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The Secret to Christmas Joy Matthew 1:1-17 Dr. Jim Denison Christmas started me on the road to moral ruin. In first grade, our class was melting crayons into drawings of the Wise Men. I finished early and asked the teacher if I could do whatever I wanted. She said yes, so I melted a crayon […]
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The Secret to Christmas Love Matthew 1:18-25 Dr. Jim Denison My father grew up on a farm in Kansas, where mechanics were harder to find than cornerbacks for the Cowboys. As he explained it, if you’re harvesting a wheat field and the tractor breaks down, you can either fix it yourself or walk a long […]
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The Stars of Christmas Matthew 2:1-2 Dr. Jim Denison Have you heard of Honus Wagner? If you find one of his baseball cards, you’ll be glad to know what you’re about to learn: only seven remain in existence, and are worth half a million dollars apiece. All that for a piece of cardboard. A Philadelphia […]
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The Untold Story of Christmas Luke 2.8-14 Dr. Jim Denison Over the years that I have been a preacher, I have presented many messages as monologues. I have been Joseph, Mary’s husband; a shepherd at Christmas; I’ve been the thief on the cross; Samuel of the Old Testament; the innkeeper in Bethlehem; even a Wise […]
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Unopened Christmas Gifts Matthew 3:1-12 Dr. Jim Denison I have always been jealous of those who have an easier time decorating for Christmas than I do. For instance, a friend in Atlanta had a closet built in his new house specifically for his artificial Christmas tree. He put the tree on rollers, then glued on […]
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When You Wish Upon a Star Matthew 2:1-12 James C. Denison Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre died and went to heaven. God was showing him around, and they came to a modest little house with a faded Packers flag in the window. “This house is yours for eternity, Brett,” said God. “This is very […]
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