Jim Denison

• Strongly Rooted Faith Can Discern Truth in Trying Times Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  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,” to a...
• Does Our Preferred Dress Code Affect Our Christian Witness? Monday, September 25, 2023
  A reporter for the New York Post attempted to gain entrance to some of New York City’s finest restaurants while wearing shorts and a hoodie, only to be turned away at the door by each...
• God Wants Us to Understand Him Intellectually and Know Him Intimately Thursday, September 21, 2023
  The wisest man who ever lived (apart from Christ) noted, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10). The greatest theologian in history added that in Christ “are hidden all...
• How to Love Well Wednesday, September 20, 2023
  Christians have a unique gift for our culture today: we alone can demonstrate the kindness of Christ by offering our best service to hurting souls while sharing the good news of God’s love. But we...
• God's People Must Live in a Way That Is Distinctive from Our Fallen Culture Tuesday, September 19, 2023
  Yesterday, we focused on the urgency of sharing God’s word with a nation that is sliding ever further from biblical morality. Today, let’s discuss the necessity of living in ways that are so...
• Is Serving Christ Enough for You? Monday, September 18, 2023
  The good news of the gospel is still “the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16). Billy Graham was right: “One of the Bible’s greatest truths is that our lives can be...
• A Reflection on the Pathway to Triumphant Faith Thursday, September 14, 2023
  Yesterday we focused on the biblical priority of spiritual discernment and the urgency of “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15). Today, let’s step further in this direction by considering...
• A Reflection on 'Speaking the Truth in Love' Wednesday, September 13, 2023
  We are told that we have no right to force our beliefs on others, which is a belief others seek to force on us. But the illogic of such statements is lost on those who make them. In the face of...
• A Post-9/11 Reflection on America's Future Tuesday, September 12, 2023
  There are three ways we know everything we know (called “channels of epistemology” by philosophers): the rational, the practical, and the intuitive. You do math rationally, you start your car...
• Reflections on Divine Empathy, Reason, and Hope Monday, September 11, 2023
  Today is the only anniversary in American history known simply by a number. A few days ago, two more victims of the attack on the World Trade Center were identified through DNA technology. A total...
• 5 Steps to Take Before Sharing Your Faith Thursday, September 7, 2023
  I am convinced that the church’s greatest obstacle to influencing our culture is that our culture does not see the church as relevant to its greatest issues. Secular people know what we are against...
• Harvard's Arthur C. Brooks on the Secret to Happiness Wednesday, September 6, 2023
  The key to happiness in this world and eternal reward in the next is using God’s creation for his glory and our good.In his prayer for his followers shortly before his death, Jesus included this...
• Reflections on America's Post-Christian Future Tuesday, September 5, 2023
  Americans have made great progress in many ways across recent generations. The average size of our homes has nearly tripled since 1950, for example. Technological innovations, from air conditioning...
• Personal Reflections on Innocent Suffering Thursday, August 31, 2023
  I’ve written often over the years on the subject of innocent suffering and truly believe that God redeems all he allows, even disasters like those in today’s news. At the same time, I don’t want to...
• Why Do We Turn to God? Wednesday, August 30, 2023
  Why must we have faith in Christ to experience fully his help in facing the storms of life? If he loves us unconditionally, why doesn’t he meet our needs whether we trust them to him or not?James...
• How Will You Be an Instrument of God's Peace? Tuesday, August 29, 2023
  Here’s why I’m addressing the fact of our mortality: Scripture teaches that “through fear of death,” humans are “subject to lifelong slavery” (Hebrews 2:15). In what ways does the fear of death...
• Dr. King's 'Dream' Speech Commemorated in Washington as 'Racially Motivated' Shooter Kills 3 in Florida Monday, August 28, 2023
  Dr. King’s “somebodiness” doctrine stands on the fact that every human is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). He “made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth”...
• What Kind of Difference Do You Want to Make? Thursday, August 24, 2023
  If we ignore politics, we consign ourselves to living in a society forged by a process in which we did not participate. As Daniel Webster noted, “Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good...