Jim Denison

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  Jul 1, 2019

  The border crisis and a viral photo: Biblical responses to the needs of children

  It is a photo that breaks your heart. Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez died with his twenty-three-month-old daughter, Valeria, as they tried to cross from Mexico to the US.

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  Jun 26, 2019

  What are spiritual gifts? Are they the same as talents?

  Spiritual gifts are to the church what organs and limbs are to the human body. When we learn about spiritual gifts, we discover the anatomy of the church, the body of Christ.

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  Jun 22, 2019

  Is Hell real? How could a loving God send anyone there?

  I don’t know when you and I will die, but I do know that we will, unless Jesus comes back first. When that happens, where do we go?

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  Jun 19, 2019

  If God knows everything, why should I pray?

  There are many reasons we don’t pray as often or as passionately as we could and should. But near the top of the list is the question “Why?”

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  Jun 18, 2019

  Why Beth Moore is right on the ‘disparity between the way we value men and women’

  Beth Moore stated: “One of my great concerns is, abuse happens anywhere humanity happens. What I want so much for us to reckon with honestly is our culture makes us vulnerable because there is a disparity between the way we value men and women.”

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  May 29, 2019

  How do we know Jesus is the son of God?

  Is there evidence that the Christ of Christmas is really the divine Son of God?

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  May 25, 2019

  Where did God come from?

  The biblical writers presupposed the existence of God, as did their readers (“In the beginning God . . .”). But this informal, unexamined belief will not do for those who question the reality of God.

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  May 22, 2019

  Kirsten Gillibrand: Anti-abortion laws are ‘against Christian faith’

  I would want to respond to Sen. Gillibrand in a way I would be happy for her to read personally. Before she is a senator or a presidential candidate, she is a person—a wife, a mother, and a Roman Catholic Christian. While she and I disagree strongly on abortion, she is an eternal soul Jesus loves just as much as he loves me.

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  May 22, 2019

  What does the Bible say about racism?

  The Bible clearly condemns all forms of racism and views every person as equally valuable. Let’s look at what God’s word says about our subject, then we’ll consider some common questions people ask about the Scriptures and racism.

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  May 21, 2019

  What can Christians learn from ‘Game of Thrones’?

  But while Christians should reject the show’s immoral worldview, we should ask ourselves: If such a television series can be produced with professional excellence, how much more does our Father deserve excellence from us?