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Playing Theological Scrabble Acts 13:16-23 Dr. Jim Denison I have an article written by someone with too much spare time. This person has played Scrabble in an unusual way: by rearranging the letters, “George Bush” becomes “He bugs Gore,” “dormitory” becomes “dirty room,” “the Morse code” spells “here come dots,” “slot machines” is “cash lost […]
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It Takes a Man to Be a Father 1 Kings 2:1-4 Dr. Jim Denison I can prove that fathers need a day like today. Consider some school-age children’s’ answers to the following questions: What did your mom need to know about your dad before she married him? She had to know his background. Like is […]
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When a Child Dies 2 Samuel 12:13-25 Dr. Jim Denison A little girl noticed some gray hair on her mother’s head and asked, “Why are some of your hairs white?” Her mother replied, “Every time you do something wrong, one of my hairs turns white.” The little girl thought about her answer for a moment […]
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A Cause Worth Its Cost 2 Samuel 5:1-10 Dr. Jim Denison Red Rountree is a 91-year-old man who walks with a cane, is hard of hearing, and pled guilty recently to stealing nearly $2,000 from a bank. According to the Associated Press, this is his third such robbery in less than five years. He held […]
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Commencing Well 1 Samuel 20:35-42 Dr. Jim Denison Thursday evening we each had a second once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the final episode of Friends aired, again. And in case you missed it, it will air again the following Thursday night. And probably each Thursday night for the next decade. More than 51 million people watched the episode […]
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The Sin of the Second Look 2 Samuel 11:1-5 Dr. Jim Denison There’s an old fable about a frog preparing to swim across a river. A venomous snake slithered up to him and asked for a ride across the swollen stream. The frog said, “If I pick you up, you will bite me and I […]
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On a Sling and a Prayer 1 Samuel 17:41-50 Dr. Jim Denison A shipwrecked sailor spent three years on a deserted island. You can imagine his joy to see a ship drop anchor in the bay. A small boat came ashore, and an officer handed the man a bunch of newspapers. The survivor was confused. […]
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Measuring Success As God Does 2 Samuel 12:24-25 Dr. Jim Denison The Pythagorean theorem in mathematics can be stated in 24 words. The Model Prayer takes 66 words to recite in English. Archimedes’ Principle requires 67 words. The Ten Commandments (in the King James Version) comprise 179 words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was composed of 286 […]
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