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Facing North When the Market Goes South 1 Kings 17:7-16 Dr. Jim Denison Today we want to address the subject of finances and family, the economic downturn and its effect on our lives and relationships. Financial challenges are something I know something about. Trust me when I tell you that Janet did not marry me […]
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Leave It to Beavis 2 Chronicles 34:1-8 Dr. Jim Denison In May of 1993, a television show premiered on MTV whose name I cannot repeat in a sermon. You know the title: Beavis and . . . Beavis and his “associate” aired through 1997, though reruns are still being shown. The show dealt explicitly with […]
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When Good Kids Make Bad Friends John 15:9-17 Dr. Jim Denison Last weekend our family visited Janet’s parents in the Ozarks of north Arkansas. And so I got to do my favorite thing: floating down the White River, fishing for trout. I have never seen clearer, purer water than is in that river. I could […]
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When You Lose Someone You Love 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Dr. Jim Denison This has been one of the most challenging, and meaningful, weeks of my life. Challenging, because Janet has been in Cuba as part of our most recent mission team to go there. They had a powerful week with more clear evidence of God’s […]
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How to Choose Your Children John 21.15-19 / Acts 1.1-5 Dr. Jim Denison Genetic engineering is much in the news. The idea that parents can one day determine the sex, hair and eye color, abilities and capabilities of their unborn children is exciting to some and abhorrent to most of us. It is very troubling […]
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A Home in Your Microwave Luke 10:25-37 Dr. Jim Denison The microwave oven for homes was first sold in America in 1952, and it’s changed our lives so much that sociologists call us the “microwave society.” I’m old enough to remember when popping popcorn meant getting out the popper, putting in the oil, stirring in […]
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Erma Bombeck Was Right 2 Timothy 1:1-7 Dr. Jim Denison Erma Bombeck was above all a mother. Here’s how she describes Mother’s Day breakfast in her home: “A mixer whirs, out of control, then stops abruptly as a voice cries, ‘I’m telling.’ A dog barks and another voice says, ‘Get his paws out of there. […]
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How to Choose Your Father 2 Chronicles 29:1-2 Dr. Jim Denison A boy was asked what his dad was good for. He had a number of answers: “A dad is good for putting worms on a hook. He is good for telling your great-aunt you don’t want her to kiss you in public; for helping […]
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