The Daily Article

A new poll asked Americans about changes in the US political climate, including whether divisions have worsened and what they expect for the future. The divisions and distrust reflected in these polls are ominous for our future as the “United” States of America. In The Daily Article for September 1, 2022, Jim Denison, PhD, considers the plausibility of another civil war occurring in America, relates a sobering history lesson concerning the fall of the Babylonian Empire, and concludes by quoting Samuel Adams on how to be “the truest friend of the liberty of his country.”

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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BeReal has exploded in popularity, partially due to its claims to defy all of the “inauthentic” parts of Instagram and TikTok. The app encourages you to take a picture of your normal life. With no ability to edit the photos, BeReal claims it can provide the fun of interacting with friends without the downsides of other social media. How does BeReal work? And does the app achieve true authenticity?

Author: Mark Legg

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, passed away yesterday at the age of ninety-one. When he came to power in 1985, he introduced key political and economic reforms to the USSR that helped end the Cold War without the firing of a single shot. For his courageous leadership, he was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. However, many Russians today do not view him in a positive light. In The Daily Article for August 31, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers the tension of Russian–American relations today and why we need a Power beyond ourselves.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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A university student has raised more than $159,000 in donations to help him adopt a baby he found abandoned in a trash can while visiting his family in Haiti. Other headlines, like Serena Williams’ first-round US Open victory last night after having announced her retirement earlier this month, encourage us. But when people act in hurtful ways, we feel worse about human nature. In The Daily Article for August 30, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers how we measure God by the evidence, then looks at the time Jesus literally fell asleep during a storm in Matthew 8—and what Jesus’ response tells us about God’s power and willingness to save.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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According to a statement by The Village Church, a woman approached pastor Matt Chandler a few months ago with “concerns about the way he was using direct messaging on social media with a woman who was not his wife.” Chandler told the church yesterday that the messages were not sexual or romantic but that they crossed a line with their “frequency” and “familiarity.” He has since been placed on a leave of absence for “disciplinary and developmental” reasons. In The Daily Article for August 29, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison offers four biblical responses to this breaking story and three bold statements for all Christians.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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A driver and monitor on a school bus in Dallas, Texas, helped save two children who were caught up and nearly swept away in the recent flooding in our area. The driver said later, “It had to be God to send me that way because I don’t normally go that way.” In The Daily Article for August 26, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison looks at the bleak state of schools resuming amid increased violence and anxiety, turns to Arthur C. Brooks on how to change minds, and concludes with a reminder that “the key to living a transformed life that draws others to Christ is practicing the presence of the transforming Christ.”

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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The war in Ukraine drags on into its sixth bloody month. Instead of a swift Russian victory as Putin expected, the conflict might continue for years. However, as Russian troops “liberate” Ukraine by shelling cities and occupying towns, the low-income Russian soldiers loot houses in suburban areas. Instead of finding a backward country in need of Russian rescue, they find the Ukrainians more well off than themselves. Click here for more information on the violent history between Ukraine and Russia.

Dr. Mark Turman and Dr. Jim Denison discuss the pitfalls of Christian dualism in The Denison Forum Podcast. 

Author: Mark Legg

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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President Biden announced yesterday that he would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans earning less than $125,000 per year or households earning less than $250,000. In The Daily Article for August 25, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses the pros and cons of student loan forgiveness before turning to “our quest for self-advancement” and our need as Christians to lose our life for Jesus’ sake (Matthew 16:25).

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Technology has made it harder to escape bullies, as they can now follow you wherever you go through social media, and that's contributed greatly to higher levels of stress and less emotional margin for teens and children. And such stress is not confined to young people, with many adults now beginning to experience similar kinds of cyberbullying as the move to working remotely eliminates many of the social barriers that helped to check such actions in the office. So what are some steps we can take to help protect ourselves and others when they face such abuse?

Link to the Mattson's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IrpBjAy16k

Author: Dr. Ryan Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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If Rep. Liz Cheney runs for president in 2024 against Joe Biden and Donald Trump, her effect would likely not be her intent, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. In other news, the UN is preparing to declare abortion a “human right.” In The Daily Article for August 24, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers these stories and more as he looks at how Christian truth has come to be culturally defined at hate speech and why our culture has “exchanged the truth about God for a lie.”

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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