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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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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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Making Peace with Your Past Matthew 9:9-13 Dr. Jim Denison We’re discussing today the topic, “making peace with your past.” There’s apparently a lot of past to make peace with. For instance, this week’s New York Times reports on the growth of the armored car industry. Car makers are producing vehicles with windows two inches […]
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How to Find Your Heart Matthew 10:1-10 Dr. Jim Denison This past Tuesday, amid much ceremony and tradition, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI. I wish my experiences in church work could be so dignified. I should have known pastoral ministry was not all pomp and circumstance in my first pastorate, on the […]
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The Solution for a Stressed Soul Matthew 11:28-30 Dr. Jim Denison Rogers Cadenhead is one stressed individual. The Florida resident and technology author registered www.benedictXVI.com shortly before the new pope took that name. Now he’s heard offers from all kinds of businesses which want to purchase the site. He promises not to sell it to […]
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Help for Desperate Housewives Matthew 12:46-50 Dr. Jim Denison Laura Bush made history with her remarks at the White House Correspondents Dinner last Saturday night. Her most repeated line complains that her husband, “Mr. Excitement,” is in bed each night by 9:00 o’clock, leaving her to watch “Desperate Housewives.” Then she added, “I am a […]
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The God Who Sends and Saves Matthew 18:1-4, 12-14 Dr. Jim Denison, Senior Pastor Vacation Bible School begins Monday; here’s a sense of what our teachers are up against. A boy named Tim was in the garden filling in a hole when his neighbor peered over the fence and asked politely, “What are you doing […]
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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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