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Oppenheimer won five Golden Globes last night, including best drama, while Barbie took the award for cinematic and box office achievement. Each movie’s popularity reveals something different and concerning about our culture and our souls.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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With the third anniversary of the US Capitol attack coming up tomorrow, reactions to the event continue to dominate the news. President Biden plans to give a speech on the subject while former president Trump has two campaign events planned for the same day. Rather than attempt to relitigate what happened three years ago, let’s shift our attention to one of the most important and relevant lessons we can learn from it to help guard our witness and walk with the Lord today. 

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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As the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol approaches, attention is being focused on the question: Was it an “insurrection”? The question matters enormously since two states have now barred former President Trump from appearing on their election ballots after claiming that he participated in such an action on January 6. And there’s an even more foundational issue here that speaks to the future of our democracy.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Claudine Gay announced her resignation as Harvard’s president yesterday after a new round of accusations surfaced over plagiarism in her scholarly work. She has been facing mounting criticism over how she responded to antisemitism on campus as well. 

The story shows that even the president of America’s oldest and most highly endowed institution of higher education is not immune to criticism from the constituents she serves. Theirs is a transactional and symbiotic relationship. 

Rare is the relationship based on unconditional, holistic, and unrequited sacrifice by one for the other. But this is exactly how our Father loves us. Now he is calling us to embrace his love in ways that transform our souls and our society.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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We can predict anything except the future. In 2023, would you have guessed Taylor Swift would break a record held by Elvis Presley? Or that Michigan and Washington would play for the NCAA football championship? Or that Israel would be withdrawing troops in a war they didn’t anticipate? But there’s one prediction you can build your life upon in this new year.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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From the Times Square ball drop in New York City to the MoonPie drop in Mobile, Alabama, America has long celebrated the new year in interesting ways. In this new year, how can you resolve to make Jesus your king?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Going into 2024, what is the most significant step you can take into “spiritual enlightenment” for the sake of our nation and your soul? An article titled “Our Godless era is dead” by Paul Kingsnorth offers a sobering yet inspiring perspective on the necessity of religion and why rejecting God ultimately doesn’t work.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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US officials met yesterday with Mexico’s president, seeking measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the US southwestern border. Meanwhile, a caravan with an estimated 7,500 members is making its way toward the border this morning. What is causing this crisis? How should we think biblically and act redemptively in response? 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Biblical references related to the immigration crisis:

Scripture affirms the importance of borders (Deuteronomy 32:8; Numbers 34:1–15; Ezekiel 47:13–23), the rule of law (Romans 13:1–2; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13–14; 1 Timothy 1:8–10), and self-defense (Luke 11:21; Exodus 22:2; Proverbs 25:26; Nehemiah 4:17–18). 

Immigrants are not to be mistreated (Exodus 22:21) but loved (Leviticus 19:33–34; Deuteronomy 10:18–19) and helped (Deuteronomy 24:19–22; Ezekiel 47:21–23; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Hebrews 13:2). At-risk children are to be especially valued (Matthew 18:10; 19:14) and protected (James 1:27). 

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The Urban Dictionary says, “Wyoming is supposedly a state.” If you were to prove that article wrong, how would you do so? Here’s the problem: many in our secularized culture are as skeptical of Jesus’ present-tense reality as the Urban Dictionary seems to be of Wyoming.

Author and narrator: Jim Denison, PhD

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The most notable Christmas decoration in Bethlehem was a large Nativity scene in ruins, with shepherds climbing piles of rubble and Jesus, Mary, and Joseph huddled in the midst of destruction. Nothing humans do can prevent Jesus from “finding room in the world.” To the contrary, he is just as present on this day after Christmas as he was on that first Christmas two millennia ago. Even more so, in fact, in ways that are deeply hopeful and urgent for our world and our souls.

Author and narrator: Jim Denison, PhD

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