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Luke 20:27-40

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King Duncan

... people we come in contact with are searching for meaning. They may not ask the right questions. They might even try to trick us or make us look foolish, but they are searching. We have opportunities to set the record straight. The late Dr. Harry Denman saw every encounter he had with other people as such an opportunity. He traveled frequently and knew that some of the loneliest people on earth could be found in motel and hotel bars. Once while attending a denominational board meeting he went into one hotel ...

2. Am I In Shape Spiritually? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

1 Timothy 4:1-16

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J. Howard Olds

... of elections, legislation, self-congratulations. Conferences in Wesley’s day were composed of soul searching prayer, mutual accountability, and Christian fellowship. Every year Annual Conferences gives out a Harry Denman Evangelism Award. I have one hanging in my office, as do thousands of others. One year the Kentucky lay recipient of the Denman award was a Sunday school teacher from a little church in rural Kentucky. The young woman stepped to the microphone, visibly shaking from head to toe, confessing ...

3. Make Disciples—Intentionally

Matthew 28:16-20

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J. Howard Olds

... box, but he had a lot of wisdom in his mind. He couldn't afford a boat, but that never seemed to deter him either. According to Jesse Lewis if you want to catch fish: Go to the right place, Fish the right way, Do it at the right time. Harry Denman, the legendary director of the Board of Discipleship, used to say to colleagues after meetings, “Let's go fishing." They would have rather played cards or at least read the Bible, but ...

4. You Can Be Intelligent

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

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Michael B. Brown

... , read the Sermon on the Mount. When relational difficulties demand action, read of his dealings with publicans and prostitutes, the lame and the lost. Read the 15th chapter of Luke and its stories of reclamation and grace. Spend time in prayer, remembering as Harry Denman used to say that "prayer is essentially listening to God." And seek the counsel of a trusted Christian minister or friend. In those ways we can usually determine what Jesus would have done had he walked in our shoes. 2 -- Second, a wise ...

5. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

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Robert G. Tuttle

... - created and recreated in Christ Jesus. The big question is, how do you receive this saving grace? As he pulled away from the shore on the sea of Galilee, Jesus once said to the disciples, "Get in the boat." But how do you get in the boat with Christ? Harry Denman told a story of an old preacher working with a small boy at the altar in a revival meeting. He knelt by the boy and prayed with him. Then he paused and asked, "Son, do you feel anything?" The boy answered, "No!" The preacher prayed some more and ...

6. Easter Headlines

Matthew 28:1-10

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Bill Bouknight

... all eternity. But Easter morning guaranteed that one day every knee shall bow and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. The second Easter sub-title that interprets resurrection is this: THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH. The late great Methodist evangelist Harry Denman never spoke of a funeral for a Christian. Instead, he called it a coronation service. Life after death...that's what those unfortunate cultists were seeking through mass suicide out in California. The Evil One who is the world's greatest ...

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