By Jim Denison Until October 18, Juan Williams was known as a journalist and author. Now he is a cause. Williams worked for The Washington Post for 24 years, where he was once nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He also…
A gap between faith and life
By Jim Denison The Pew Forum for Religion & Public Life recently discovered an alarming gap between faith and many critical social issues. For instance, only 7 percent of adults who take a position on immigration say that religion is…
Do non-believers know more about faith than believers?
By Jim Denison Do atheists and agnostics know more about Christianity than Christians? That’s what you would think if you scanned the headlines generated by a recent Pew Forum test on religious knowledge. The Los Angeles Times headlined its…
Turkey and the end of history
By Jim Denison Are we seeing the beginning of World War III? Turkey recently approved 26 amendments to its national constitution. Voters passed measures to guarantee gender equality and protect children, the disabled and the elderly. Nearly 36 million people,…
Chilean miners, cell phones and the community of God
By Jim Denison In 25 years, the cell phone that now fits in your pocket will fit in a blood cell. In three years, a computer will exist that possesses the computational power of the human brain. By 2049, a…
What you need to know about Ramadan
By Jim Denison I lived in Malaysia during the summer of 1979. When Ramadan began that year, everything changed. Muslims ate nothing from sunrise to sundown; most would not even swallow the moisture in their mouths (public places posted signs…
Is Palestine the link to peace?
By Jim Denison It has been my privilege to lead several study tours of Israel. Each time, I am struck again by the tiny size of the Holy Land. Comparable to New Jersey, it is only six miles wide at…
Nothing worth proving can be proven
By Jim Denison “Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times. Walt Disney, the inventor of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo…
How God sees the Gulf
By Jim Denison A few weeks ago, my wife and I were flying over the Gulf of Mexico. The pilot came over the intercom, suggesting that we look through the windows on the left side of the airplane. We could…