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2021-04-13T05:02:05-05:00

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Judge rules that Christian club can have Christian leaders: Why our faith is key to experiencing the power of God

Last updated on: April 13, 2021 at 5:02 am By Jim Denison

Let’s begin with good news you wouldn’t think to be news: a Christian club in Michigan can legally require its leaders to be Christians. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a student ministry that provides community and Bible studies on college and university campuses. It has been part of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, for seventy-five years. The club is open to all students, but it requires its leaders to agree with the organization’s statement of faith. As the Becket Fund... Read more

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2021-04-12T05:09:19-05:00

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The death of Prince Philip: Continuing the case for Christian optimism

Last updated on: April 12, 2021 at 5:09 am By Jim Denison

Buckingham Palace announced Friday that Prince Philip had died at the age of ninety-nine. His story is truly remarkable. He was born on the Greek island of Corfu, the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. His uncle, King Constantine I of Greece, was forced to abdicate the throne in 1922. The family fled just ahead of a riotous mob, smuggling the eighteen-month-old prince out of Greece in an orange crate they converted into a... Read more

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2021-04-09T05:08:23-05:00

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Post-pandemic cosmetic procedures and escalating depression: Making a counterintuitive case for Christian optimism

Last updated on: April 9, 2021 at 5:08 am By Jim Denison

I am writing today to make a case for Christian optimism. My argument is not based on post-pandemic hopes, though the International Monetary Fund predicts a remarkable global economy this year and people are already discovering exercise routines and cosmetic procedures intended to help them look their best as they reenter society. Nor do I intend to ignore evidence to the contrary such as the horrific mass shootings in Bryan, Texas, and in South Carolina or the record-high violence by... Read more

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2021-04-08T05:07:34-05:00

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The latest in the trial of Derek Chauvin: Joining Jesus in leading souls to eternal life

Last updated on: April 8, 2021 at 5:07 am By Jim Denison

Witness testimony continued yesterday in the trial of Derek Chauvin. The former Minneapolis police officer is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in May 2020. Los Angeles Police Sergeant Jody Stiger, a use-of-force expert, testified in court that Mr. Chauvin used “deadly force” when he knelt on Mr. Floyd’s neck for a restraint period of nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds. He also stated that “no force should have been used” by... Read more

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2021-04-07T05:04:00-05:00

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Why Baylor Coach Scott Drew is such an appealing Christian: Three steps to conversations that affect eternity

Last updated on: April 7, 2021 at 5:04 am By Jim Denison

Scott Drew is one of the most appealing Christians in America these days. As the head coach of the Baylor University men’s basketball team, which won the NCAA championship in convincing fashion Monday night, he is understandably in the media spotlight. In stories about the team and their victory, Coach Drew’s faith almost always comes up. For example, Sports Illustrated quotes ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla, who said of him: “He has an optimism, a sense of faith and a sense... Read more

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2021-04-06T05:05:04-05:00

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The Los Angeles Times publishes Easter articles attacking Easter faith: Three steps to biblical thinking for biblical living

Last updated on: April 6, 2021 at 5:05 am By Jim Denison

There was a day when Easter Sunday elicited cover stories and headlines on Easter themes in American media. I remember sympathetic biographies of biblical figures along with reflective essays on the abiding lessons of Jesus’ resurrection. Things have changed. The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed for Easter Sunday titled, “How Christians came to believe in heaven, hell and the immortal soul.” Written by Bart Ehrman, one of the most notorious anti-Christian critics in contemporary culture, it is an astonishingly... Read more

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2021-04-05T05:17:03-05:00

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Kanakuk Kamps and the urgency of accountability: Salvation in three tenses and the peril of Christless Christianity

Last updated on: April 5, 2021 at 5:17 am By Jim Denison

The United Nations has condemned a bombing at an Indonesian church on Palm Sunday, an attack that wounded twenty people. Turkey is expelling Christian pastors as its leaders continue their move from democracy to Islamic nationalism. Closer to home, a group of college students is suing the US Department of Education, seeking to eliminate the religious exemption that enables Christian colleges to align their practices with historic Christian doctrine. Baylor University is among more than two dozen faith-based schools named... Read more

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2021-04-02T05:49:16-05:00

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Train derailment in Taiwan kills more than three dozen people: Why Good Friday still matters today

Last updated on: April 2, 2021 at 5:49 am By Jim Denison

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that a passenger train in Taiwan derailed today, killing more than three dozen people and trapping more than seventy others. It is the island’s deadliest rail accident in decades. Officials say the eight-car train might have hit a construction vehicle that had stopped on the tracks. The suffering of Jim Caviezel It is terribly appropriate for such a horrible tragedy to occur on Good Friday, the most somber day of the Christian... Read more

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2021-04-01T04:58:19-05:00

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Famous April Fools’ jokes and the denial of truth: Praying on Maundy Thursday for the faith to have faith

Last updated on: April 1, 2021 at 4:58 am By Jim Denison

Perhaps the most famous April Fools’ Day joke of all time is the BBC’s “spaghetti harvest” prank. On April 1, 1957, a news broadcaster told his audience that a Swiss region near the Italian border had “an exceptionally heavy spaghetti crop” that year. The camera cut to images of people picking spaghetti off trees and bushes and then sitting down to eat their “real, home-grown spaghetti.” Some viewers got the joke, but others reportedly asked about ways they could grow... Read more

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2021-03-31T04:59:50-05:00

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Three stories of good news for the church in the culture: The best way to observe Silent Wednesday

Last updated on: March 31, 2021 at 4:59 am By Jim Denison

When Miami Beach declared a state of emergency recently due to spring break partyers who overwhelmed the city, Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church was providing about fifteen hundred meals on Friday night for people in their neighborhood who might not have enough to eat. The story was so significant that it was reported in the Washington Post. Meanwhile, Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is back in the news. Last December, they raised millions of dollars to help churches, charity groups,... Read more

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