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Ryan Denison is the Senior Editor for Theology at Denison Forum, where he contributes writing and research to many of the ministry’s productions. He holds a PhD in church history from BH Carroll Theological Institute after having earned his MDiv at Truett Seminary. Ryan has also taught at BH Carroll and Dallas Baptist University. He and his wife, Candice, live in East Texas and have two children.

Resources by Ryan Denison, PhD

New York skyline silhouette with Twin Towers and "birds flying up like souls at sunset." By hamara/stock.adobe.com. 9/11 anniversary

Looking back on a world I don’t remember

Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington watch as Judge William Sullivan tells the jury to keep discussing a possible verdict after jurors said for a second time they couldn't agree whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

What does justice look like for Lindsay Clancy?

A little blond girl with red glasses next to a glass of milk and Oreo cookies. By Yanina/stock.adobe.com. Oreo-gate

Why is the internet obsessed with “Oreo-gate”

A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

A guarded hope for President Trump’s Venezuela oil deal

Ask us anything: Navigating cultural chaos with biblical truth

Stock photo: Quantum Frontline Industries: Drone Linza 3.0 (AI-powered multipurpose drone). Kyiv, 22.08.2026. Photo by: Thomas Trutschel/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Russia launches AI-piloted drones in Ukraine. What comes next?

A newborn baby holding its mother's hand. By Thanumporn/stock.adobe.com. Surrogate mother Texas abortion debate

The fight continues for surrogate mother who fled to Texas

Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Sutton (London Borough) and Merton (London Borough). Professor Jason Arday, a professor of sociology of education who became Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, resigned from his post on Wednesday evening after the university launched an inquiry into his "academic qualifications and honorary appointments". Issue date: Thursday August 6, 2026. Joe Giddens/LOCOG/PA Wire EDUCATION (Press Association via AP Images)

We need to have a conversation about suicide

A Flock LPR automatic license plate reader installed to monitor traffic entering a shopping center parking lot is seen on August 13, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Flock has come under fire by critics who accuse the company of mass surveillance of Americans and incidents where law enforcement has abused the system for personal reasons. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

What are Flock cameras, and why do so many fear them?

A microbiological culture Petri dish with a colonies of the pathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) By Saiful52/stock.adobe.com

Researchers taught AI to create novel viruses. What’s next?

A billboard depicting the late leader Fidel Castro and reading "Homeland or death, we will defeat!" is seen during an event marking the 73th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Revolution in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Cuba CIA

Inside the CIA’s new task force targeting Cuba

Undated handout file photo originally issued on 09/06/26 by Metropolitan Police of Johannes Natland, 19, paying with cash at Briar Court. Norwegian Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of travelling to England to carrying out a hit on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran. Metropolitan Police/PA Wire (Press Association via AP Images)

Iran linked to teen assassins in Europe and US cyberattacks

Gen Z woman journaling alone on public steps. By JuanCarlos/stock.adobe.com. Gen Z wants Jesus but do they want the church?

Gen Z wants Jesus, but do they want the church?

Firefighters battle a blaze outside Lanton, during wildfires in southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

As wildfires rage, Europe must fix how it fights them

FILE - Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal, gives an interview in Istanbul, Turkey, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Hamas elects new leader: What to expect from Khalil al-Hayya

Matt Damon, left, Christopher Nolan and Anne Hathaway attend the premiere of "The Odyssey" at AMC Lincoln Square on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

What makes a hero? A Christian review of “The Odyssey”

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) SAVES Act election voting integrity

President Trump cites new data to boost old election claims

Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Why the Strait of Hormuz echoes an unpredictable war

Tyler Robinson, who is accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, watches a computer screen during testimony about comparison testing of bullets during a preliminary hearing at the Fourth District Courthouse in Provo, Utah, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps, Pool)

Hearings for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk end today

President Donald Trump gestures during a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Empty words or real change from NATO, Russia, and Hamas?

An american flag backlit by the sun against a blue sky with clouds by dbvirago/stock.adobe.com

Choosing between two revolutions

15th century gospel in museum of Vank at the Holy Savior Cathedral in Isfahan, Iran. By Fotokon/stock.adobe.com. Iran targets Christians as fear of US fades: Did our Founding Fathers sin by rebelling against the king?

Iran targets Christians as fear of US fades

Student with glasses intensely reading Bible in classroom. Setting including open notebooks on desks and another student in background by AnnaStills/stock.adobe.com

Why panic over the Bible in Texas schools misses the point

Christian Cross and Bible American Concept by enterlinedesign/stock.adobe.com

“A nation with the soul of a church”

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