Jim Denison

• Relationships Are the Key to a Full Life Friday, October 22, 2021
  God has entrusted someone’s needs to your care today. He has prepared someone for you to share your compassion and faith with them. He has prepared you for that relationship as well. So, ask him to...
• How Can Christians Live in a Culture That Endorses Unbiblical Norms? Thursday, October 21, 2021
  My purpose today is not to relitigate LGBTQ morality or the postmodern relativism of our day, issues I have addressed often in the past. Rather, it is to ask the question: How can Christians live...
• Why Would God Miraculously Protect Some but Not Others? Wednesday, October 20, 2021
  A gang in Haiti has kidnapped 17 Christian missionaries and a plane carrying twenty-one people crashed near Houston yesterday but miraculously, only one person was reported injured. So, here’s the...
• Is Religion Good for the World? Tuesday, October 19, 2021
  The gospel is true because it is true, whether secular science can prove its claims or not. Such proof may be compelling for secular people; for example, Paul quoted Greek philosophers when...
• Why Would God Call Missionaries to Serve in Dangerous Places? Monday, October 18, 2021
  God sometimes calls his people headlong into the dangers of their day. He led the nation of Israel into Canaan despite the challenges they would face. However, earlier in his ministry, “when he...
• Christians Must Stand Boldly for Christ in this Anti-Christian Culture Friday, October 15, 2021
  Ours is a day of declining commitment to evangelism, fueled in part by a growing belief that sharing the gospel is wrong in a culture that elevates tolerance above all other values. But the...
• How to Seek God's Power over Our Enemy Every Day Thursday, October 14, 2021
  Yesterday we discussed Satan’s temptation strategies and the importance of seeking God’s power over our Enemy each day. Today, let’s focus on a very practical way to do so.
• How to Finish the Race Well Wednesday, October 13, 2021
  While God forgives all we confess and forgets all he forgives, Satan does not. You may think you erased your sins from your spiritual “hard drive,” but he keeps them until a time he can use them...
• Private Godliness Allows Us to Be Used by God in Extraordinary Ways Tuesday, October 12, 2021
  Yesterday we discussed the temptation of “private” sins that seem to have no public consequences but keep us from being used and rewarded fully by God. Today, let’s accent the positive: private...
• Recognizing and Confessing Private Sins Monday, October 11, 2021
  I encourage you right now to take a moment for a spiritual inventory. Ask the Spirit to bring to your mind any “private” sins you are committing, then confess whatever comes to your thoughts, claim...
• In Light of Our Divisions, Should America Get Divorced? Friday, October 8, 2021
  King David knew where to turn for the help he and his nation needed: “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lᴏʀᴅ our God” (Psalm 20:7). How can we offer such...
• Does Facebook Imperil Democracy? Thursday, October 7, 2021
  Documents reportedly show how Facebook ignores Instagram’s adverse impact on teens and the spread of misinformation on its platform. In addition, it reportedly makes alterations to its algorithmic...
• They're Taking to the Streets around the World Due to Loss of Faith in the Social Contract Wednesday, October 6, 2021
  "Put simply, the governments of today seem incapable of offering both representative and effective governance. And ordinary citizens have had enough."
• Supreme Court Begins "Blockbuster Docket" Tuesday, October 5, 2021
  Imagine the anger if the Court essentially overturns Roe v. Wade. Or if it doesn't.
• The Good & Bad News Regarding the Chaos in Washington Monday, October 4, 2021
  Democrats in the Senate and the House are deeply divided over so-called infrastructure bills. The Washington Post reports: "Many liberals don’t trust moderates. Key moderates no longer trust...
• Corroded Pot or Overflowing Cup? The Choice Is Yours Friday, October 1, 2021
  Private sin corrupts our public witness in ways we seldom foresee at the time.
• Seeking Transforming Joy That Transcends Circumstances Thursday, September 30, 2021
  We’ve been focusing this week on ways to help people seek God who don’t believe they need to seek God: exhibit life transformation that is attractive to others, choose compassion over condemnation,...
• Why Christians Must Be as Passionately Devoted to Spiritual Dependence as to Public Excellence Wednesday, September 29, 2021
  This week we’re focusing on ways to help people turn to God who do not believe they need to turn to God. We have discussed the importance of demonstrating personally the transformation we then...