When the war in Ukraine began, many believed Russia would achieve a swift victory. However, the fact that the war will be a year old tomorrow proves the courage, trust, and persistence of the Ukrainian people—characteristics that should encourage and inspire Christians in today’s culture. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/fourfold-ukrainian-way-of-war/ https://www.den...
Feb 23, 2023•7 min
As the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes this Friday, many are asking if this is a new Cold War or even the beginning of World War III. After a year, what do we now know about the conflict? What can we predict for the future? Sir Lawrence Freedman offers insight into the classic warfare vs. total warfare tactics each side has taken. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denison...
Feb 22, 2023•8 min
The ongoing revival at Asbury University drew an estimated 15,000–20,000 people over the weekend. Revival services have begun at Samford University in Alabama, Cedarville University in Ohio, and Lee and Belmont Universities in Tennessee. Students have gathered at Baylor University in Texas to pray for revival. Over twenty college campuses have been affected so far. True revival begins when we want more of Jesus than we have. Do you? Why should you? Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins...
Feb 21, 2023•7 min
President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv today and walked with Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And, as we celebrate Presidents’ Day today, one historian asserts that George Washington would have hated it. Therein lies a lesson in power and humility. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/biden-kyiv-ukraine-surp...
Feb 20, 2023•7 min
It is estimated that roughly 50,000 more babies will be born each year as a result of the decision to overturn Roe v Wade last July. If current trends hold, many of them will grow up to become deeply distressed teens and adults. So what can Christians do to help? We can start by changing the way we see those our culture might consider to be a burden. Author: Ryan Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum....
Feb 17, 2023•6 min
The Satanic Temple is launching an online abortion clinic named “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic” in reference to the Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/satanic-temple-opens-online-abortion-clinic-names-it-for-samuel-alitos-mother/...
Feb 16, 2023•8 min
Going to church lowers your risk of a “death of despair” related to suicide, drug overdose, or alcohol poisoning. That fact is related to why people are experiencing a revival at Asbury University and why the writer of Hebrews exhorts Christians not to neglect meeting together as a church. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/three-reasons-going-to-church-lowers-deaths-o...
Feb 15, 2023•7 min
Article Description: The 2023 Asbury revival began during a call to confession on February 8, 2023, with 100 people falling to their knees and praying at an altar. The revival is ongoing. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/is-god-bringing-revival-to-asbury-and-america/...
Feb 14, 2023•8 min
As winners of Super Bowl LVII, the Kansas City Chiefs had to overcome three “curses.” Plus, there are fascinating parallels between watching American football and participating in American religion. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/kansas-city-chiefs-overcome-three-curses-to-win-super-bowl-lvii/...
Feb 13, 2023•8 min
“How did the greatest love story in history become known as a hate group?” Such questions motivate those behind the ministry called He Gets Us and, if you haven't seen their ads or billboards yet, the Super Bowl this Sunday night will offer the perfect chance to change that. But what is He Gets Us and why do they plan on investing a billion dollars in such campaigns over the next three years? Author: Ryan Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Learn more about He Gets Us with their Director of Gene...
Feb 10, 2023•8 min
According to American intelligence officials, China’s spy balloon program is part of a global surveillance effort to collect information on the military capabilities of countries around the world. Such a brazen act reveals the fact that laws do not have the intrinsic power to change character. So, individually, how can we truly act morally? Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-a...
Feb 09, 2023•8 min
President Biden gave his State of the Union address last night. Historically, State of the Union addresses rarely affect a president’s public standing, yet millions still watch. Why? The answer is relevant far beyond last night’s speech. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/why-do-we-watch-the-state-of-the-union-address/...
Feb 08, 2023•7 min
For $10, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your ex and feed it to an animal. But there are more dramatic examples of the enmity invading our culture, like the 77 percent of Americans who say our country’s partisan divide is deeper now than before the pandemic. As Christians, we are called to know Christ and make him known—but we too often settle for knowing about Christ rather than seeking to know Christ personally. How can we ensure we seek him for who he is? Author: Jim Denison, ...
Feb 07, 2023•8 min
The bird flu strain H5N1 has been infecting minks in Spain—unprecedented for mammals—and could signify the start of a deadlier pandemic than Covid-19. Naturally, our fight-or-flight response kicks in on hearing such news. This response has enormous spiritual implications as well. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/an-even-deadlier-pandemic-could-soon-be-here-what-you-s...
Feb 06, 2023•8 min
The old cliché that something went “the way of the dodo” could soon have a very different meaning. Scientists at Colossal Biosciences in Austin, Texas, are currently working to resurrect the bird that has become synonymous with extinction, and if your mind is trending toward Jurassic Park flashbacks as you read, you’re not too far off base. Their approach reminds us that sometimes the best way to make a big difference is by being content with incremental changes. Is the same true for Christians ...
Feb 03, 2023•7 min
Tom Brady retired from the NFL for the second time yesterday. It would seem that Brady was no longer satisfied with the direction of his life and career, which makes him an outlier in our society. According to Gallup, 85 percent of Americans are satisfied with their personal lives. This contrasts with only 23 percent who are satisfied with the direction of their country. What explains this wide disparity between the way we view our country and the way we view our personal lives? Author: Jim Deni...
