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Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via AP)

The Daily Article

Kristi Noem is out as DHS Secretary

Ryan Denison, PhD

Christians can respond with Dr. Ryan Denison

Podcasts

Alex Pretti’s death, immigration tensions & how Christians can respond with Dr. Ryan Denison | Ep. 54

Conner Jones, Micah Tomasella and Ryan Denison, PhD

A protester stands in front of federal agents as they work on the scene near an apartment building in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Current events

Reason for hope after the shooting of Alex Pretti

Ryan Denison, PhD

A demonstrator holds an upside-down American flag as law enforcement stand during a protest outside SpringHill Suites and Residence Inn by Marriott hotels on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Maple Grove, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

The Daily Article

President Trump signals ICE de-escalation in Minnesota

Jim Denison, PhD

LA riots, NCAA’s new era, Musk vs Trump & Simone Biles controversy | Ep. 23

Podcasts

LA riots, NCAA’s new era, Musk vs Trump & Simone Biles controversy | Ep. 23

Conner Jones and Micah Tomasella

Authorities stand in tear gas while trying to clear protesters at the metropolitan detention center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)

The Daily Article

President Trump deploys the National Guard to Los Angeles

Jim Denison, PhD

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, speaks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, in a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Press Office Senator Van Hollen, via AP)

Current events

Who is Abrego Garcia, and should he have been deported?

Mark Legg

Immigration and education anxieties, “torpedo” bats, Val Kilmer & one listener’s embarrassing story | Ep. 13

Podcasts

Immigration and education anxieties, “torpedo” bats, Val Kilmer & one listener’s embarrassing story | Ep. 13

Conner Jones and Micah Tomasella

Notre Dame catholic cathedral, Chartres, France. Ambulatory sculptures. Jesus and the woman caught in adultery, by Jean Dedieu, 1678-1679, and Jesus healing a blind man, by Pierre I Legros, 1681-1683. by Julian/stock.adobe.com

Biblical living

A biblical alternative to toxic empathy

Sara Alexander

Members of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, including Sueda Polat, second from left, and Mahmoud Khalil, center, are surrounded by members of the media outside the Columbia University campus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The Daily Article

Who is Mahmoud Khalil and why is Trump trying to deport him?

Ryan Denison, PhD

AI market crash, immigration crackdown, 'Emilia Peréz' & Hollywood’s cultural push | Ep. 4

Podcasts

AI market crash, immigration crackdown, ‘Emilia Peréz’ & Hollywood’s cultural push | Ep. 4

Conner Jones and Micah Tomasella

Holy Bible on constitution and American Flag By cherylvb/stock.adobe.com

Biblical living

Four reflections on Bishop Budde’s message to Donald Trump

Jim Denison, PhD

From left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biblical living

The Laken Riley Act to be discussed by the Senate

Jim Denison, PhD

People take part in an anti-far right protest outside the London offices of the political party Reform UK, in London, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Current events

Pray for the UK: Seeking shalom amidst protests and social unrest

Jeka Allen

President Joe Biden is applauded while speaking during an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2024.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) immigrants

The Daily Article

President Biden grants new protections to half a million immigrants

Ryan Denison, PhD

Ryan Denison on the Denison Forum podcast

Podcasts

A biblical conversation on immigration with Dr. Ryan Denison

Denison Forum

Migrants seeking asylum rest as they wait to be processed after crossing the border Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in San Diego, Calif. President Joe Biden has unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

The Daily Article

President Biden issues “Proclamation on Securing the Border”

Ryan Denison, PhD

Podcasts

What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness?

Denison Forum

Homeless man holding out a piece of bread. By Viacheslav Yakobchuk/stock.adobe.com

Biblical living

What is biblical righteousness?

Jim Denison, PhD

Migrants walk past a barrier after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Such an immigration crisis is a complex issue.

The Daily Article

“I never thought something like this could happen”: The immigration crisis and two biblical responses

Jim Denison, PhD

Andrew L. Whitehead is the author of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church and joined The Denison Forum Podcast to discuss it.

Podcasts

American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church: A conversation with Andrew L. Whitehead

Jim Denison, PhD

Unaccompanied minors enter US and work in harsh conditions, despite having sponsor families. A hand grips iron bars at a construction site.

Current events

Explosion of unaccompanied migrant children leads to exploitation in “brutal” jobs

Mark Legg

Current events

In twenty years, less than half of America will be white: What does this mean for evangelism?

Mark Legg

Biblical living

In “The Stranger at Our Shore,” Joshua Sherif challenges the church to embrace immigrants and refugees

Shane Bennett

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