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“Has there ever been a better time and a better place to be alive?”

Violent crime is down, poverty has reached a historic low, and household incomes are up—yet many Americans still feel pessimistic about the future. That disconnect shows how easily repeated narratives can shape what we expect, whether about the economy, marriage, or Christianity itself. Despite headlines about religious decline, signs of spiritual vitality remain easy to overlook. So what might change if Christians stopped assuming the church is fading and instead looked for where Jesus is already at work? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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“They preached God to us”

Christianity’s center of gravity has shifted dramatically toward the Global South, and African missionaries are increasingly bringing the gospel to Europe, Canada, and the United States. Their work reflects both the growth of Christianity abroad and the spiritual decline of much of the West. But receiving missionaries from nations once viewed primarily as mission fields may require Western Christians to confront assumptions about where God is working—and whether we are humble enough to join him. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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“AI’s ‘Doomer Turn’” and the path to transcendent purpose

Artificial intelligence may change not only how we work but also how we understand purpose and meaning. As technology produces more information, more distractions, and more uncertainty about the future, the challenge is not simply to become more productive but to become clearer about what matters most. For Christians, that means asking whether our lives are increasingly shaped by noise and anxiety—or by a deeper relationship with the God whose presence gives our work and our days lasting significance. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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The fierce AI debate and “the paradox that hinders progress”

As leaders debate how to respond to artificial intelligence, one obstacle keeps resurfacing: solving shared problems requires trusting other people and institutions to act responsibly. Yet Americans increasingly distrust government, business, media, and even one another. That crisis extends beyond politics or technology to deeper questions about how we live and who we are becoming. In a culture rich in technological progress but struggling with division and disconnection, where can we find the moral foundation we need? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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“AIpocalypse Now”: How to handle fear with faith

Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, and Americans remain divided over whether its potential outweighs the risks. Some experts warn of cyberattacks, biological threats, and even human extinction, while others argue AI could usher in unprecedented prosperity. The uncertainty is unsettling, especially when humanity already possesses numerous ways to destroy itself. But frightening times also reveal where we place our confidence—and offer Christians an opportunity to show a fearful world what faith looks like. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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Why is everyone suddenly worried about an AI apocalypse?

Warnings about artificial intelligence reached a new level this week as AI researchers and tech leaders raised alarms about systems that could improve themselves, enable biological or cyberattacks, and potentially escape human control. Lawmakers and industry leaders are now debating whether development should slow while stronger safeguards are put in place. But as fears of an AI-driven catastrophe grow, they also raise a more personal question: What does it mean to be ready for a future none of us can predict? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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9/11 and empowering hope for grieving hearts

Twenty-five years after 9/11, we remember the 2,977 people whose ordinary morning became a national tragedy—and the families who have carried that loss ever since. For many, grief cannot simply be revisited once a year and set aside. Yet Scripture offers a way to hold sorrow, gratitude, compassion, and hope together as we remember those we have lost and consider how God can use our own wounds to minister to others. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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Looking back on a world I don’t remember

Twenty-five years after 9/11, the attack remains a defining moment for many Americans—but for younger generations, it is one crisis among many that have shaped a world marked by war, recession, pandemics, and uncertainty. Those different experiences can shape not only how we remember the past but also what we expect from the future. As we commemorate 9/11, where should Christians look for hope when safety and stability seem increasingly difficult to find? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Ryan Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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9/11 and connecting your uniqueness with your significance

A rare blue lobster and a million-dollar dime remind us that uniqueness often increases value—but human worth is far more complicated than rarity alone. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the ideology behind the attacks illustrates what can happen when individual people are reduced to categories, enemies, or members of a group. Scripture offers a radically different understanding of what makes each person significant. What changes when we remember where our personal worth actually comes from? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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9/11 and finding hope on the hardest days

As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, remembering those who died also means confronting the unsettling reality that terrorism remains a threat we cannot fully control. It can feel easier to honor the past briefly and then return to the relative safety of not thinking too much about what could happen next. But Scripture offers another response to an uncertain future—one that neither minimizes the danger nor allows fear to dominate us. What might this somber anniversary teach us about preparing today for whatever tomorrow brings? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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Miley Cyrus drops last name, inspiring me to do the same

