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US intelligence agencies issued their 2024 Annual Threat Assessment this week, warning that our country faces an “increasingly fragile world order.” In the book of Job, we learn that God uses our challenges to rescue us from challenges and our suffering to save us from suffering. Today, we focus on how to take our anticipatory stress about tomorrow and transform it to inner strength found through...

NASA is preparing its Europa Clipper spaceship for an October launch to orbit Jupiter’s moon. The craft will include a poem that states we are “creatures of constant awe.” In our transactional culture, it is tempting to treat everything and everyone as a means to a personal end. Do you go to the Lord as a means to an end, or to be in awe of him as a transformed person? About Denison Forum and The...

Kate Middleton has been in the center of a media firestorm since abdominal surgery on January 16 removed her from the public eye. You likely follow news about the Princess of Wales and her family with some degree of interest. But knowing about the royal family and knowing them personally are two very different things. Do you know Jesus personally, or do you only know about him? About Denison Forum...

Oppenheimer won seven Academy Awards at the Oscars last night. The movie has been described as a “feel-bad hit for our feel-bad age.” In a culture of relative morality and pessimistic worldviews, we can rely on God’s principles found in the gospel to uniquely respond with the hope we long to embrace today.  About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim...

President Biden’s State of the Union address last night left many surprised, both by what he said and even more so by the way in which he said it. Yet, of all the policies and promises with which he filled more than an hour of airtime, how many does he actually have the power to accomplish? Moreover, should we see those roadblocks as a feature or a bug of our political system? The answers matter t...

President Biden will likely begin tonight’s address with the declaration, “The State of the Union is strong,” an assertion made by nearly every president in this setting since Ronald Reagan began the practice in 1983. In tonight’s case, some commentators will agree with the president’s claim, while others will disagree. Each will try to convince us that their version of reality is our reality. Thi...

Nikki Haley plans to suspend her Republican campaign for president after having won only Vermont and the District of Columbia. Donald Trump has won every other primary so far. And President Joe Biden has won every Democratic delegate awarded thus far. As the 2024 election looms, we must be wary of the internal threat of our politics becoming our religion and the external threat of AI altering our...

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states lack the power to reject presidential candidates on the grounds that they engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the US. This decision restores former President Donald Trump’s name to the Colorado ballot and ends similar challenges to his candidacy elsewhere. In a democratic republic in particular, and in life in general, autonomous authority can...

Unless the global community takes action, AI-enabled lethal autonomous weapons could soon fight our wars and choose their own targets. In fact, Ukrainian drone company Saker claims it’s already fielded a fully autonomous weapon using AI. Such technology could also be incorporated into nuclear weapons. How can we continue to live with faith in such a fearful world?  About Denison Forum and The Dail...

More than one hundred Palestinians were killed, with hundreds more injured, after Israeli troops opened fire in a chaotic situation surrounding the disbursement of food in Gaza yesterday. And while details continue to emerge, many nations have already made up their minds on who’s to blame. That tendency to ignore facts in favor of an easier narrative is found outside the Middle East as well and ca...

In honor of Leap Day, Krispy Kreme is giving a free dozen original glazed donuts to anyone who has a February 29 birthday. This news caused me to wonder: How many donuts could the company potentially give away? Whether your birthday is today or not, you should be grateful for today and for the next Leap Day in 2028—if we make it to 2028. This week’s news could cause us to be pessimistic about the...

“Yesterday” is one of the most haunting songs in the Beatles’ 213-song repertoire. Now, nearly sixty years later, Paul McCartney has explained its emotional bridge. The story is heartbreaking. We don’t have to live very long before we experience such pain ourselves from things we said and did to others and things they said and did to us. In our series on optimism in pessimistic times, how do we fi...

The New York Times is reporting that new satellites orbiting the Earth at very low altitudes “may result in a world where nothing is really off limits.” The satellites will be able to image objects as small as four inches. According to one critic, “This is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge.” A Harvard astrophysicist adds, “It’s taking us one step...

According to the Harvard Medical School, optimism helps reduce hypertension, protect against developing heart disease, lower respiratory tract infections, and benefit overall health. How, then, can we live with optimism in days like these? Our sustainable source of hope is not to be found in the circumstances of our daily lives, as a perusal of today’s news makes clear. About Denison Forum and The...

While much of the discussion in the week since Alexei Navalny’s death has centered on his legacy of opposing corruption in the Russian government, as well as that government’s role in his demise, his final years were defined as much by his faith as by his politics. And his transformation from a “militant atheist” to a professing Christian demonstrates an important truth about how we should relate...

The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled this week that the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies to frozen embryos. This decision classifies embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as “unborn children” and thus human lives, including those who were created in laboratories and then frozen. In response, a large Alabama hospital paused IVF treatments yesterday as health care providers...

Can someone who is sincere be sincerely wrong? Can a nation? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 commencement address at Harvard University offers decades-old insight that still aptly describes American culture. His words lead to hard questions we should ask ourselves today. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. Y...

“Couple to Throuple,” a new reality show on Peacock, tells the story of four couples who are curious about polyamory (“many loves”) and head to a resort where they begin dating a group of singles. Our secular culture has been increasingly promoting such “consensual non-monogamy.” What can those of us who believe in biblical morality say to persuade those who endorse and normalize polyamory? About...

Does life have a purpose that transcends the happenstance and coincidence of our chaotic world? If so, how do we find it each day? On this Presidents Day, consider the striking coincidences between presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, as well as the fascinating story of a Booth saving a Lincoln. In stories like these, there is some comfort in the sense that the world is not as random and chaotic as it...

Russia is developing a space-based nuclear weapon that “the United States does not have the ability to counter,” according to the New York Times. When asked if he could tell Americans not to worry, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan replied that it was “impossible to answer with a straight ‘yes.’” In times like these, we need to remember one of Christ’s most challenging commands. About Deniso...

“Hobby Lobby-funded Jesus Super Bowl ads can’t hide the hate that fuels the Christian right.” That recent article from Salon has Dr. Jim Denison wondering if the author had met the Green family. As Dr. Denison writes, “If she did, she would have to know that they are the furthest thing from a hateful threat to our country.” In the face of such rising threats to our faith and our future, do you som...

Americans are spending more on Valentine’s Day this year than ever before—a record $25.8 billion. Paradoxically, today is also Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Combining the two days feels a little like holding a birthday party and a funeral at the same time. The one is filled with romance, dining, and chocolates; the other connotes fasting, deprivation, and discipline. In actuality, the two...

According to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, 86 percent of Americans think Joe Biden, age 81, is too old to serve a second term as president; 62 percent say the same about Donald Trump, age 77. The average ages in the House and Senate are 58 and 64, respectively. What does the gerontological state of our leadership say about us? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was wr...

More than one hundred million people watched the Chiefs’ overtime victory over the 49ers in yesterday’s Super Bowl. What might surprise you is the number of fans watching yesterday’s game who have never watched football before. They are called “Chiefties.” The NFL has Taylor Swift to thank. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narra...

While you may not need another reason to watch this Sunday’s Super Bowl, I find the game more fun when I know a bit more about the players deciding its outcome. In particular, I like knowing which players are Christians and, it turns out, there are quite a few on both sidelines. There were two testimonies in particular, though, that stood out, and there’s a powerful lesson in their stories for all...