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Library of Congress main reading room in the Thomas Jefferson Building (Credit: Carol McKinney Highsmith)

Current events December 7, 2011

Tweeting forever

Jim Denison, PhD

Credit: Robyn Lee via Flickr

The Daily Article April 20, 2016

The Vacation Spot for French Fries Lovers

Jim Denison, PhD

A young woman takes a selfie with friends and blossoming cherry trees in the background in the spring of 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden, April 15, 2014 (Credit: Patrik Nygren via Flickr)

Biblical living July 29, 2015

Millennials: why the selfie?

Drew Dickens

Syrian refugees sit in front of a derelict building in Haci Bayram neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, July 27, 2015 (Credit: AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Current events July 27, 2015

U.S. and Turkey make plans for Syrian refugees

Ryan Denison, PhD

Matthew McConaughey as the pilot of the Endurance, a spacecraft tasked with exploring new worlds for humaity to colonize, in a scene from Paramount Pictures new movie Intersellar (Credit: Paramount Pictures)

Popular culture November 10, 2014

Interstellar: Who can you trust? (Spoiler alert)

Jim Denison, PhD

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (R) greets Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder (L) on the field after their NFL football game in Minneapolis, December 4, 2011 Denver won 35-32 (Credit: Reuters/Eric Miller)

Current events December 5, 2011

Tim Tebow and Sports Illustrated

Jim Denison, PhD

A billboard, near the Vince Lombardi Service Plaza in New Jersey, on the way to the George Washington Bridge on I-95, bears the message: Muhammad believed in peace, social justice, women's right, August 31, 2015 (Credit: Jennifer Brown/The Record via NorthJersey.com)

Current events September 3, 2015

Billboards promote Islam: what can we learn?

Ryan Denison, PhD

Cuban Lazaro Cudilleiro holds a banner in front of the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, July 20, 2015 (Credit: AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Current events July 20, 2015

U.S. reopens embassy in Cuba

Ryan Denison, PhD

Biblical living July 14, 2015

What makes something moral?

Ryan Denison, PhD

Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford (15) appears to elbow Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova during a scramble fpr a loose rebound during the second quarter of game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs, Sunday, May 24, 2015, in Cleveland (Credit: NBA/TNT)

Popular culture May 26, 2015

Matthew Dellavedova and the importance of reputation

Ryan Denison, PhD

Divine Servant statue by Max Greiner on campus of Dallas Theological Seminary (Credit: Chiceaux Lynch via Flicker)

Current events April 2, 2015

Servant leadership in a postmodern culture

Jim Denison, PhD

Robert Downey Jr as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home to defend his estranged father Judge Joseph Palmer, played by Oscar winner Robert Duvall, starring with Duvall for the first time in a courtroom scene from the new Warner Brothers movie The Judge (Credit: Warner Brothers Pictures)

Popular culture November 5, 2014

The Judge: should Duvall have played the role?

Jim Denison, PhD

Oswald Chambers and CS Lewis portraits from wikipedia combined

Current events November 30, 2011

The most profound paragraphs I know

Jim Denison, PhD

The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman (Credit: National Geographic)

The Daily Article April 18, 2016

Why is Morgan Freeman’s ‘The Story of God’ so popular?

Jim Denison, PhD

Popular culture May 22, 2015

How stories help make sense of sports and life, part 2

Mark Cook

Children play behind a curtain to separate the men and women in a prayer hall at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York in the Manhattan borough of New York (Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Current events March 24, 2015

Muslims, Mormons, and the need for reform

Ryan Denison, PhD

Maegan Tintari's husband sits in theater along looking at a phone or maybe a box of candy before the start of the movie Take Me Home Tonight (Credit: Maegan Tintari via Flickr)

Popular culture February 19, 2015

Are Christian movies really that bad?

James Peel

Shia LeBeouf as Boyd 'Bible' Swan, in a scene from the new Sony Pictures World War II movie Fury, sits in the turret of a Sherman M4A3E8 tank, similar to the one that the real-life World War II tank crew named Fury (Credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Popular culture November 3, 2014

Making Fury: did Shia LaBeouf become a Christian?

Jim Denison, PhD

Downtown Amarillo (Credit: Anonymous Cow via en.wikipedia.org)

Current events November 23, 2011

Meeting God in Amarillo

Jim Denison, PhD

Magnifying glass laying on top of pages of Bible open to Psalm 119 laying on wooden table (Credit: Pearl via Lightstock)

The Daily Article April 15, 2016

What do the Bible and ’50 Shades of Grey’ have in common?

Jim Denison, PhD

Yaroslav Segeda takes a selfie of himself and friends on top of a crane in Kiev Extreme urban climbers take 'selfies' on top of tall buildings, Kiev, Ukraine, April 2015 (Credit: Rex Features via AP Images)

Current events July 8, 2015

A cool selfie can cost you your life

Ryan Denison, PhD

Sir Ian McKellan at The Gay Pride Parade in New York City after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages (Credit: AP Images/Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx)

Biblical living June 29, 2015

I wish I could affirm homosexuality, but can’t

Ryan Denison, PhD

Yaya Toure (R), a forward for Manchester City in the English Premier League, celebrates with teammate James Milner (L) after scoring his first of two goals against Swansea City at The Liberty Stadium, May 17, 2015 (Credit: PA Wire)

Current events May 19, 2015

Yaya Touré and racism in sports

Ryan Denison, PhD

Robert B Parker Blind Spot, written by Reed Coleman, book cover (Credit: Putnam Adult)

Popular culture September 30, 2014

How a Jesse Stone novel reflects our sexual culture

Jim Denison, PhD

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