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Topical Scripture: Genesis 1:26–31 If you’re planning a solo climb of Mt. Everest this year, I have bad news for you: the Nepalese government has amended its mountaineering regulations. They are now prohibiting foreign individual climbers from scaling all mountains in the country without an escort. One reason for the new prohibition: Nearly three hundred people […]
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Straight Licks with Crooked Sticks John 6:1-13 Dr. Jim Denison This afternoon, the largest sporting event in the universe will take place. 715 million people watched the last World Cup final in 2006. Today’s final between Spain and the Netherlands will probably break all records. Raise your hand if you’re going to watch the match. […]
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Straight Licks with Crooked Sticks John 6:1-13 Dr. Jim Denison This afternoon, the largest sporting event in the universe will take place. 715 million people watched the last World Cup final in 2006. Today’s final between Spain and the Netherlands will probably break all records. Raise your hand if you’re going to watch the match. […]
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Taking God at His Word John 4:43-54 Dr. Jim Denison This week’s news reports that eyelash transplantation is the newest cosmetic surgery phenomenon. For $3,000 per eye, a surgeon will transplant hair from the back of your head to your eyelid. But there’s a down side: the hair grows just like the rest of your […]
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Thanking God for the Thorns Matthew 7:24-27 Dr. Jim Denison There is a group which monitors “top idiots of the year.” Here are some of their honorees, all of them true stories. A woman called the poison control center to report that her daughter had eaten some ants. The physician told her not to worry. […]
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The Cure for a Lost Soul John 14:1-9 Dr. Jim Denison Two weeks ago a dear friend told me this deeply spiritual story. It seems a lady phoned a Baptist pastor to say that she’d been visiting and wanted to join. “That’s wonderful,” he replied. “Yes, but first I’d like to ask you something. My […]
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The Cure for an Injured Soul John 9:1-7 Dr. Jim Denison Readers’ Digest recently reported on the Wacky Warning Label Contest and some of the actual warning labels it recognized this year. In 4th place: a five-inch fishing lure with three steel hooks and the label warning that it is “harmful if swallowed.” Let’s hope […]
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The Cure for Restless Hearts Revelation 2:18-28 Dr. Jim Denison Jesus wrote the longest letter in Revelation to its smallest church, proof that the issue we are studying today is crucial. Thyatira was located 40 miles due east of Pergamum. Its major importance was as a textile manufacturing center. Purple dye, the most coveted in […]
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The Cure for Complacent Souls Revelation 3:1-6 Dr. Jim Denison The church we’ll visit today was located in the most ideal city for Christianity in all of Revelation. If any church should have been alive and exciting, it was this one. And that was indeed their reputation, with everyone but Jesus. Sardis was located thirty […]
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The Gift You’ll Never Return Revelation 21:1-5 Dr. Jim Denison Once again, we flooded the stores on the day after Thanksgiving, a shopping day only to be rivaled by the day after Christmas (when we bring it all back and exchange it for other stuff). You could give the items listed in “The Twelve Days […]
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