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Dr. Lori Denning discusses the complexities of Israel's judges, Gideon and Samson, highlighting themes of pride and broken covenants.

Dr. Lori Denning turns to two of Israel’s most complicated judges, Gideon and Samson, and shows how gifted, Spirit-empowered men and women can unravel under the weight of pride and broken covenants, and why their stories are less a museum exhibit than a mirror. YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dOm_VzXsybc FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook &nb...

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Hosts: Hank Smith, John Bytheway

Guest: Dr. Lori Denning

Topics covered

• Israel's judges
• Gideon
• Samson
• pride
• broken covenants
• spiritual empowerment

Keywords

• Judges
• Gideon
• Samson
• pride
• covenants
• spirituality
• religion

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Books & works: Judges, Come, Follow Me

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