Miley Cyrus is dropping her last name and joining the ranks of celebrities known simply by a first name. The announcement raises a larger question about the names and labels we use to define ourselves—especially on Labor Day, when many of us briefly step away from the vocations that shape so much of our identity. Even Pluto offers an unexpected illustration of the difference between what something is called and what it actually is. So who are we when the titles, accomplishments, and opinions of others fall away? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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Why is the internet obsessed with “Oreo-gate”

“Oreo-gate,” a series of Instagram videos about a school-lunch dispute, has drawn tens of millions of views and sparked surprisingly passionate reactions online. Its viral success says something revealing about both the way we speak when we think there are few consequences and the stories that capture our attention. For Christians, both lessons matter: our words help form who we become, while our own lives tell a story about the God we claim to follow. What story are your words and actions telling today? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Tiger Woods, Tony Romo, and the urgency of the moment

Tiger Woods and Tony Romo are both facing legal consequences tied to driving incidents, reminders that wealth and celebrity do not exempt anyone from human frailty—or, in America, from the law. Their stories point toward a larger question about what it means to become the best version of ourselves within the lives we’ve been given. From squirrels navigating treetops to C. S. Lewis’s insight about time and eternity, today we consider what we may be missing when our attention is always fixed on what comes next. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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A principal in Nepal saves 900 before school is destroyed

A Nepalese principal had just thirteen minutes to move nine hundred students to safety before a devastating flood destroyed their school. In New York, investigators say two air-traffic controllers left work early before a deadly runway collision. The contrast raises a difficult question when disasters strike: Is God present and protecting us, or absent when we need him most? Scripture’s answer confronts both our fears about God’s sovereignty and our deeply human resistance to depending on anyone but ourselves. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO: Using the iPhone to change eternity

As Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO, the iPhone remains a striking example of how the same technology can be used for extraordinary good or profound harm. The tension extends far beyond our phones: much of the material world can serve purposes that either honor God or work against what he intends. But what happens when we know how something should be used—or how we should live—and simply don’t want to choose it? Today, we consider what it means to trust God not only with our circumstances, but with the desires and decisions that shape what we do with them. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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Finding hope when optimism isn’t enough

Psychologists distinguish optimism—expecting the best—from hope, which helps us endure challenges, act with purpose, and keep moving toward a goal. That distinction matters when so much of today’s news involves problems far beyond our ability to solve. Scripture offers a form of hope that does not depend on circumstances improving or on our own sufficiency. And John Newton’s remarkable transformation offers a powerful picture of what that hope can make possible. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Will we soon be living in a Terminator movie?

Reports that AI-guided drones are now making targeting decisions in Ukraine raise unsettling questions about what happens when technology advances faster than our ethics. The same tension appears far beyond warfare, from genetic engineering to political leadership: having the power to do something does not mean we have the wisdom to do it well. Scripture offers more than moral rules for navigating such choices—it points us toward a living Lord who knows both our failures and our needs completely. What difference does it make to seek guidance from a God who knows us fully and still loves us with an everlasting love? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Tonight’s “blood moon” lunar eclipse and the end times

This evening, 96.2 percent of the surface of the moon will be covered by Earth’s shadow and take on a reddish-orange hue. This is known as a “blood moon” lunar eclipse. Time notes, “It’s not often that 3.6 billion people—or 44.4 percent of the world’s population—look at the same thing at the same time. And it’s not often that something comes along that’s worth the attention of all those billions.” But such is the case with tonight’s eclipse, at least in the view of the writer. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Dolly Parton dies at the age of eighty

Dolly Parton’s death Tuesday has prompted tributes not only to her extraordinary music career, but to the faith, generosity, and sense of purpose that shaped her life. From a childhood in rural Tennessee to becoming one of the most recognizable entertainers in the world, she seemed unusually clear about who she was and what she was meant to do. That confidence stands in sharp contrast to a culture increasingly inclined to define identity for itself. What might her life teach us about discovering who God made us to be—and living that out on purpose? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

How the French language sparked a US-Canada trade war

A growing US–Canada trade dispute has turned something as seemingly ordinary as French-language requirements into a source of economic tension. The disagreement raises a larger question about how distinct cultures and identities can coexist within a shared community—a tension Scripture addresses within the body of Christ as well. Yet belonging to that body requires more than believing certain claims about Jesus from a distance. What changes when faith moves from something we believe about Christ to something we experience with him personally? About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter. NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.