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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:9 A friend sent me these first-grade proverbs. The teacher gave the kids the first half of the sentence, and they supplied the rest: “Don’t bite the hand that . . . looks dirty.” “If you lie down with dogs, you’ll . . . stink in the morning.” “A penny saved is […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:6 I saw some interesting signs recently: On a plumber’s truck: “We repair what your husband fixed.” At an optometrist’s office: “If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place.” Outside a muffler shop: “No appointment necessary. We heard you coming.” Seen at a café: “If our […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:4 Memorial Day may be the most confusing holiday of the year. It began in 1864 in response to the Battle of Gettysburg when women from Pennsylvania put flowers on the graves of their fallen soldiers. The next year, a group of women decorated the graves of soldiers buried in Vicksburg, Mississippi. […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3 Israel has been the hinge of history for forty centuries. From the time of Abraham to today, superpowers to the south and the north have fought on its narrow plains. One city, Megiddo, was destroyed and rebuilt twenty-seven times. Jerusalem has been besieged fifty times and destroyed ten times. Across the […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:21–24 Ryan Diviney was a star athlete in high school before enrolling in West Virginia University in Morgantown. He planned to go into law and dreamed of becoming a judge or even a US senator. On November 7, 2009, he and a friend got into a verbal altercation with some young men […]
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Using Babylonian Kings Matthew 5:33-37 Dr. Jim Denison Jeff Warren was a long-time staff member here at Park Cities, and is now the very effective senior pastor of First Baptist Church in McKinney. Shortly after I came to Dallas, Jeff taught me how to cuss and be a Baptist preacher: use Babylonian kings’ names. When […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37 Many years ago, I learned how to cuss and be a Baptist preacher: use Babylonian kings’ names. When you miss a three-foot putt say “Belshazzer!” When someone cuts you off on the interstate say “Nebuchadnezzar!” It works. Jesus wants to talk with us about our language today. And we need the […]
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Where Was God On 9-11? Matthew 5:11-12 Dr. Jim Denison A good friend in our church recently showed me a travel brochure she picked up years ago while visiting in New York City. It is from the World Trade Center, and describes the twin towers and the view from the topmost observation deck. The brochure’s […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30 When we follow Jesus, we die to the old life and live only for the new. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us how to live this new life, the biblical worldview, the life of a disciple. Today he deals with sexual sin and adultery. Is this an issue […]
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Winning the Battle of the Mind Matthew 5:27-30 Dr. Jim Denison Dios te bendiga! Estoy contento de estar aqui con nuestra. Thus I began my sermons in Cuba last week: “God bless you. We are very happy to be with you.” And we were, for God did marvelous miracles before our very eyes. Each time […]
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