Does America still trust God and his word today? Or have we fallen so far away that his judgment is almost certain-and soon? 
If we want to know the Lord's heart for America, the best place to start is by looking at his heart for Israel. 
His relationship with them centered on three questions: 
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<li>Do they respect each other? </li>
<li>Do they respect God?</li>
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To apply these questions to America, Dr. Jim Denison and his son, Ryan Denison, take an in-depth look at the most challenging issues of our day. From sexuality to abortion and suicide, from postmodernity and relative truth to our doubts about God-every major issue America faces today is no surprise to God. 
In fact, what if God is using this time and these issues to help us turn back to him? 
And what if he's using you to launch America's next Great Awakening?

How Does God See America?

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If we want to change the culture for Christ, we must change people. 
But human words cannot change human hearts. The good news is that God’s Spirit can use God’s word to convict of sin and transform souls. 
The Lord promises that his word “will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11 NIV). In a culture that has abandoned the concept of absolute truth, “every word of God proves true” (Proverbs 30:5). If we engage cultural issues with biblical truth, we must be confident that the Bible is true. 
We need to be able to explain why we trust its words. 
And we need to be able to answer questions about Scripture, like the ten contained in this first volume of Biblical Insights to Tough Questions: 
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<li>Where did God come from? 
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<li>Is there only one way to God? 
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<li>Isn’t the Bible filled with contradictions? 
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<li>How do we know Jesus is the Son of God? 
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<li>Can we believe in miracles today? 
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<li>What happens to people who have never heard of Jesus? 
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<li>Is hell real? How could a loving God send anyone there? 
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<li>What is the "unpardonable" sin? 
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<li>What does the Bible say about homosexuality? 
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<li>How can I know the will of God? 
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N.T. Wright is one of the most brilliant and acclaimed scholars in the world. Yet his life motto is simple: “The Bible is the book of my life. It’s the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.” 
God’s word says, “But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect” (1Peter 3:15). 
To that end, may this material better prepare you to answer the tough questions—with “gentleness and respect.”

Biblical Insight to Tough Questions: Volume 1

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I have had questions about God and the Christian faith from the time of my conversion, and for years, I feared that such questions meant there was something wrong with my faith. 
Then I discovered God’s invitation in Isaiah 1: “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD” (v. 18). “Reason together” in the Hebrew means “argue it out.” 
I found Thomas, whose honest questions about the resurrection were welcomed and answered by his risen Lord (John 20:24–29).
Most of all, I was encouraged by Jesus’ own example when he cried from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). If our sinless Savior could ask questions of his Father, surely we can.
This small booklet is the second in a series on tough faith questions. In this volume we ask these ten questions: 
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<li>Why do we believe that the Bible is actually the Word of God?</li>
<li>What are angels? Will I become one?</li>
<li>Is there really a creature named Satan?</li>
<li>Are there really demons?</li>
<li>Are we living in the "end times"? How do we know?</li>
<li>What are your spiritual gifts? Are they the same as talents?</li>
<li>How can I share my faith with others? Why should I?</li>
<li>Can I really overcome temptation and sin?</li>
<li>If God knows everything, why should I pray?</li>
<li>Why does God want to be worshipped? How can I worship him best?</li>
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Biblical scholar William Barclay noted, “If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.” 
May this booklet help you find such certainty that you are empowered to share your faith with a doubting world, to the glory of God.

Biblical Insight to Tough Questions: Volume 2

Biblical Insight to Tough Questions: Volume 3

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How can a nation survive if its citizens see each other as enemies? 
Two out of three Americans consider civility to be a major problem in our country today. Only 7 percent say it is not a problem at all. 
It seems we are all fighting to be heard, but no one’s listening. 
Has our culture lost the art of civility? 
In Respectfully, I Disagree: How to Be a Civil Person in an Uncivil Time, Dr. Jim Denison offers a path to becoming a people of civility in a season of conflict. 
Dr. Denison discusses: the priority of civility: How did we get here? Why is our culture so divided and divisive today? Is this the fault of our two-party system? Is America a Christian nation? the person of civility: How can we allow God to transform our lives and relationships? Can anyone really change the culture? If so, what works? the practice of civility: How should we respond to uncivil people? Shouldn't we stand for our rights and values? What does "turn the other cheek" look like today?\nWith biblical insight on today’s contentious culture, Dr. Denison presents the promise of a better future, one in which we can disagree with respect and forge a culture of commonality and grace.

Respectfully, I Disagree: How to Be a Civil Person in an Uncivil Time

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Dr. Jim Denison’s Biblical Insight to Tough Questions series has been perennially popular since its first volume was released two years ago.Now, with the release of Vol. 7, Dr. Denison continues to seek God’s wisdom on ten challenging questions that Christians may be asking themselves.By placing God’s word as the primary authority on our lives as Christians, Dr. Denison trumpets the Apostle Paul’s call for us to renew our minds.By thinking biblically about these issues, Christians can be the “salt and light” Jesus has called them to be.Biblical Insight to Tough Questions, Vol. 7 asks:Why is Lent relevant for all Christians?If my church shifts in an unbiblical direction, what should I do?Why have so many prominent evangelicals and church leaders failed?Why do both the Old and New Testaments allow slaves?Do generational blessings and curses exist today?Are sinners in the hands of an angry God?Is it ever OK for a Christian to gamble?Are Bible stories allegorical? Does that matter?What is the Apocrypha? Why do some denominations use it?What are deacons, elders, bishops, and pastors?May the insights in Vol. 7 encourage you in your walk with the Lord and inspire you to change the culture around you for his glory.

Biblical Insight to Tough Questions: Volume 7

Find the significance you were born for! If you look around our world today, you’ll see scores of people searching. Searching for peace. Searching for happiness. Searching for security. Yet what every human alive… what every human was born for… was for significance. As believers, that means living a life of purpose and fulfillment, having a sense of well-being that transcends circumstances—and being a force for the kingdom in our culture. That’s why Dr. Denison wrote his book, Blessed: Eight Ways Christians Change Culture, and why we’ve recently re-released it with the inclusion of the bonus Blessed Small Group Study Guide.

Blessed: Eight Ways Christians Change Culture + Blessed Small Group Study Guide

“Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work.” —Oswald ChambersDo you struggle to pray?Maybe you lack consistency. Or you’d like to pray with more power and urgency. Or you desire to make prayer a regular part of your day, but you’re simply too busy.You’re not alone. Often, the central question that prevents us from praying more often, more passionately, and more expectantly is, “Why should I pray?”-Why pray if God already knows what you’re going to ask?-Why pray if God already knows what he’s going to do?-Why pray if God seems silent?In The Greater Work: How Prayer Positions You to Receive All that Grace Intends to Give, Dr. Jim Denison answers why you should pray and offers biblical insight on how to pray and what to pray for.

The Greater Work: How Prayer Positions You to Receive All that Grace Intends to Give

As Christians, we were created to walk intimately with Jesus every day and become more like him in his holiness through a life of prayer. 
This is what led Dr. Jim Denison to write his newest book, Every Hour I Need Thee: A Practical Guide to Daily Prayer. And it’s why we want to put a copy in your hands today. 
What you’ll find in Every Hour I Need Thee are simple keys that unlock the throne room of God and usher you into that Presence which feeds your soul and fills you with joy. 
So we hope you’ll request this brand-new resource today and create more culture-changing Christians. 
Thank you… and may God use Every Hour I Need Thee to help you find true joy as you grow in intimacy with him.

Every Hour I Need Thee: A Practical Guide to Daily Prayer

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