 Dr. Jim Denison Do you live by a calendar and a clock, or a compass? Some of us are governed by our calendars. We keep them at our desks, hang them on our walls, or carry them in our pockets. We record them with pencils or computers. And […]
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