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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with officials in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

The Daily Article

Iranian attack on Israel said to be imminent

Jim Denison, PhD

A medic stands near ambulances parked outside the burning building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Vitaly Smolnikov)

Current events

Could the attack in Russia happen here?

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE - Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, smiles as she visits the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and meets with some of the young people that the charity supports, May 16, 2023, in Bath, England. The scandal over Kate, Princess of Wales’ family snapshot — dubbed “photogate” — is a new chapter in the thorny relationship between the media and Britain’s royal family. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)

Current events

The latest on Kate Middleton’s cancer and the ISIS attack in Moscow

Jim Denison, PhD

In this Aug. 3, 2021 photo retired California Highway Patrol officer Kevin Briggs poses below the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. Briggs responded to many suicide attempts on the Golden Gate Bridge during his career. He met Kevin Berthia in 2005 when Berthia attempted suicide and now the two speak nationally about suicide prevention. Briggs joined the CHP in 1990 and began responding to emergencies on the bridge in 1994, where he would work with people in crisis four to six times a month. He retired in 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Current events

Meet the “Guardian of the Golden Gate”

Jim Denison, PhD

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during an interview with a Russian state-owned media organization in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. As Vladimir Putin heads for another six-year term as Russia’s president, there’s little electoral drama in the race. What he does after he crosses the finish line, however, is what’s drawing attention and, for many observers, provoking anxiety. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Daily Article

Putin warns that Russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons

Jim Denison, PhD

A flying drone flies toward the camera and shoots two missiles, an illustration of AI warfare. By Photocreo Bednarek/stock.adobe.com

Current events

“I have the power to manipulate, monitor, and destroy anything I want”: The threat of autonomous AI and the unique response of biblical faith

Jim Denison, PhD

The country of India is centered on a wooden map. Religious persecution in India is rising. By Александра Замулина/stock.adobe.com

Current events

70 million Christians in India under increasing threat of religious persecution

Ryan Denison, PhD

FILE - Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia on Feb. 29, 2020. Russia's prison agency says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. He was 47. The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday Feb. 16, 2024 and lost consciousness. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Current events

Alexei Navalny: “The fact is that I am a Christian”

Ryan Denison, PhD

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to young scientists during his visit to the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia in Korolev, outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Grigory Sysoev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Current events

Is Russia sending nukes to space? How to respond with faith when we’re right to be afraid

Ryan Denison, PhD

FILE - Iran's United Nations Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani addresses the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Feb. 23, 2023. "The Islamic Republic would decisively respond to any attack on the country, its interests and nationals under any pretexts," IRNA quoted Iravani as saying on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File). Is World War III on the horizon?

Current events

“World War III is approaching fast”: The only path to transforming peace

Jim Denison, PhD

A man bows his hand on top of his clasped hands in prayer, which are resting on an open Bible. By Halfpoint/stock.adobe.com. The war in Israel is an urgent call for Christians to engage in spiritual warfare.

Current events

13. An urgent call for spiritual warfare

Jim Denison, PhD

Hezbollah fighters rise their group's flag and shout slogans, as they attend the funeral procession of Hezbollah fighter, Bilal Nemr Rmeiti, who was killed by Israeli shelling, during his funeral procession in Majadel village, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Current events

11. Hezbollah, Iran, and the geopolitics of the conflict

Jim Denison, PhD

An hourglass that's almost out of time stands in front of an open Bible on a desk. By JavierArtPhotography/stock.adobe.com. Are we living in the last days?

Current events

Are we living at the end of history?

Jim Denison, PhD

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig). Many are wondering: Is the us on the brink of war?

Current events

Is the US “on the brink of global war”?

Jim Denison, PhD

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP). America is facing the most crises since World War II, according to former US Defense Secretary Bob Gates.

Current events

Are we facing the most crises since World War II? A practical way to confront our fears

Jim Denison, PhD

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair). The war in Israel has resulted in more than a thousand casualties so far.

Current events

“This is our 9/11”: Why did Hamas attack Israel? What comes next?

Jim Denison, PhD

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before their talk at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Current events

As Putin and Kim Jong Un meet, Russian pastor Yuri Sipko is wanted by Russia for opposing the war in Ukraine

Ryan Denison, PhD

Children dance at the recovery camp for children and their mothers affected by the war near Lviv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. A generation of Ukrainian children have seen their lives upended by Russia's invasion of their country. Hundreds of kids have been killed. For the survivors, the wide-ranging trauma is certain to leave psychological scars that will follow them into adolescence and adulthood. UNICEF says an estimated 1.5 million Ukrainian children are at risk of mental health issues. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

Current events

The children of Ukraine are paying the true cost of war: How to be a peacemaker where you live

Ryan Denison, PhD

In this photo taken from video, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his address to the nation in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 26, 2023. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Current events

Three reasons the coup in Russia matters to the US: Living on “the brink of great disorder”

Jim Denison, PhD

Members of the Wagner Group military company load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District.

Current events

“Putin’s chef” rebels against his master: Prigozhin’s coup and Putin’s future

Jim Denison, PhD

FILE In this file photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, former Soviet missile defense forces officer Stanislav Petrov poses for a photo at his home in Fryazino, Moscow region, Russia. Petrov, a former Soviet military officer, is known in the West as "The man who saved the world'' for his role in averting a nuclear war over a false missile alarm. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Church leadership

The man who saved the world from nuclear holocaust

Jim Denison, PhD

Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed. Residents of southern Ukraine, some who spent the night on rooftops, braced for a second day of swelling floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a giant reservoir. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Current events

Who destroyed the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine? And why it matters to you

Ryan Denison, PhD

FILE - In this June 5, 1989, file photo, a Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener, File). The 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre was June 4, 2023.

Current events

Why China’s present may be our future: A reflection on apocalyptic danger and transforming hope

Jim Denison, PhD

An Amazon Go store in Seattle features a sign stating: "Enter and pay with your palm." Panera Bread is testing similar palm-scanning technology. © By Rocky Grimes/stock.adobe.com

Current events

A palm scan to buy food and the “Promethean moment” now upon us

Jim Denison, PhD

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