In remembering 9/11, we remember our frailty and mortality. In seeing Charles III become king following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we see an illustration of Christians being born again into God’s royal family—and a reason not to fear death. To support Denison Forum through North Texas Giving Day, visit www.TheDailyArticle.org today. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe...
Sep 12, 2022•10 min
Shortly before Queen Elizabeth II’s death was announced yesterday, a double rainbow appeared over Buckingham Palace. World leaders have since praised the Queen’s life, legacy, and Christian faith, noting her servant heart and godly character. Please see our website for more on the queen’s faith and legacy . For more biblical encouragement throughout your day, please follow me @jimdenison on Twitter . Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe...
Sep 09, 2022•8 min
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died on September 8, 2022, at the age of ninety-six. How did her Christianity influence her life and reign? Click here for a brief biography in historical context, “ The life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II ,” by Dr. Ryan Denison. Author: Dr. Jim Denison Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe...
Sep 08, 2022•7 min
Per Gallup, at least 50 percent of the American workforce is “quiet quitting.” They are meeting their job description and nothing more. This fact reveals something deeply significant about our culture and our faith. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe
Sep 08, 2022•7 min
The Walt Disney Company, through its FXX Network, is releasing an animated sitcom series called Little Demon, which features the Devil and his Antichrist daughter. The TikTok hashtag #WitchTok has 20.5 billion views. Yet Christians must beware of the dangers of stepping into any occult practices. If you’re a pastor or church leader, please consider subscribing to A Pastor’s View , our twice-a-week email newsletter of encouragement for your calling as a leader within the church. Author: Jim Denis...
Sep 07, 2022•8 min
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will be appointed as Britain’s new prime minister by Queen Elizabeth in an unorthodox location. In The Daily Article for September 6, 2022, Jim Denison, PhD, considers “the finitude of the human condition” and the sin of presumption that Christians are often tempted to commit. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe
Sep 06, 2022•7 min
Canadian police are searching this morning for two men suspected of stabbing at least ten people to death in a rampage that has shocked the nation. At least fifteen others were injured in the killing spree. In The Daily Article for September 5, 2022, Jim Denison, PhD, considers the fallenness and finitude of humans and the difference between mercy and grace. Visit our online bookstore today, load your cart, then be sure to use the code DFLABORDAY for 25% off. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: C...
Sep 05, 2022•8 min
President Joe Biden delivered a speech last night from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, saying that the “soul” of the nation is under threat from MAGA Republicans. The Republican National Committee, in turn, called Mr. Biden the “divider-in-chief.” When political parties see the other as a hostile threat, how can Christians live and speak such that America can renew its moral and spiritual commitments without further strife and division? Visit our online bookstore today, load your cart, then b...
Sep 02, 2022•8 min
David Leonhardt of the New York Times recently wrote an insightful article detailing Facebook's four main problems: age, innovation, the metaverse, and antitrust issues. In Facebook's decline as a popular social media destination, Denison Forum staff writer Chris Elkins sees parallels with the church at large. Is the church too big to fail, or does the church need to assess its issues before it's too late? Author: Chris Elkins Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscri...
Sep 01, 2022•10 min
A new poll asked Americans about changes in the US political climate, including whether divisions have worsened and what they expect for the future. The divisions and distrust reflected in these polls are ominous for our future as the “United” States of America. In The Daily Article for September 1, 2022, Jim Denison, PhD, considers the plausibility of another civil war occurring in America, relates a sobering history lesson concerning the fall of the Babylonian Empire, and concludes by quoting ...
Sep 01, 2022•7 min
BeReal has exploded in popularity, partially due to its claims to defy all of the “inauthentic” parts of Instagram and TikTok. The app encourages you to take a picture of your normal life. With no ability to edit the photos, BeReal claims it can provide the fun of interacting with friends without the downsides of other social media. How does BeReal work? And does the app achieve true authenticity? Author: Mark Legg Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe...
