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God’s Power for God’s Purpose Stephen, the Man God Crowned Dr. Jim Denison Acts 6:8-7:60 I recently taught a course titled, “The Faith of the Presidents.” Week three was devoted to Abraham Lincoln, the consensus choice of historians as the greatest president in our nation’s history. Many believe that his genius and courage were more […]
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The Cure for a Fruitless Soul John 15:1-17 Dr. Jim Denison A man was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap which measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He soon received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. He sent the police department a photograph of […]
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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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The Gospel Paradox Mark 1:14-20 James C. Denison There were many ways to call people in the biblical era. Kings could send messengers to summon you to their palace. Generals could dispatch sentries to enlist you in their wars. “Trumpets,” rams’-horns called the “shofar,” were a common way of warning people of impending attack, or […]
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The Need for Speed 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 James C. Denison BlackBerries and other personal digital assistants are so much a fact of life that Hyatt hotels now offer a special hand, arm, and thumb massage called “BlackBerry Balm.” Google considered changing its search engine to show 30 results rather than 10, but people didn’t want […]
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The Safest Place in All the World to Be Matthew 4:18-25 James C. Denison A “conundrum” is an intricate and difficult problem. For instance, what 11-letter word is pronounced incorrectly by more than 99 percent of Ivy League graduates? “Incorrectly.” Care to try again? I’m sitting at a table. Ten flies are on the table. […]
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The Story of Jim the Farmer Mark 4:1-20 Dr. Jim Denison Every day in America 108,000 people move; the government issues 50 more pages of regulations; 40 Americans turn 100; we purchase 45,000 new cars and trucks and wreck 87,000; 20,000 people write letters to the president; dogs bit 11,000 citizens, including 20 mail carriers; […]
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What Happens to Those Who Never Hear? Matthew 5:13-16 James C. Denison A friend recently sent me an essay titled “Ode to Plurals.” It goes like this. We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, and two are called […]
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What You See Is What We Get Matthew 4.20-22 / Luke 5.1-11 Dr. Jim Denison William Barclay said, “Many people saw steam raise the lid of a kettle; only James Watt went on to think of a steam engine. Many people saw an apple fall; only Isaac Newton went on to think out the law […]
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Who Will You Bring to Jesus? Dr. Jim Denison Luke 14:15-24 Thesis: “Grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.” Augustine I once heard the famous preacher Frederick Sampson tell about spending a summer on his uncle’s farm. His first morning, his […]
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