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 unbiblical immorality, legalize it, then stigmatize those who disagree and ultimately criminalize their disagreement.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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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 

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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, PhD

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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 life and influence embodied by Jesus Christ?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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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 can embrace and share with those who need it most today. 

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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 attractive?

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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 counsels” (v. 12). Is America following the same path?

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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? 

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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 predict the future. Nothing we have invented can deter nature’s unbridled power and ferocity, proving every day the finitude and frailty of humans and our urgent need for power and protection beyond ourselves. What is the pathway to such triumphant faith?

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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 problem of fake news to escalate. But there’s an even more significant narrative at work here. 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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