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Washing Soles and Souls Matthew 4:23, John 13:34-35 Dr. Jim Denison Houston Baptist University, my alma mater, required an identification card of every student every year. I still have mine for 1978, my junior year, with my picture complete with mustache and sideburns. Why have I kept it? Because my ID number that year was […]
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Weapons of Mass Construction John 21:15-19 Dr. Jim Denison Last Sunday morning, Dr. John Plotts announced this weekend’s events in a way which I have borrowed today. He referenced the war in Iraq, then showed that we are in a spiritual war in Dallas. In Iraq we are fighting to prevent the use of weapons […]
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Well-intentioned Dragons Acts 5:1-16 Dr. Jim Denison This week I found this list of actual label instructions on consumer goods: On a Sears hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping. On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. On some Swanson frozen dinners: Serving suggestion: defrost. On Marks […]
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What Are You Waiting For? James 4:13-17 James C. Denison We’re beginning today with a little test a friend emailed me this week. Let’s see how you score. You are running in a race and overtake the second person. What position are you in? Second place. If you overtake the last person, what position are […]
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What Happens to Those Who Never Hear? Matthew 5:13-16 James C. Denison A friend recently sent me an essay titled “Ode to Plurals.” It goes like this. We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, and two are called […]
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What You See Is What We Get Matthew 4.20-22 / Luke 5.1-11 Dr. Jim Denison William Barclay said, “Many people saw steam raise the lid of a kettle; only James Watt went on to think of a steam engine. Many people saw an apple fall; only Isaac Newton went on to think out the law […]
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name Acts 4:32-37 Dr. Jim Denison It was his first day on the job. He was a new clerk in the produce department of a super market. A lady came up to him and said that she wanted to buy half a head of lettuce. He tried to talk her out […]
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Who Will You Bring to Jesus? Dr. Jim Denison Luke 14:15-24 Thesis: “Grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.” Augustine I once heard the famous preacher Frederick Sampson tell about spending a summer on his uncle’s farm. His first morning, his […]
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Why Does God Allow War? John 20:10-18 Dr. Jim Denison Why does God allow war? I trust we understand that he does not cause it. Japanese bombers invading Pearl Harbor, or Hitler’s tanks invading Poland, or Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait or harboring weapons of mass destruction—these things cause war. It is a simple fact, regardless […]
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Writing Acts 29 Acts 1.1-8 Dr. Jim Denison This morning we have an unusual Scripture passage—the entire book of Acts. Don’t worry—we won’t be reading the text past lunch. For the rest of January we’ll be discussing themes within the Apostolic Christian movement, the church of the Book of Acts. And so today we’ll overview […]
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