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The Super Bowl of the Soul Galatians 3.26-4.7 Dr. Jim Denison Last year’s Super Bowl was watched by 127.5 million people, and the game the year before by 130,754,000. The ten most watched programs of all time are nine Super Bowls and the women’s skating final of the 1994 Winter Olympics, oddly enough. Companies will […]
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The Vision of True Success Acts 16:6-10 Dr. Jim Denison Someone has observed, “Change is good unless it happens.” Well, it has happened. Sociologists say that 90% of all the change in human history has occurred in the last hundred years. Much has been good. Life expectancy has increased from 46 to 74 years for […]
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The Wisest Investment You’ll Ever Make Genesis 39:6-10 Dr. Jim Denison Thomas Edison said of one of his inventions, “The phonograph is not of any commercial value.” Astronomer Simon Newcomb proclaimed in 1902, “Flight by machines heavier than air is impractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.” Thomas J. Watson, IMB chairman in 1943, announced, […]
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Trouble Valley Joshua 7: 1-26 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: sin prevents the power of God in our lives. Goal: Confess specific sins that you might know the power and purpose of God for your lives and ministries. On April 10, 1912, the ship Titanic left Southampton for New York. She was four city blocks long […]
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What is the Unpardonable Sin? Matthew 12:30-32 Dr. Jim Denison For three weeks during the presidential campaign of 1988, two California whales gained more global attention than candidates Bush and Dukakis. “Bonnett” and “Crossbeak,” as they were named by marine biologists, had become trapped in Alaska as an early winter iced them in. Eskimos were […]
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What’s So Amazing About Grace? John 20:24-29 Dr. Jim Denison More people than ever before are asking to be buried or cremated with their mobile phones. The trend began in South Africa, and has spread from there. In Cape Town, people who believe in witchcraft fear they could fall under a spell, be put to […]
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When You Fear the Future Matthew 6:28-33 Dr. Jim Denison A little girl was attending a wedding for the first time. She whispered to her mother, “Why is the bride dressed in white?” Her mother answered, “Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life.” The child thought […]
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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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When You’re Afraid to Follow God 2 Timothy 1:1-12 Dr. Jim Denison We’re talking this morning about fear. Apparently, the experts think we have much to discuss. It’s a new year, so you could have Neophobia, the fear of anything new. Given your location, you might suffer from Ecclesiophobia, the fear of being in church. […]
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Who Will Win the Oscar? Matthew 6:1 Dr. Jim Denison Last Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for this year’s Academy Awards. The winners will each receive something called an “Oscar,” though no one knows why. One possible answer is that early on, the Academy librarian said the statuette […]
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