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The US government is facing a shutdown soon that could affect hundreds of thousands. Here we find another example of the fact that what happens in the halls of power affects people far from them. Let’s reflect on this reality in light of the most urgent moral issue of our time: abortion. Author: Jim Denison, PhD  Narrator: Chris Elkins  Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe  Read The Da...

A leaked Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) training video instructs staff to confirm that men can get pregnant and encourages them to refer to a pre-born baby as an “embryo” or “fetus.” The VA training video correctly states, “Language has a profound impact on what people hear and learn.” Therein lies Dr. Denison’s point as he describes our culture’s pervasive four-part strategy to normalize unb...

Senator John Fetterman’s (D–Pa.) preferred clothing of shorts and a hoodie generated national headlines when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he was relaxing the Senate’s longstanding requirement that its members wear a suit on the floor. The backlash was immediate and bipartisan. Author: Jim Denison, PhD  Narrator: Chris Elkins  Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe ...

Andy Stanley and his church are in the news once again in the buildup to the Unconditional Conference they’ll host next week. The event appears to focus on helping people understand how to minister to LGBTQ+ children and youth and has already generated controversy within Christian circles. But is controversy the right response? How should Christians engage with this subject? Author: Ryan Denison,...

In his quest to live forever, multimillionaire tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has spent more than $4 million developing a life-extension system he calls Blueprint. But one expert said, “If you want immortality, you should go to a church.” Johnson is passionately pursuing an idea at the cost of other priorities and values. As Christians, are we doing the same in passionately pursuing the kind of l...

A man in Jacksonville, Florida, held signs reminding others of their worth during National Suicide Prevention Month, a reminder we all need as the number of deaths by suicide in the US has increased in the last year to its highest rate ever. What can we do to make a practical difference in our hurting world? One biblical answer is both counterintuitive and countercultural, but it offers hope we ca...

Five thousand people attended a worship service at Auburn University last week. When a student wanted to be baptized, a crowd gathered at a nearby lake—and roughly two hundred people gave their lives to Christ and were baptized. The act of baptism visibly sets Christians apart from the world. How else can we live in ways that are so different from our fallen culture as to be both distinctive and a...

The number of people in the US living to at least one hundred years old has doubled over the last decade. The reason may surprise you, and this reason leads Dr. Jim Denison to wonder if the same trait holds true for the longevity of a nation. The Lord said of ancient Israel, “My people did not listen to my voice” (Psalm 81:11), “so I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own cou...

As Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un meet to discuss exchanging weapons for rockets, Russia has also stepped up its efforts to silence critics within the church. What can those actions teach us about how to truly “honor the emperor” without prioritizing the government over the gospel?  Author: Ryan Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Art...

In the first eleven days of September, eight devastating flood events unfolded on four continents. The US has already set a record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year, with four months still to go. Meanwhile, Apple’s latest product-launch event unveiled even more sophisticated innovations. But all that such high tech can do about the weather is to report the present and attempt to predi...

Were the wildfires on Maui the result of a secret “weather weapon” being tested by the US? Should money being spent on the war in Ukraine be spent at home for disaster relief instead? If you believe the disinformation campaigns currently being waged by China and Russia, you’re likely to say yes to both questions. In this day of AI-generated fake videos, images, and stories, we can expect the probl...

This morning, millions know what happened to Jets QB Aaron Rodgers. Fewer—but possibly still millions—know what happened to Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. Both men are in the news because they’re celebrities and their experiences make headlines. By contrast, some of the most significant events of our lives can become routine over time and lose their apparent urgency, like the 9/11 attacks. To...

As two new victims of the 9/11 attacks have been identified on this twenty-second anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, Dr. Denison reflects on three attributes of God that are relevant today: his empathy in our grief, his reason in our confusion, and his hope in our fear. None of us is guaranteed tomorrow, so how can we best live for God today? Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris El...

While this Sunday marks the start of the NFL’s regular season for most teams—an unofficial holiday for many football fans—it has the potential to be life-changing for reasons that have little to do with sports. September 10 is also World Suicide Prevention Day, and a number of organizations are partnering to use the NFL's platform to help speak to people who might be thinking about taking thei...

Five-year-old Edison Juel of Seattle raised $17,000 for Lahaina relief through his lemonade stand. His heart for generosity and helping others is a life principle worth considering, especially as our culture becomes increasingly anti-religion. When we can help others by sharing our faith, how can we as Christians defend our faith without becoming defensive or taking up arms in the culture wars? Au...

Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks, who specializes in happiness studies, explained in a recent Harvard Business Review interview that our collective happiness “took a real big dip when social media came along” and was further exacerbated by the coronavirus. So how do we fix that? For Christians, the answer lies in knowing the difference between means as ends and means to an eternal end. Author: J...

How did the tradition that you can’t wear white after Labor Day begin? And what does it say about our culture that the tradition no longer holds as much sway? In other news, China has fallen on significant economic hard times in recent years. If that can happen to such a world superpower, should America still feel confident about its present and future? And what role should we play as Christians i...

Singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett died Friday at 76 from Merkel cell skin cancer. And Sarah Young, author of the popular “Jesus Calling” devotional, died last Thursday after suffering from various illnesses for years. When famous people die, we can’t help but consider our own mortality and the legacy we’ll leave when we pass. How should your belief in God and heaven empower your wor...

Across much of this week, the focus has been on how natural disasters like Hurricane Idalia can lead us to question God's goodness and force us to wrestle with the existence of suffering in this world. Today, let’s continue that discussion by taking it a step further to discuss why such suffering is not only redeemable but necessary in light of God's goodness. Author: Ryan Denison, PhD Nar...

Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida’s Big Bend area yesterday morning. Some residents who chose to ride out the storm at home had to “swim out of their windows” to escape waves of water crashing through their front doors. In other news, a fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing at least seventy-three people as of this morning. And today is the ann...

Hurricane Idalia strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm early this morning and is expected to make landfall soon on the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service predicts the storm will “likely be an unprecedented event” for the area, noting that no major hurricanes have struck this region in recorded history and adding, “When you try to compare this storm to oth...

Idalia has strengthened to hurricane force and is expected to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast tomorrow as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, resulting in 1,800 lives lost. Natural catastrophes like hurricanes starkly remind us of our mortality, and Christians and non-Christians often minimize the fact of death. So how can we best maximize our ti...

Sixty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famed “I Have A Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the March on Washington. Last Saturday, thousands of Americans gathered in our nation’s capital to commemorate the event. The same day, a white gunman killed three Black people in a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, before shooting himself. The...

The Los Angeles Dodgers recently held their first Christian Faith and Family Day since 2019, featuring the likes of actor Chris Pratt, pitcher Clayton Kershaw, manager Dave Roberts, and singer Jeremy Camp. Eighteen Major League teams host similar Faith and Family nights. While the details can vary from place to place, they continue a decades-long tradition, one that still has a lot to teach us tod...

The first presidential debate of the 2024 election was held last night. In light of this political season, let’s consider three relevant questions for us as Christians: What biblical principles guide our political engagement? How should we treat those with whom we disagree politically? Can politics become an idol? Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.o...