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Finishing Well Matthew 5:13 Dr. Jim Denison John Bisagno was for many years pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. When he was 20 years old and about to finish college, he was having dinner at his fiancée’s home one night. His future father-in-law, Dr. Paul Beck, had been in ministry for […]
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God Before Us Psalm 23:1-3 James C. Denison It has been a strange week in the news. In a village in eastern India, a young girl was married to a stray dog to ward off an evil spirit. The girl is free to get married later in life to a man, without seeking a divorce […]
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God Beside Us Psalm 23:4 James C. Denison Before January 15, Chesley Sullenberger III was anything but a household name. A former Air Force fighter pilot, he is also the founder of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc., a consulting business. According to their website, their mission is “to utilize our expertise to apply the most effective […]
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God Deals With Us As Gently As He Can— Or As Harshly As He Must The life and legacy of Moses Dr. Jim Denison Exodus 7-10 A group of missionaries was forced to travel through a dangerous part of their region, an area where bandits had been active for weeks. When they camped for the […]
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God Knows Who You Are—Wherever you Are The life and legacy of Moses Dr. Jim Denison Exodus 1-2 The Book of Exodus stands in stark rejection of such spirituality. In Exodus, it’s all about God. He is the sovereign ruler of the world, not Pharaoh. His people are the chosen race, not the Egyptians. He […]
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God Knows Your Name—Be Sure You Know His The life and legacy of Moses Dr. Jim Denison Exodus 3-4 There is a story about the Methodists in Indiana holding their Annual Conference in 1870. At one point in the proceedings, the president of the college where they were meeting said, “I think we are living […]
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God Will Give the Victory— But You Must Fight the Battle The life and legacy of Moses Dr. Jim Denison Exodus 14-15 A commitment to the cause of freedom was made by those we will remember in this study. They risked their lives, their families, their entire nation and its survival. And our Judeo-Christian faith […]
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God Will Lead—But We Must Follow The life and legacy of Moses Dr. Jim Denison Exodus 11-13 Ronald Reagan’s death was a national event, as it should have been. What was it about him which made such an obvious and enduring impact on our country and people? His role in ending the Cold War and […]
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God Will Meet Your Needs—But First You Must Ask The life and legacy of Moses Dr. Jim Denison Exodus 16-18 As I write this commentary from my study in Dallas, Texas, I have just been to church in England. The Methodist Church of Great Britain has started the Internet’s first virtual church: churchoffools.com. I was […]
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Good News for Skeptics Isaiah 55:8-11 Dr. Jim Denison I read this week that no piece of paper can be folded more than seven times. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. Walt Disney, the inventor of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why. Women […]
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