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Speaking at his administration’s annual interfaith breakfast, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated, “I can’t separate my belief because I’m an elected official. When I walk, I walk with God. When I talk, I talk with God. When I put policies in place, I put them in with a God-like approach to them. That’s who I am.”

He continued, “I am still a child of God and will always be a child of God, and I won’t apologize about being a child of God. It is not going to happen.” 

Is he right to express his faith?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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The ninety-fifth Academy Awards are this Sunday. If you remember nothing from last year’s Oscars, you undoubtedly know that actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage after the latter made disparaging remarks about the former’s wife. 

Rock did not respond publicly for nearly a year aside from a brief incident. Last Wednesday, he addressed the topic briefly during a standup show in Boston. Then, last Saturday night, he performed a live comedy special on Netflix in which he spoke at length about last year’s Oscars. 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Tennessee has become the first state to explicitly ban drag shows in public places. Gov. Bill Lee signed the provision into law prohibiting “adult cabaret performances” that include “male or female impersonators” in areas where minors could watch. Similar laws have been introduced in at least fourteen other states. 

In response to this law, critics have mounted an “ad hominem” attack. As Christians, how can we stand up to ad hominem assaults? 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Walgreens has confirmed that it will not carry abortion pills in twenty states. Critics are calling for boycotts against the pharmacy chain, and pro-abortion political leaders are voicing their outrage as well. Our highly secularized culture continues to misuse so-called “truth” to its own ends, including the idea that abortion is “lifesaving care.”

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Haiti is the Western Hemisphere's second-oldest republic. At least for now. But as gangs overrun the capital and other cities around the country, the nation’s future is anything but secure. Given that Haiti was once “the most active mission field in the Western Hemisphere,” how did it come to this? The answer may be hard to hear but offers a necessary word of caution for all Christians today.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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A Christian school in Vermont forfeited a girls basketball game last week and withdrew from the state championship tournament because the opposing team included a transgender player. Many in our secular culture will accuse the school of bigotry. But in such cultural conflicts, is there a way we can convince skeptics that we are truly “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15)? 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Rabbi Shlomo Amar believes recent earthquakes in Israel are a direct result of the rise of LGBTQ rights. And federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a noted Christian, could issue a preliminary injunction soon in a case that could temporarily halt over half of the legal abortions in America today. Both issues speak to how people of faith affect culture. Today, let’s ask how Christians can and should work to strengthen such a moral foundation for our secularized culture.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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The US Energy Department has concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated with a laboratory leak. But why don’t we know for sure? In eleven days, the COVID-19 pandemic will officially reach its third anniversary. Why is this debate still raging? These questions point to cultural realities that go beyond the pandemic and relate directly to the intersection of our faith with our world today. 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Tim Tebow’s recent “Night to Shine” event for people with special needs and the end of the Asbury Revival services both point to St. Augustine’s famous quote that God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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As the war between Russia and Ukraine officially turns a year old today, a popular question among many is whether we are witnessing the start of World War III. However, with joint military exercises between Russia and China, as well as reports that Iran could be on the verge of becoming a nuclear power, Eastern Europe is hardly the only front that bears watching. And there’s an important lesson in that fact for each of us today. 

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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