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[email protected] Is your tongue tamed? Dr. Jim Denison James 3:1-12 What is the most hateful or hurtful thing anyone has said to you? How long ago did they say it? Why do the words still hurt? Has anyone hurt you more than with their words? I was in elementary school, probably the second or third […]
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Fight Fear With Faith John 6:5-21 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: true faith in Jesus will defeat every fear we face Bill and Vonette Bright were hard at work on the UCLA campus, seeking to win students to faith in Christ. But results were mediocre, and their supporters feared for the future of this ministry. Then, […]
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Get Rid of Guilt Genesis 6:1-8 Dr. Jim Denison My brother was the kickoff speaker for this fall’s Men’s Bible Study. Mark began with a mind trick I want to try on you today. It worked when he did it–let’s see if it works this morning. Pick a number between one and ten. Double it. […]
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Getting a Grip on Guilt Psalm 51 James C. Denison On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, an armistice ending hostilities with Germany went into effect. Its result was the eventual end of World War I. As a consequence, “Armistice Day” was observed each November 11. In 1954, […]
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Getting Rid of Guilt 1 John 1 James C. Denison A teacher gave her fourth-grade class a list of famous sayings and asked them to complete each one. Here are some of the results: Better be safe than . . . punch a 5th grader. Don’t bite the hand that . . . looks dirty. […]
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God Has a Dream for You Genesis 37:3-11 Dr. Jim Denison William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, England, in 1849, and was crippled since childhood. His most famous poem captures the spirit which drove him past his challenges: Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I […]
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Topical Scripture: Judges 2:6-16 A young Malian who immigrated to France will be made a French citizen and has been offered a job by the Paris fire brigade. This after he saved a child dangling from a balcony. Mamoudou Gassama climbed up four floors of the apartment building in seconds and rescued the child. He […]
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Great Risk, Great Reward Matthew 5:10-16 Dr. Jim Denison Today’s Bible study has but one point: Jesus rewards most fully those who pay a price to follow him. The greater the cost, the risk, the sacrifice, the greater the life, the joy, the peace, the reward. We progress in proportion to the fare we are […]
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Help for the Weary Soul Matthew 11:28-30 Dr. Jim Denison I bring you greetings from the Baptist World Alliance, which met last week in Melbourne, Australia. It’s summer “down under,” 90 degrees and beautiful, but someone’s got to go “suffer for Jesus.” I learned to say “g’day, mates,” saw some kangaroos and koala bears, and […]
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Topical Scripture: Judges 11 The big news of the week was President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the US Supreme Court. For the next several weeks, we will learn a great deal about Judge Kavanaugh. Those who support his nomination will tell his story very differently from those who oppose it. By contrast, one […]
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