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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A Christmas tree comprised of vials, bottles, and medicine sits against a green background.

Biblical living

What does Christmas have to do with bioethics?

Jackson McNeece

President signed Civil Rights Act on this day in 1964: Why the Act was so important and what we can do today

Current events

President signed Civil Rights Act on this day in 1964: Why the Act was so important and what we can do today

Jim Denison, PhD

Paul McCartney performs at Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Current events

Paul McCartney reveals his “Yesterday” inspiration

Jim Denison, PhD

A stylized image of Jesus bending down and pouring water from a jar into a bowl in preparation to wash feet. The "He Gets Us" campaign, funded by Hobby Lobby's Green family, that aired during Super Bowl LVIII showed Christians washing others' feet. By Marina/stock.adobe.com

Current events

Hobby Lobby founders show Christians how to respond to cultural animosity

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE - Snow falls at the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 9, 2024, as a winter snow storm hits the state. As frigid temperatures scour the Midwest, Monday, Jan. 15, marks the official start to the Republican presidential nominating contest with the Iowa caucus. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Current events

Whom should voters elect in Iowa? Why did God create such a chaotic, unpredictable world?

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE - Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream," speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Aug. 28, 1963. (AP Photo/File)

Current events

Dr. King’s “Dream” speech commemorated in Washington as “racially motivated” shooter kills three in Florida

Jim Denison, PhD

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut holds a plate of hotdogs representing his world record for eating 76 hotdogs and buns in ten minutes during a weigh-in ceremony before the Nathan's Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest, Monday, July 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Current events

Only in America: Joey Chestnut defends his hot dog eating title today

Jim Denison, PhD

Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski). On Friday, June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court sided with Smith, who'd refused to design wedding websites for same-sex couples based on her Christian beliefs.

Current events

The Supreme Court ruling on religious liberty and a mass shooting in Baltimore: How to use our freedom to serve our nation

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File). Donald Trump has been given a federal indictment on 37 felony charges related to his handling of classified information.

Current events

“A fraught moment for American democracy”: My reflection on the federal indictment of Donald Trump

Jim Denison, PhD

Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks at the Women's March in Los Angeles Saturday, Apr. 15, 2023. Nationwide rallies come after the U.S. Supreme Court intervened Friday to delay rule changes that would have limited the way the abortion drug mifepristone could be used and dispensed, to give itself more time to review the matter more thoroughly. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Current events

The massacre in Alabama and Kamala Harris’ defense of abortion

Jim Denison, PhD

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, speaks to a wildly cheering crowd of African American supporters, Jan. 2, 1965, Selma, Ala. King was calling for a new African American voter registration drive throughout Alabama and promising to "march on the ballot boxes" unless African American are given the right to vote. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)

Current events

The intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and National Religious Freedom Day

Jim Denison, PhD

A fan holds a sign for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin before an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA. (AP Photo/Matt Durisko)

Current events

The latest on Damar Hamlin: Why I agree with religious skeptics

Jim Denison, PhD

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Current events

Why Russia and China’s growing partnership imperils America

Jim Denison, PhD

Contemporary Christian singer Amy Grant, left, reacts as she is recognized by President Joe Biden during the Kennedy Center honorees reception at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. The 2022 Kennedy Center Honorees are from left, Amy Grant, Bono, Gladys Knight, and The Edge. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Current events

Amy Grant receives Kennedy Center Honors, will host same-sex wedding

Jim Denison, PhD

Indonesian Law and Human Right Minister Yasonna Laoly, left, pose for the media with Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, center, during a session ratifying the country's new criminal code at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Indonesia's Parliament passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike. (AP Photo)

Current events

Indonesia passes law criminalizing sex outside of marriage: Why trying to legislate morality is a mistake

Ryan Denison, PhD

A statute of Martin Luther holding a Bible in one hand and pointing to its cover with his other hand outside of a Copenhagen church.

Biblical living

On this day in Christian history, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses: Why indulgences were so significant

Ryan Denison, PhD

A statue of Walt Disney holding the hand of Mickey Mouse in front of the Disneyland castle in Anaheim, CA

Current events

“I feel like I might be dreaming”: A stranger takes a 100-year-old veteran to Disneyland

Jim Denison, PhD

Stock market in decline, recession

Current events

Is a recession inevitable? The courage to astonish our culture

Jim Denison, PhD

Current events

Will democracy in America survive?

Steve Yount

Current events

Why this teacher keeps an empty chair in his middle school classroom

Jim Denison, PhD

Current events

“Lightyear” star calls critics of film’s same-sex kiss “idiots” who will “die off like dinosaurs”

Jim Denison, PhD

Current events

The death of Naomi Judd and “the disease of mental illness”

Jim Denison, PhD

Current events

How the “community fridge movement” can change the world

Jim Denison, PhD

Current events

Today in history: Jackie Robinson breaks MLB color line—and the one important aspect often overlooked

Steve Yount

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