Feb 02, 2023•8 min
Georgia police officer Jacob Kersey resigned from his position after being suspended for having posted a message to Facebook about his biblical stance on marriage. Kersey explained his response: “My integrity and Christian beliefs are at the core of who I am, and I will not abandon them.” His example is the opposite of what some Christians may do in succumbing to cultural pressure to privatize our faith, treating Jesus as a means to our ends—a temptation that is more subtle and attractive than w...
Feb 01, 2023•7 min
The White House announced yesterday that the US plans to end the coronavirus public health emergency on May 11. However, The World Health Organization is also currently monitoring nine “priority diseases” that pose the greatest public health risk, including “Disease X,” defined as “a serious international epidemic [that] could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease.” The brevity and uncertainty of life is on my mind and heart today because of something that happened two...
Jan 31, 2023•6 min
A golden, eight-foot female sculpture wearing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s signature lace collar now stands over the state courthouse in New York City. According to the New York Times , the sculptor titled her work “NOW” because “it was needed ‘now,’ at a time when women’s reproductive rights were under siege after the US Supreme Court in June overturned the constitutional right to abortion.” Critics see the sculpture in a very different light, some calling it a “hideous abortion ...
Jan 30, 2023•8 min
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was designated as such by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 to mark the date when the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated sixty years prior. But while nations around the world will set aside time today to remember those who died, the proper form of that remembrance remains a matter of some debate. And, as one museum learned, people are seldom shy when they feel you are not honoring that memory well. Author: Ryan ...
Jan 27, 2023•9 min
Pope Francis made headlines this week when he told the Associated Press that “being homosexual isn’t a crime.” However, Francis also called homosexuality a sin, though that quote was buried later in the article. If secular media can quote religious leaders in ways that appear to support an LGBTQ agenda, many will do so. This strategy consequently makes it harder for Christians who support biblical morality to do so publicly. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.d...
Jan 26, 2023•7 min
A UK army veteran was fined for praying silently near an abortion facility. A Michigan state law is threatening a Christian medical nonprofit for operating according to its Christian beliefs. Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov chose not to wear a rainbow jersey during warmups for the team’s recent Pride Night, citing his Russian Orthodox religious beliefs. Our culture is convinced that religion is so private, personal, and subjective that it should have no bearing on our public lives o...
Jan 25, 2023•8 min
A recent Dallas Morning News article reports that a high school teacher, a football coach, and an operations director of a large hospital network were among those arrested. However, the paper headlined its coverage by reporting that a “youth pastor” was arrested. When I saw the headline, my first thought was that the paper focused on a church leader in a way that is unfair to my faith as a Christian. Then I had to reconsider my reaction. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe:...
Jan 24, 2023•7 min
A gunman killed ten people and wounded ten others at a California ballroom dance club Saturday night following a Lunar New Year celebration. The gunman has since taken his own life and authorities are still searching for a motive. Such tragedies often turn many to God in their pain and need, but, as time passes, they return to the “real” world in which religion is outdated and irrelevant. Why is that? Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscrib...
Jan 23, 2023•8 min
The United States hit its debt ceiling on Thursday, and the Treasury Department responded by taking measures intended to buy more time before the country risks defaulting on its debt. But while the current fight may seem like a partisan war, history shows that both sides have been more than willing to “buy now, pay later” when it comes to their legislation. We can’t afford to make the same mistake when it comes to serving God. Author: Ryan Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://ww...
Jan 20, 2023•8 min
Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, new data shows that three abortion procedures were performed in Texas in August 2022, compared with 2,596 in June. This is a drop of more than 99 percent. As we can see, five decades of hard work by pro-life legal advocates and their allies is now saving thousands of lives. This is one reason Christians can—and should—use the government and other secular means to advance the cause of Christ. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://...
Jan 19, 2023•7 min
In 2021, LGBTQ students with the so-called Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP) filed a class-action lawsuit that would force religious schools to choose between abandoning their biblical beliefs or losing students who would be denied federal financial assistance. In their view, a school that upholds biblical sexuality illegally discriminates against those who disagree. But recently a federal judge in Oregon dismissed REAP’s lawsuit. What do recent news stories about religious freed...
Jan 18, 2023•8 min
With intense flooding and a 99 percent chance of a major earthquake within thirty years, is California under God’s judgment? The question is not only relevant to 40 million Californians but also to the rest of us. Are natural disasters a result of God’s judgment on sin? Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/do-recent-storms-mean-california-is-under-judgment/...
Jan 17, 2023•8 min
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is being celebrated across America today, and for good reason. Today we remember his life, celebrate his legacy, and commit ourselves to continuing the march for racial equality in America. As a coincidence of calendar, today is also National Religious Freedom Day. The intersection of these two celebrations illustrates a fact that relates directly to our lives and our national future. Author: Jim Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.or...
Jan 16, 2023•8 min
After a second batch of classified documents was found in the garage at President Biden's home in Delaware, pressure on the president continues to escalate with many comparing his mistakes to those of former President Trump. Politics is hardly the only place where we see that pattern, though. Why is it that we are tempted to pull ourselves up by dragging others down? And what does God's word have to say on the subject? Author: Ryan Denison, PhD Narrator: Chris Elkins Senior Pastors: Learn more a...
Jan 13, 2023•6 min