Aug 31, 2022•6 min
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, passed away yesterday at the age of ninety-one. When he came to power in 1985, he introduced key political and economic reforms to the USSR that helped end the Cold War without the firing of a single shot. For his courageous leadership, he was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. However, many Russians today do not view him in a positive light. In The Daily Article for August 31, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers the tension of Russian–America...
Aug 31, 2022•8 min
A university student has raised more than $159,000 in donations to help him adopt a baby he found abandoned in a trash can while visiting his family in Haiti. Other headlines, like Serena Williams’ first-round US Open victory last night after having announced her retirement earlier this month, encourage us. But when people act in hurtful ways, we feel worse about human nature. In The Daily Article for August 30, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers how we measure God by the evidence, then looks at th...
Aug 30, 2022•8 min•Ep. 1
According to a statement by The Village Church, a woman approached pastor Matt Chandler a few months ago with “concerns about the way he was using direct messaging on social media with a woman who was not his wife.” Chandler told the church yesterday that the messages were not sexual or romantic but that they crossed a line with their “frequency” and “familiarity.” He has since been placed on a leave of absence for “disciplinary and developmental” reasons. In The Daily Article for August 29, 202...
Aug 29, 2022•8 min•Ep. 1
A driver and monitor on a school bus in Dallas, Texas, helped save two children who were caught up and nearly swept away in the recent flooding in our area. The driver said later, “It had to be God to send me that way because I don’t normally go that way.” In The Daily Article for August 26, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison looks at the bleak state of schools resuming amid increased violence and anxiety, turns to Arthur C. Brooks on how to change minds, and concludes with a reminder that “the key to living...
Aug 26, 2022•8 min
The war in Ukraine drags on into its sixth bloody month. Instead of a swift Russian victory as Putin expected, the conflict might continue for years. However, as Russian troops “liberate” Ukraine by shelling cities and occupying towns, the low-income Russian soldiers loot houses in suburban areas. Instead of finding a backward country in need of Russian rescue, they find the Ukrainians more well off than themselves. Click here for more information on the violent history between Ukraine and Russi...
Aug 25, 2022•8 min
President Biden announced yesterday that he would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans earning less than $125,000 per year or households earning less than $250,000. In The Daily Article for August 25, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses the pros and cons of student loan forgiveness before turning to “our quest for self-advancement” and our need as Christians to lose our life for Jesus’ sake (Matthew 16:25). Author: Dr. Jim Denison Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforu...
Aug 25, 2022•8 min
Technology has made it harder to escape bullies, as they can now follow you wherever you go through social media, and that's contributed greatly to higher levels of stress and less emotional margin for teens and children. And such stress is not confined to young people, with many adults now beginning to experience similar kinds of cyberbullying as the move to working remotely eliminates many of the social barriers that helped to check such actions in the office. So what are some steps we can tak...
Aug 24, 2022•9 min
If Rep. Liz Cheney runs for president in 2024 against Joe Biden and Donald Trump, her effect would likely not be her intent, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. In other news, the UN is preparing to declare abortion a “human right.” In The Daily Article for August 24, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers these stories and more as he looks at how Christian truth has come to be culturally defined at hate speech and why our culture has “exchanged the truth about God for a lie.” Author: Dr. Jim De...
Aug 24, 2022•9 min
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci announced yesterday that he will step down in December as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. The response appears to be partisan, as many Democrats praised Dr. Fauci and many Republicans criticized him. In The Daily Article for August 23, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers what the divided response says about our country and why Christians should exemplify a third way that pursues God while see...
Aug 23, 2022•8 min
The former director of the CIA recently claimed that the modern-day Republican Party is the most “dangerous” political force he has ever seen. Today’s levels of political divisiveness and hatred challenge our confidence in democracy itself. In The Daily Article for August 22, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison argues that it is urgent for Christians to be part of the solution and not part of the problem, and that we must refuse to condemn those with whom we disagree. Author: Dr. Jim Denison Narrator: Chris E...
