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Does God Always Heal? John 4:46-54 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: Jesus always heals—physically, spiritually, or eternally A friend in our congregation recently sent me an interesting e-mail. It seems that he was watching a particular news commentator on television one night, and heard the reporter try to make his point by saying, “There’s the passage […]
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Topical Scripture: John 5:1–9 The coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, continues to dominate the news. The death toll stands at fifty-six this morning, with confirmed cases now in Washington State, California, and Chicago. Sixty-three Americans are being monitored for the illness. Chinese officials have enacted travel restrictions affecting nearly sixty million people, roughly the […]
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To Open Blind Eyes, First Open Yours John 9:1-7 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: Jesus heals us as he healed this man, and now calls us to join him in his ministry of compassion The following report to a state industrial commission was filed by a worker who was injured in the act of repairing a […]
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Topical Scripture: Mark 5:24–34 A woman finished shopping, went to her car, and found four men sitting inside. She dropped her bags, pulled her handgun, and yelled: “Get out of the car. I have a gun and know how to use it!” The men scrambled out of the car and ran off. Relieved, she set […]
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When God Lets You Down Matthew 8:1-17 Dr. Jim Denison Ed Diener, a University of Illinois psychologist, has news which may be bad or good, depending on your point of view. He compared the overall happiness and well-being of the billionaires and millionaires on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans, and the Maasai […]
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