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What is heaven like? Dr. Jim Denison When Ronald Reagan was running for Governor of California, a woman confronted him by his car one day and berated him severely. Finally she said, “I wouldn’t vote for you if you were St. Peter.” He smiled and replied, “No problem. If I were St. Peter, you wouldn’t […]
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What Is Heaven Like? Revelation 21:1-5 Dr. Jim Denison When Ronald Reagan was running for Governor of California, a woman confronted him by his car one day and berated him severely. Finally she said, “I wouldn’t vote for you if you were St. Peter.” He smiled and replied, “No problem. If I were St. Peter, […]
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What Is Hell Like? Luke 16.19-31 Dr. Jim Denison This week I found out about a Y2K problem which has nothing to do with computers. How many times have you been to a cemetery and seen headstones already in place for the spouse of the deceased, with the birth year followed by 19–? Assuming the […]
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What Jesus Doesn’t Know Matthew 24.36-44 Dr. Jim Denison This morning we begin with life-changing facts: the shortest war in history was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896; Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. Dueling is legal in Paraguay so long as both parties are registered blood donors. Donald Duck cartoons were banned in Finland […]
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What Was Jesus Thinking? Matthew 9.9-13 Dr. Jim Denison Several years ago President Bush visited a nursing home, where he began visiting with the residents. One elderly woman in a wheelchair seemed rather disinterested in his presence. He approached her, smiled, patted her shoulder, and gently squeezed her frail hand. She smiled back but said […]
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Topical Scripture: John 2:1-11 Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God —Elizabeth Barrett Browning In the summer of 1994, the Associated Press reported a robbery which ended in a very unusual way. In Conway, Arkansas, Cindy Hartman was awakened by the telephone. As she started to answer it, she was stopped […]
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What’s Your Problem? John 2:1-11 Dr. Jim Denison Thesis: We should give our needs to Jesus as Mary did— in simple faith and obedience In the summer of 1994 the Associated Press reported a robbery which ended in a very unusual way. In Conway, Arkansas, Cindy Hartman was awakened by the telephone. As she started […]
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When It’s Hard to Say No Studies in the Book of Revelation Dr. Jim Denison Revelation 2:12-17 Jesus’ letters are addressed in a circular route. From Smyrna, the road north followed the coastline some 40 miles before turning in a northeastern direction up the valley of the Caicus River. About 10 miles from the Aegean […]
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When It’s Not Your Fault Revelation 2:8-11 Dr. Jim Denison I read this week about two men who tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the panel off the machine, they pulled the bumper off their […]
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When Life Makes No Sense Studies in the Book of Revelation Dr. Jim Denison Revelation 2:1-7 Ephesus was the greatest city in Asia Minor and was often called Lumen Asiae, “the light of Asia.” It was the wealthiest city in Asia Minor and had the greatest harbor in that part of the world. Three lucrative […]
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