For more about the first four Spiritual Awakenings and the need for a Fifth Awakening, see the attached manuscript. There is a Fifth Great Awakening occurring in our world today. According to David Barrett, author of the World Christian Encyclopedia, 82,000 people become Christians every day. More are coming to Christ than at any time in Christian history. Today, 32,000 ... more
Published: 01/04/2011 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: 2Ch 7: 13-14
Topic: Spiritual awakening | Series: None | Occasion: None
Families and relationships face brand-new challenges these days. This week's Dallas Morning News reported that the ten-year project to decode the human genome, the operating manual for how human beings are constructed, will be completed next month and available to the world over the Internet. We will be able to cure diseases, but also to design offspring and change human ... more
Published: 05/21/2000 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: Gen 39:
Topic: Relationships | Series: Keeping Relationships From Cracking | Occasion: None
A certain father said that it takes most of us 50 years to learn: 1. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time. 2. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can ... more
Published: 06/21/2000 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: 0:
Topic: Father | Series: None | Occasion: None
For a more-in depth version of this study download the attached PDF. When the foundations are destroyed, what are the righteous to do? I wanted to see for myself. For years I'd read and heard about "postmodernism," a new way of seeing truth and the world. Scholars claimed that this "paradigm shift" is leading to a world view unlike ... more
Published: 09/01/1998 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: 0:
Topic: Philosophy/Religion | Series: None | Occasion: None
When is divorce permissible biblically? When is it not? What does the Lord say about such a difficult subject? This is unfortunately a very common question. America has five percent of the world's population, but 50% of its divorces. Web sites, magazines, and support groups on the subject of divorce abound. In all the cacophony of voices speaking ... more
Published: 01/04/2011 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: None:
Topic: Marriage | Series: None | Occasion: None
A biblical 12-step program for handling lust: Expect to be tempted: "The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension ... more
Published: 03/24/2005 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: Jm 4: 1-12
Topic: Relationships | Series: Faith at Work: The book of James today | Occasion: None
Morality is much in the news these days. In November, 2009 Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident, hitting a fire hydrant and a tree in his driveway in Orlando, Florida. As the investigation unfolded in the news media, we found out about Tiger's many affairs and his subsequent treatment for sex addition. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben ... more
Published: 04/28/2010 | By: Jim Denison | Scripture: Mt 5: 21-48
Topic: Morality | Series: None | Occasion: None