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Of Mustard and Men Matthew 13:31-32 James C. Denison Why are you paying $4 for gas? Blame Deng Xiaoping and a speech he gave in December of 1978. I just finished Fareed Zakaria’s eye-opening new book, The Post-American World. He tells the story: at a gathering of the Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee […]
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On the Treadmill Matthew 4:5-7 Dr. Jim Denison Tiger Woods is now being called the greatest golfer in history, and with good reason. I’m not surprised—I got to watch him as he won his first major championship. It was an incredible day. One of the great privileges of being pastor of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist […]
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One Fish Can Change the World Matthew 4:18-22 Dr. Jim Denison Edward Kimball was determined to win his Sunday school class to Jesus. A teenager named Dwight Moody tended to fall asleep on Sundays, but Kimball, undeterred, went to see him at his shoe store. Kimball tried to lead Moody to Christ, but thought he […]
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Outlaws for In-laws Matthew 1:1-17 Dr. Jim Denison The Christmas season is full of surprises. A lady was preparing her Christmas cookies. She heard a knock at the door. She went to find a man, clothes tattered, obviously looking to make some money. He asked her if there was anything he could do. She said, […]
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Own the Right Things Matthew 5:6 Dr. Jim Denison Tiger Woods has been on the front pages all last week, seeking his second British Open championship. After becoming the first player in 30 years to win the Masters and U. S. Open in succession, he was in position to win the Grand Slam—all four major […]
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Planting Trees You’ll Never Sit Under Dr. Jim Denison Matthew 13:1-23 Thesis: Your lasting success is defined by your spiritual effect on other lives Charles Spurgeon admonished his people: write your name on hearts, not headstones. Write your epitaph on the lives of those you influence. And your influence will be eternal. If you were […]
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Preach the Gospel, Then Use Words Matthew 5:14-16 Dr. Jim Denison Last weekend, on the Saturday before Valentine’s Day, I bought Janet a red rose in a bud vase, along with some other things. Clinging to the vase was this cute little red bear. I was in a hurry, so I bought it without a […]
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Putting God First Matthew 6:25-34 Dr. Jim Denison On Saturday morning, August 30, I read these words from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest: “Jesus Christ says, in effect, Don’t rejoice in successful service, but rejoice because you are rightly related to Me. The snare in Christian work is to rejoice in successful service, […]
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Putting Your Eggs in One Basket Matthew 28:1-10 Dr. Jim Denison He was a new clerk at the supermarket, his first day on the job. A lady told him she wanted to buy half a head of lettuce. He said, “I’ll have to go back and talk to the manager.” He went to the rear […]
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Seeing God Again for the First Time Matthew 17.1-8 Dr. Jim Denison Nearly forty years ago, one night around midnight, an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway in a drenching rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she was soaking wet as she tried to flag down a […]
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