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Why are Aaron Rodgers and Steven Tyler in the news? A post-9/11 reflection on America’s future Sep 12, 2023

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This morning, millions know what happened to Jets QB Aaron Rodgers. Fewer—but possibly still millions—know what happened to Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. Both men are in the news because they’re celebrities and their experiences make headlines. By contrast, some of the most significant events of our lives can become routine over time and lose their apparent urgency, like the 9/11 attacks. Today, let’s consider one more normalized casualty of the worst terrorist attack in American history: the waning of religion in America.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Listen to the Denison Forum Podcast as Dr. Mark Turman and Dr. Jim Denison discuss "How to be a good citizen of heaven and Amerca."

Two new 9/11 victims identified: Reflections on divine empathy, reason, and hope Sep 11, 2023

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As two new victims of the 9/11 attacks have been identified on this twenty-second anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, Dr. Denison reflects on three attributes of God that are relevant today: his empathy in our grief, his reason in our confusion, and his hope in our fear. None of us is guaranteed tomorrow, so how can we best live for God today?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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57 NFL QBs to team up for suicide prevention Sep 08, 2023

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While this Sunday marks the start of the NFL’s regular season for most teams—an unofficial holiday for many football fans—it has the potential to be life-changing for reasons that have little to do with sports. September 10 is also World Suicide Prevention Day, and a number of organizations are partnering to use the NFL's platform to help speak to people who might be thinking about taking their own life. They have much to teach us about both the urgency of this issue and our ability to help.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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See Dr. Jim Denison's "What does the Bible say about suicide?"

Listen to Denison Forum Executive Director, Dr. Mark Turman's podcast with Stay Here founder, Jacob Coyne

5-year-old raises over $17,000 with “Lemonade for Lahaina” Sep 07, 2023

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Five-year-old Edison Juel of Seattle raised $17,000 for Lahaina relief through his lemonade stand. His heart for generosity and helping others is a life principle worth considering, especially as our culture becomes increasingly anti-religion. When we can help others by sharing our faith, how can we as Christians defend our faith without becoming defensive or taking up arms in the culture wars?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Read Dr. Jim Denison's article “Why Jesus?” for a brief introduction to enormously persuasive historical evidence for Jesus.

Harvard’s Arthur C. Brooks on the secret to happiness Sep 06, 2023

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Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks, who specializes in happiness studies, explained in a recent Harvard Business Review interview that our collective happiness “took a real big dip when social media came along” and was further exacerbated by the coronavirus. So how do we fix that? For Christians, the answer lies in knowing the difference between means as ends and means to an eternal end.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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In addition to The Daily Article, Denison Ministries produces First15, a daily devotional experience with God; Foundations with Janet, a Bible study resource for individuals and small groups; and Christian Parenting, resources to help parents raise children to know and love the Lord. These ministries are intended to work collectively to build a movement of culture-changing Christians as a catalyst for spiritual awakening and more transformation. I encourage you to try them today.

Why you can’t wear white after Labor Day: Reflections on America’s post-Christian future Sep 05, 2023

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How did the tradition that you can’t wear white after Labor Day begin? And what does it say about our culture that the tradition no longer holds as much sway? In other news, China has fallen on significant economic hard times in recent years. If that can happen to such a world superpower, should America still feel confident about its present and future? And what role should we play as Christians in our secularized, post-Christian nation?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Jimmy Buffett’s cause of death revealed: A Labor Day reflection on mortality and transcendent joy Sep 04, 2023

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Singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett died Friday at 76 from Merkel cell skin cancer. And Sarah Young, author of the popular “Jesus Calling” devotional, died last Thursday after suffering from various illnesses for years. When famous people die, we can’t help but consider our own mortality and the legacy we’ll leave when we pass. How should your belief in God and heaven empower your work on earth today?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Why a good God must allow suffering—even innocent suffering—to exist Sep 01, 2023

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Across much of this week, the focus has been on how natural disasters like Hurricane Idalia can lead us to question God's goodness and force us to wrestle with the existence of suffering in this world. Today, let’s continue that discussion by taking it a step further to discuss why such suffering is not only redeemable but necessary in light of God's goodness.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Read yesterday's Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/hurricane-idalia-fl-residents-swim-out-of-their-windows/

Florida residents riding out Hurricane Idalia had to “swim out of their windows”: Personal reflections on innocent suffering Aug 31, 2023

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Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida’s Big Bend area yesterday morning. Some residents who chose to ride out the storm at home had to “swim out of their windows” to escape waves of water crashing through their front doors. In other news, a fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing at least seventy-three people as of this morning. And today is the anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in 1997 at the age of thirty-six.

The day’s news so often asks us to consider the incongruity of innocent suffering with who we know God to be: all-loving and all-powerful. To that end, I offer some very personal reflections on suffering and look to David’s honesty with God in Psalm 3.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/hurricane-idalia-fl-residents-swim-out-of-their-windows/

“No one has seen this”: Hurricane Idalia could be an “unprecedented event” Aug 30, 2023

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Hurricane Idalia strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm early this morning and is expected to make landfall soon on the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service predicts the storm will “likely be an unprecedented event” for the area, noting that no major hurricanes have struck this region in recorded history and adding, “When you try to compare this storm to others, DON’T. No one has seen this.”

In the face of disaster, it is human nature to turn instinctively to God. Here’s the larger question: In the face of suffering, why pray to God at all?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/hurricane-idalia-unprecedented-event/

See Dr. Jim Denison's website paper and books such as Wrestling With God on suffering.

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