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Of Mustard and Men Matthew 13:31-32 James C. Denison Why are you paying $4 for gas? Blame Deng Xiaoping and a speech he gave in December of 1978. I just finished Fareed Zakaria’s eye-opening new book, The Post-American World. He tells the story: at a gathering of the Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee […]
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Once Every 365,250 Days Acts 16:6-15 Dr. Jim Denison Days like yesterday don’t come along very often. In fact, it has been 365,250 days since the world last stepped into a new millennium. And a few things have changed since then. Restaurants now have entire dining rooms for cell-phone users. The military has developed miniature […]
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Outlaws for In-laws Matthew 1:1-17 Dr. Jim Denison The Christmas season is full of surprises. A lady was preparing her Christmas cookies. She heard a knock at the door. She went to find a man, clothes tattered, obviously looking to make some money. He asked her if there was anything he could do. She said, […]
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Peace Is Born This Day Luke 2:1-7 Dr. Jim Denison This is the Advent week of peace. Does the topic appeal to anyone this morning? “Al Qaeda: Alive and Killing” (Newsweek, 11-25-02). “Ready to move in: U.S. forces could be primed to start fighting Iraq again in short order” (Time, 12-2-02). “Ammunition plant fired up” […]
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Peace Is the Absence of Fear Isaiah 9:6-7 / Luke 2:8-14 Dr. Jim Denison There is good news for our hectic world: scientists have determined that our earth is spinning more slowly with each passing day. In merely 200 million years, a day will have 25 hours in it; in 400 million years, we’ll have […]
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Peace, Be Still Mark 4:31-35 Dr. Jim Denison A friend sent me these actual newspaper headlines: “Include your children when baking cookies”; “Iraqi head seeks arms”; “Miners refuse to work after death”; If strike isn’t settled quickly, it may last a while”; “Typhoon rips through cemetery; hundreds dead”; “Kids make nutritious snacks”; and most insightful […]
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Putting Your Eggs in One Basket Matthew 28:1-10 Dr. Jim Denison He was a new clerk at the supermarket, his first day on the job. A lady told him she wanted to buy half a head of lettuce. He said, “I’ll have to go back and talk to the manager.” He went to the rear […]
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Santa Claus Goes to Church 1 John 1 Dr. Jim Denison Nicholas of Myra was born around AD 270 in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. He became bishop of Myra, was exiled and imprisoned by Emperor Diocletian, released by Constantine the Great, and died in Myra around AD 350. In 987 he was named the patron […]
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Setting Captives Free Matthew 21:1-11 Dr. Jim Denison This week has brought great victory to our coalition forces in Iraq. You’ll always remember the Saddam statue’s fall in Baghdad on Wednesday. Now we begin the process of rebuilding that nation. In that light, this story may be of interest to you. When in England at […]
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Soulhacking Luke 2:8-20 James C. Denison I learned a new term this week: “Lifehacking.” This is the word being used in the computer world to describe programs which are supposed to make our lives easier. Software to organize our to-do lists, programs to prioritize our priorities, reminders set for all hours of the day and […]
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