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[email protected] Are your ambitions pure? Dr. Jim Denison James 3:13-18 Verse 13. Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show by the good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom. Who returns us to the teachers of 3:1, as speech and wisdom are both liable to abuse (Robertson 45). While “who” may point […]
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Faith in a Time of War John 20:1-9 Dr. Jim Denison Last Monday evening, President Bush told the world that diplomatic efforts in Iraq had ended, giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave or face military conflict. That period has ended, and the conflict has begun. This morning we face a confusing mixture of feelings […]
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Fake Faith Colossians 2:16-23 Dr. Jim Denison Some criminals need to be in jail for their own protection. For instance, I read this week about a man who attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street. However, the confused criminal plugged his hose into the motor home’s sewage tank by […]
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Fashions for the Soul Colossians 3:12-17 Dr. Jim Denison Spring Break has just ended for most of us, so it must indeed be Spring. With the new season comes the new season’s fashions, or so I hear. One website says, “This year’s look is flirty, fun and fabulously feminine. Have it both ways with trim, […]
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Final Preparations Joshua 5:1-12 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: We can win spiritual battles only when we are prepared spiritually. Goal: Identify disciplines by which we are prepared for spiritual warfare today. In John Bunyan’s classic Pilgrim’s Progress, the main character is appropriately named Christian. Early in his pilgrimage, Christian arrives at the House Beautiful, where […]
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First Things First Matthew 22:34-40 Dr. Jim Denison Football season begins today. The best definition of football I’ve heard came from an English visitor’s first impression: 22 men in desperate need of rest, being watched by 70,000 people in desperate need of exercise. And the math only gets worse. The NFL estimates that 100 million […]
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Topical Scripture: Joshua 1:1–9 The coronavirus pandemic presents us with challenges unprecedented in a century. Not since the 1918 flu pandemic have we faced a disease with such a global impact on every dimension of our lives. As we move into these uncharted days, it is vital that we follow the One who knows where […]
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Forgiving is for Giving Dr. Jim Denison Matthew 18:21-35 Thesis: We must forgive others to receive the forgiveness of God Americans lead the world in the consumption of aspirin, and in physical problems caused by stress. By the year 2020 depression will likely be the world’s second-most disabling disease, after heart disease. The World Health […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 18: 21‒35 A man named Dave Chernosky was asleep in the house in Aspen, Colorado, where he was staying with his twelve-year-old twin children. He heard a commotion in the kitchen and went to investigate. A four-hundred-pound bear was standing in front of the refrigerator. He had opened drawers and cabinets and […]
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Gaining What You Cannot Lose Colossians 1:24-29 Dr. Jim Denison “The End of the Spear” is the current movie which retells the 20th century’s most powerful missionary story. Fifty years ago, on January 8, 1956, Nate Saint, Jim Elliott, and three other American missionaries were killed by spear-wielding tribesmen in the Ecuadorian jungle. Nate Saint’s […]
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