Steve Yount, Author at Denison Forum

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Steve Yount is a former newspaper editor and public-relations executive working with Christian ministries.

Resources by Steve Yount

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In “Talking Back to Purity Culture,” Rachel Joy Welcher takes the purity movement to task for missing the point of biblical sexuality

Trainer motivating athlete to push his limits during workout at gym - concept of intense exercise, bodybuilding, and determination. by WESTOCK/stock.adobe.com

A review of Mark McCormack’s “The 110% Solution”

Toamasina, Madagascar - December 22, 2017: Hospital ship Africa Mercy in the port of Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar. The Africa Mercy is currently the largest civilian hospital ship in the world. Mercyships.org By Val Traveller/stock.adobe.com

How to walk with God

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams along with the other members of the Committee of Five present their work, June 1776, detail of John Trumbull's 1819 painting Declaration of Independence. By John Trumbull - US Capitol, Public Domain.

Today in history: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die on the same day, but their reconciliation is an even more remarkable story

Sad mother and child. By kieferpix/stock.adobe.com

This Father’s Day, “take up the cause of the fatherless”

The American flag waves in front of the US Capitol building. By rarrarorro/stock.adobe.com

With a contentious election looming, our lack of trust could be our undoing

Hands folded in prayer in front of the US Capitol building. By lazyllama/stock.adobe.com

In “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,” Tim Alberta recounts the infiltration of political extremism into American Christianity

A lonely man sits by a window with his elbows on a table, his head downcast, his hands folded in front of his forehead, an illustration of the loneliness caused by the friendship recession. By pathdoc/stock.adobe.com

If you’re suffering from the “friendship recession,” you’re not alone

In a row of five wooden blocks, four have red circled Xs, while a hand separates the lone block with a green circled checkmark. By Parradee/stock.adobe.com

Discernment 101: How to separate fact from fiction

A small wooden cross sits atop an American flag which sits atop a closed Bible. By Pixel-Shot/stock.adobe.com

Russell Moore on the crisis of American Christianity: A review of “Losing Our Religion”

A homeless man grasps the outstretched arm of a woman, an illustration of the Micah Mandate from Micah 6:8. By stephm2506/stock.adobe.com

The Micah Mandate: The Micah 6:8 blueprint for moral leadership in a fallen world

An old leather-covered Bible sits forgotten on a table, illustrating the decline in Bible reading in the US. © By Sean Nel/stock.adobe.com

Bible reading drops to unprecedented low in America

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What is whataboutism? And why is it so dangerous to public discourse?

Rocks comprise a balanced scale, with a single large gray rock on left side balanced by four slim white rocks on the right—an illustration of living with both grace and truth. © By styf/stock.adobe.com

Jesus modeled a life “full of grace and truth.” Can we do the same?

A close-up of a large stone rolling away from a tomb with a bright light shining from within. © By Balazs/stock.adobe.com | Did the resurrection of Jesus really happen?

Did the resurrection of Jesus really happen?

The four chaplains who gave their lives on Feb. 3, 1943, to save hundreds of lives in the sinking of the Dorchester. Image courtesy of the Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation at fourchaplains.org.

On this day in Christian history, the “Four Chaplains” gave their lives to save hundreds

FILE - Pope Benedict XVI waves during an audience to newly appointed archbishops, the day after they received the pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, at the Paul VI hall, Vatican, Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Amid renewed interest and a new book by Pope Benedict XVI, “God Is Love” is a worthy introduction to his writings

Books line opposing bookshelves in a school library. © By Thi Soares/stock.adobe.com

A record-breaking year for banning books reveals the deepest fissure of our culture wars

David, center, and Chandler Booth look at Suzanne Deal Booth as they pose for a photo next to James Naismith's original rules of Basket Ball on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on Friday, March 4, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

On this day in Christian history, the first basketball game was played, a result of James Naismith’s “muscular Christianity”

Light shines upon the Abraham Lincoln memorial statue against a black background.

Jon Meacham illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s faith in “And There Was Light”

The first Thanksgiving wasn’t what you imagine, but its lessons endure

A news anchor talks into a professional TV camera in a studio setting. © Gorodenkoff/stock.adobe.com

Whatever happened to fair and objective journalism?

Today in history: Francis Scott Key begins writing “The Star-Spangled Banner”—including its Christian fourth verse

Stock photo: A green road sign against clouds in a blue sky points Democrats to the left and Republicans to the right. © Andy Dean

In our hyperpartisan culture, how can we overcome increasing political division?

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