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The Gift Your Soul Needs Most Colossians 2:9-15 Dr. Jim Denison Last Tuesday morning I needed to get a book at one of the local bookstores. I had not yet purchased Janet’s Valentine’s Day card, and knew time was running out and nothing would be left. Turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong. The […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 19:16–26 National Pizza Day is today. Americans should celebrate this day, since we eat one hundred acres of pizza a day, 350 slices a second. In less fattening news, this morning we were treated to the first supermoon of 2020 as well. Native Americans called it the “snow” moon because it usually […]
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The Most Important Question on Earth Revelation 21:1-5 Dr. Jim Denison A dear friend sent me this story. A man says, “I’ve been married 25 years. I took a look at my wife one day and said, ‘Honey, 25 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed and […]
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The Only Way to Life Matthew 7:13-14 Dr. Jim Denison Where did you go on vacation this summer? How much work was it to prepare? You studied your options, read travel brochures, contacted travel agents and friends. You chose the location and manner of travel, reserved plane tickets and hotel rooms and admissions. You chose […]
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The Peril of Lukewarm Christianity Revelation 3:14-22 Dr. Jim Denison Jim Cymbala is pastor of the world-famous Brooklyn Tabernacle Church. But 30 years ago, it wasn’t that way at all: a handful of people at the weekday prayer meeting, and not many more at Sunday worship. Their building was falling apart, their future with it. […]
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The price of personal integrity Esther 3 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: we will pay a price for our Christian commitment, but God will redeem it Persuade: to stand for God when you are tested True character is what you do in private when no one is looking. But you will always pay a price for […]
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The Second Coming and Your Soul Revelation 22:1-7, 20-21 Dr. Jim Denison This week a friend sent me some words to live by: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: “Take two aspirin” and “Keep away from children.” “When I die, I […]
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The Secret and Your Soul Genesis 3:1-5 James C. Denison The Secret by Rhonda Byrne has sold more than seven million copies to date. It’s been featured on Oprah Winfrey and talk shows around the country, made into a movie, and is now downloaded as an Internet video. Here are some excerpts which summarize its […]
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The Worst Words in All the Bible Matthew 7:21-23 Dr. Jim Denison Janet has been out of town this week at a writer’s conference, so I’ve been cooking. So far we’ve had Italian, Chinese, and Mexican—whatever we can order in or eat out. Janet used to cook and stock the refrigerator if she was going […]
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Theology for Tsunamis Dr. Jim Denison Matthew 2:13-18 On December 26, scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu forecast a massive tsunami within 15 minutes of the Indonesian earthquake, but did not have phone numbers to call to warn those in Southeast Asia. None of the countries most severely affected had a tsunami […]
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