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[email protected] Are you where you’re supposed to be? Dr. Jim Denison James 1:1 For many in our society, place = success. Janet and I moved to Atlanta in 1994 to pastor Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church. The church is located in “Buckhead,” a strange name for a residential area. The name comes from a tavern […]
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Planting Trees You’ll Never Sit Under Dr. Jim Denison Matthew 13:1-23 Thesis: Your lasting success is defined by your spiritual effect on other lives Charles Spurgeon admonished his people: write your name on hearts, not headstones. Write your epitaph on the lives of those you influence. And your influence will be eternal. If you were […]
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Success Remixed Colossians 1:1-14 James C. Denison Last Sunday’s Super Bowl was watched by an estimated one billion people worldwide. And quickly forgotten by everyone except the 800,000 or so residents of Indianapolis. Quick: who won last year? The Pittsburgh Steelers. Who lost? The Seattle Seahawks. Who made it all the way to the Super […]
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The Courage for True Success Acts 14:19-20 Dr. Jim Denison Dr. Bill Austin, the former Baylor chaplain, enjoyed telling this story on himself. Years earlier in his ministry, God led him from one pastorate to another. An elderly lady in the church he was leaving came to him with great sadness. “We’ll never find another […]
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The Key to True Success 2 Corinthians 5.16-21 Dr. Jim Denison We’re talking about true success today. In financial terms, Bill Gates comes to mind first. His personal net worth soared above $100 billion before last year’s economic downturn, when it dropped to a mere $55 billion. He could buy every single major league team […]
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The One Thing You Need to Know Colossians 1:1-8 Dr. Jim Denison 2006 is off to an unsettling beginning. Athletic success is uncertain. Vince Young led the University of Texas to its first national title since 1970. Meanwhile, Maurice Clarett, the freshman who did the same for Ohio State a few years back, is under […]
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The Power for True Success Colossians 1:21-29 Dr. Jim Denison A friend recently sent me a Peanuts cartoon, in which Snoopy is typing a letter. It says, “Dear IRS, I am writing to you to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list.” If only it were that easy. April 15 is […]
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The Price of True Success Galatians 2:11-21 Dr. Jim Denison A friend taped a cartoon to my study door this week. It pictures a very frazzled-looking man, sitting next to an excited woman, with a huge stack of money on the table in front of them. The sign at the table says, “Criticize the Pastor: […]
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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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