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Strength for Stormy Days Matthew 14:22-36 Dr. Jim Denison I hate roller coasters. As long as I can remember, I have hated high places. Jesus said, “Lo I am with you always,” and that’s enough for me. So you can imagine what I think of roller coasters. They used to have simple names. Now those […]
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The Baby Who Made His Cradle Isaiah 9:6-7 / Colossians 1:15-20 Dr. Jim Denison We’re talking today about the power of power. The most recent BusinessWeek features the latest electronic gadgets: a cell phone which surfs the web, takes pictures, plays music, and makes video calls; a camera a which seamlessly connects to a Wi-Fi […]
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The Battle Is Not Yours, But God’s 2 Chronicles 20:20-26 James C. Denison Matthew Henry, the great Bible scholar, was once attacked by thieves and robbed of his wallet. He wrote these words in his diary: “Let me be thankful. First, I was never robbed before. Second, although they took my wallet, they didn’t take […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 28:1–10 The world watched last week as the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned. Two-thirds of the structure was destroyed, though the iconic twin towers were saved. Priceless artifacts were rescued as well. More than $1 billion has been contributed so far to the rebuilding effort. I have been to similar […]
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Topic Scripture: Luke 2:15-20 Last week, Janet and I were setting out our Christmas decorations. Many of them. Boxes and boxes of them, in fact. As we were doing so, she wondered what the Chinese workers who make our Christmas decorations think of the way we celebrate the Christmas holiday. It’s a great question. I […]
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The Family’s True Success Ephesians 6:1-4 Dr. Jim Denison Anna Jarvis initiated the idea of Mother’s Day in 1905, to honor the memory of her deceased mother. Nine years later, President Woodrow Wilson made this day a national observance. By Ms. Jarvis’s death, 43 countries around the world had joined the observance. We typically use […]
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The First Statue of Liberty Matthew 28:18-20 Dr. Jim Denison Once upon a time there was a stonecutter. He lived all alone. Though he had great skills, he was very poor. He lived in a tiny bamboo hut and wore tattered clothing. One day as the stonecutter worked with his hammer and chisel upon a […]
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The Fourth King Matthew 2.2 Dr. Jim Denison What do you give a King who has everything? The nation of Brunei sits on the northwest coast of the island of Indonesia in Southeast Asia. It occupies just over 2,200 square miles, about the size of Delaware, or the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex. 358,098 people live there, […]
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The Gift Only You Can Give Matthew 2:1-12 Dr. Jim Denison In 1858 a scientific expedition passed through what we today call the Grand Canyon. A young lieutenant wrote in his report: “This region is altogether valueless. It can be approached only from the South, and after entering it there is nothing to do but […]
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The Gospel According to Cleopas Luke 24:13-35 James C. Denison People send me lots of stories, some of which I can actually tell in church. Here’s my favorite so far this year. A man says, “As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral director to hold a graveside service for a homeless man […]
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