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By Dr. James C. Denison President, The Center for Informed Faith, Dallas, Texas You are here on purpose.  You are not an accident, or the coincidence of random chaos.  God made you for a reason. You are the greatest miracle you know.  Your body consists of 206 bones, wrapped with ...

Church is an important element of Christian life. Aside from the benefits of the physical structure of the church, which provides believers with a place to come together and worship, the spiritual nature enables and embodies Christian’s coming together and worshipping God in his presence. With this in mind, making ...

By Rick Warren Every pastor needs a mentor. No matter what stage you are in your ministry, you need someone to coach you. All sorts of organizations use the mentoring process to make people better at what they do. In medicine, doctors mentor younger doctors. In music, musicians mentor other ...

Come To Jesus What does it mean to “Come to Jesus”? It means agreeing with what the Bible says about Jesus. Take a look: What Coming to Jesus is Not It is not about repeating a sinner’s prayer It is not about walking down an aisle Is is not about ...

  Why pray? Written by Jim Denison A friend sent me this essay.  It quickly hit home with me—see if it does with you. Satan called a worldwide convention.  In his opening address to his demons, he said, “We can’t keep the Christians from going to church.  We can’t keep ...

One of my favorite childhood memories is watching Star Wars in the theater in 1977. I (along with an entire nation) was awestruck. Nothing like that had ever been done before. We were all sucked into a new world of spaceships, lightsabers, strange creatures, and distant galaxies. But of all the things that ...

I wish you Health So you may enjoy each day in comfort I wish you the Love of friends and family And Peace within your heart I wish you the Beauty of nature That you may enjoy the work of God I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities For those ...

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. (Acts 17:24–25) ...

Some call him Sinterklaas. Others Pere Noel or Papa Noel. He’s been known as Hoteiosho, Sonnerklaas, Father Christmas, Jelly Belly, and to most English speakers, Santa Claus. His original name was Nicholas, which means victorious. He was born in AD 280 in what is now Turkey. He was orphaned at age nine when his parents ...

   Just because an opportunity presents itself, and it looks appealing, doesn’t necessarily mean it is from God. And likewise, just because an open door looks a little uncertain, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t walk through it. The key is knowing how to discern if an opportunity is really an open ...