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Does democracy require morality? Character and the Spirit of God James C. Denison Morality is much in the news these days. In November, 2009 Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident, hitting a fire hydrant and a tree in his driveway in Orlando, Florida. As the investigation unfolded in the news media, we found […]
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Does God Want To Help You? Matthew 8:5-13 Dr. Jim Denison Meeting Billy Graham was one of the most moving experiences of my life. It was my privilege to lead the delegation which invited Dr. Graham to Texas Stadium for the Metroplex Mission in 2002. He was preaching a Mission in Fresno, California when we […]
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Father’s Day Resolutions Matthew 5:1-12 Dr. Jim Denison Three boys were bragging about their fathers. The first said, “My dad writes some words on paper and calls it a lawsuit, and they pay him for it.” The second said, “Yeah, well my dad writes some words on paper and calls it a prescription, and they […]
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Finishing Well Matthew 5:13 Dr. Jim Denison John Bisagno was for many years pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. When he was 20 years old and about to finish college, he was having dinner at his fiancée’s home one night. His future father-in-law, Dr. Paul Beck, had been in ministry for […]
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First Things First Matthew 22:34-40 Dr. Jim Denison Football season begins today. The best definition of football I’ve heard came from an English visitor’s first impression: 22 men in desperate need of rest, being watched by 70,000 people in desperate need of exercise. And the math only gets worse. The NFL estimates that 100 million […]
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Fish or Foul? Matthew 13:47-50 James C. Denison Now that the Democratic presidential primaries are finally over, I can declare my allegiance. I am for Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. At least that’s what their campaigns apparently believe. I am fascinated by politics. I’ve read biographies of at least 20 presidents, and […]
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Forgiving is for Giving Dr. Jim Denison Matthew 18:21-35 Thesis: We must forgive others to receive the forgiveness of God Americans lead the world in the consumption of aspirin, and in physical problems caused by stress. By the year 2020 depression will likely be the world’s second-most disabling disease, after heart disease. The World Health […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 18: 21‒35 A man named Dave Chernosky was asleep in the house in Aspen, Colorado, where he was staying with his twelve-year-old twin children. He heard a commotion in the kitchen and went to investigate. A four-hundred-pound bear was standing in front of the refrigerator. He had opened drawers and cabinets and […]
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Freedom Is Never Free Matthew 9:35-10:1 Dr. Jim Denison “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 […]
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From Good to Great Acts 9:1-6 Dr. Jim Denison On April 17, AD 29, Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. On Easter Sunday he rose from the grave, and the rest is history. History we continue today. But so much has changed since then. I read this week about a car remote now available. It will […]
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