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A half-eaten MoonPie sits in front of a plate of MoonPies. By New Africa/stock.adobe.com

Current events

Ringing in 2024 with a MoonPie and bologna: A reflection on the best way to live every day this year

Jim Denison, PhD

Hands folded in prayer on top of an open Bible, illustrative of spiritual enlightenment. By doidam10/stock.adobe.com

Current events

“Our Godless era is dead”: A reflection on the path to true “spiritual enlightenment”

Jim Denison, PhD

A man decorates a nativity scene with rubble around symbolizing the destruction in Gaza and white sheets referring to the dead civilians, in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 23, 2023. Bethlehem is having a subdued Christmas after officials in Jesus' traditional birthplace decided to forgo celebrations due to the Israel-Hamas war.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Current events

The most notable Nativity scene in Bethlehem this Christmas

Jim Denison, PhD

Light falls upon a manger. Do you truly understand Christmas? By andrewaustinpaul/stock.adobe.com

Current events

The longer I live, the less I understand Christmas

Jim Denison, PhD

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) kneels in prayer with teammates and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Brandin Cooks (3) after an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Current events

Brock Purdy’s faith and the future of our republic: A reflection on the source of transformational joy

Jim Denison, PhD

Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol" lies open featuring an illustration of "Scrooge's Third Vistor" on the left page and the title page on the right. By laplateresca/stock.adobe.com

Church leadership

Ebenezer Scrooge and two incarnational miracles of Christmas

Jim Denison, PhD

Biblical living

Ask Jim: Jesus in hell, salvation after death, and “God made me this way”

Jim Denison, PhD

This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows a Houthi forces helicopter approaching the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Yemen's Houthis have seized the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after threatening to seize all vessels owned by Israeli companies. (Houthi Media Center via AP)

Current events

Why are the Houthis a threat to us? A reflection on the path to encouraging peace

Jim Denison, PhD

Jacob Swid, whose son died fighting Hamas militants during the attack in a kibbutz on Oct. 7th., is embraced after lighting up a Hanukkah candle at a volunteers gathering area in southern Israel, near the Gaza border, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) IDF soldiers are also celebrating Hanukkah by lighting candles in menorahs made by children who were evacuated from the area around Gaza.

Current events

IDF soldiers lighting Hanukkah candles in Gaza: A reflection on the path to transforming peace

Jim Denison, PhD

Outside at dusk on a snowy street, a person in a Krampus costume looks directly at the camera. Krampus is a "demonic anti-Santa" with goat horns. By Manfred Herrmann/stock.adobe.com

Current events

“Krampus” takes over Christmas: Cultural conflict and the peace found only in Christ

Jim Denison, PhD

Biblical living

What If Jesus Was Serious about Heaven? With Skye Jethani

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As the sun sets over a field, a hand reaches toward the sun, partially obscuring its rays. By kieferpix/stock.adobe.com.

Popular culture

If Jesus was serious . . . then our view of heaven must match his: An excerpt from “What If Jesus Was Serious about Heaven?” by Skye Jethani

Skye Jethani

FILE —Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of the concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," Oct. 11, 2023, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File). Swift was recently named Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2023.

Current events

Taylor Swift is Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year”: A reflection on the privilege of sharing hope

Jim Denison, PhD

A man folds his hands in prayer above an open laptop on a table. A closed Bible sits to the right of the laptop. Pcess609/stock.adobe.com

Church leadership

Why God “gives us discernment”: The life-giving power of intercession in a secularized culture

Jim Denison, PhD

In this photo provided by the Israeli Army, Emily Hand, right, a released hostage, reunites with her father Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Israel. (The Israeli Army via AP)

Current events

“You could just see glassy-eyed terror”: Stories reveal trauma of Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas

Jim Denison, PhD

Representing medical debt, a stethoscope lays on top of hundred-dollar bills. By spyrakot/stock.adobe.com

Current events

Cancer patient raised money to pay off millions in medical debt for strangers before she died

Jim Denison, PhD

A manger at night sits in contrast to three crosses on a hill at daybreak signifying Christ's birth at Christmas, his death on the cross, and his ultimate resurrection. By Kevin Carden/stock.adobe.com

Church leadership

Redeeming “the most wonderful time of the year”: Three countercultural principles for Christmas

Jim Denison, PhD

People walk past an image of 4-year-old Abigail Edan, a hostage held by Hamas who was released on Sunday, projected onto a building in Tel Aviv, Sunday, Nov 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Current events

Abigail Edan, 4-year-old American, among hostages released yesterday

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, wave to the audience at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 25, 2008. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Current events

Rosalynn Carter’s commitment to service: The “negative world” and an excellent test of character

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE - A man holds his baby as he looks at posters of the men, women and children held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, during a vigil marking 30 days since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that started the fighting, in Jerusalem, Israel on Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Current events

The latest on Gaza hostages and the conversion of a famous atheist: A vital question to begin Thanksgiving week

Jim Denison, PhD

Biblical living

Why is Jesus called Immanuel? Janet Denison discusses her new Advent devotional

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A man sits on the rubble overlooking the debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled). As the death toll of Palestinian civilians climbs, many are calling for a ceasefire or a "humanitarian pause." But there's more to the story.

Current events

“Victims and martyrs awaiting our deaths”: The plight of Palestinian civilians and the only source of lasting peace

Jim Denison, PhD

Biblical living

Is the war in Israel a sign of the end times?

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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

Biblical living

Discernment 101: How to separate fact from fiction

Steve Yount

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