Aug 22, 2022•9 min
A pastor’s sermon in Kansas City went viral recently for all the wrong reasons: during his message, he lambasted his congregation for not buying him the luxury watch he had requested. But here’s the good news: the pastor later apologized for what he called his “inexcusable” remarks. In The Daily Article for August 19, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers religion as transaction and religion as relationship, asks if America is or will soon be under God’s judgment, and whether Christians in America are...
Aug 19, 2022•8 min
A robot dog with a rocket-propelled grenade strapped to its back has been unveiled at a Russian arms fair. Two high school students in California have identified two new scorpion species (as though we needed any more). These stories and others illustrate our mortality. However, my purpose is not to depress us but to encourage us. Since we have only this day, we are free to focus fully on this day. When we do that, we experience the eternal significance of present faithfulness. Author: Dr. Jim De...
Aug 18, 2022•6 min
In light of its failed response to COVID-19, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced yesterday a “reset” that will focus on making the CDC quicker to respond to new health threats. The US Dept. of Justice is investigating the SBC. And Hillsong Church is being sued by a whistleblower. In The Daily Article for August 18, 2022, Dr. Jim also discusses the problem with “political religion,” our need for accountability, and how submitting to the ...
Aug 18, 2022•7 min
It is frustrating to face enemies we thought we had already defeated. A new study reports that even a “relatively small nuclear war” would “create a worldwide food crisis lasting at least a decade in which hundreds of millions would starve.” We thought the demise of the Cold War would lower the prospects of nuclear confrontation, but this existential and cataclysmic threat clearly persists. When we face daunting challenges, it is human nature to try harder to do better. But still our crises pers...
Aug 17, 2022•8 min
As a result of her opposition to the former president, Liz Cheney was defeated last night in a landslide, losing the Republican primary to Harriet Hageman, a political newcomer who was endorsed by Trump. In The Daily Article for August 17, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison also quotes from Thomas S. Kidd’s book on Thomas Jefferson, noting that Jefferson, as well as our current society, has a “dissonance between stated belief and practiced reality.” He then shares the news of author Frederick Buechner’s deat...
Aug 17, 2022•8 min
A caregiver in the UK named Kayrin Callaghan knew who she wanted for her bridesmaids the moment her fiancé proposed to her. Kayrin has supported a woman with Down syndrome for two years and also helps three others. She asked the four of them to be part of her wedding. In the midst of pain and tragedy, stories of hope stand out like a ray of sunshine on a stormy day. But there’s a deeper reason we resonate with stories of grace: we were created by grace to experience grace and to give the grace w...
Aug 16, 2022•7 min
Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, age twenty, was one of thirteen American troops killed outside of the Kabul airport on August 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive. Nearly a year later, his older brother died on August 9 as a result of suicide at his little brother’s memorial. In The Daily Article for August 16, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison reports that, despite the drastic and worsening conditions in Afghanistan, the church is growing amidst persecution. For more on showing and sharing God’...
Aug 16, 2022•9 min
The supergiant star Betelgeuse is now somewhat smaller after experiencing what scientists describe as an unprecedented massive stellar eruption. Two spiral galaxies are merging. And researchers say they have discovered the first definitive proof that the moon inherited gases from the earth’s mantle. One reason we should enjoy learning about the massive size and unfathomable complexity of the physical universe. For a text version of this Daily Article click this link, " Supergiant Betelgeuse has ...
Aug 15, 2022•8 min
The school board in Fargo, North Dakota, has voted to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance due to the words “under God.” Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed roughly ten times Friday as he prepared to speak at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. And a perceptive essay in the New York Times explains why Iran remains such a threat to the US. In The Daily Article for August 15, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers these news stories and why Christians should embrace our missional command to “...
Aug 15, 2022•9 min
