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St. Catherine’s Monastery, 275 miles from Cairo in the depths of the Sinai desert, is the oldest continually inhabited Christian monastery in the world. In May, an Egyptian court issued a ruling that allows the state to control what is and is not allowed at St. Catherine’s, stripping the monks of all legal authority. The government has already taken control over academic access to the site and continues to undermine its autonomy. With enough pressure, the monks may be forced to abandon the ancient monastery altogether. However, we don’t have to persecute the church to fall prey to the temptation of religion that competes against a genuine relationship with Jesus.

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While European leaders were gathered at the White House, Mr. Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin arrangements for a meeting between Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelensky, to be followed by a trilateral summit including himself.  In other news, we learned yesterday that Hamas has accepted an updated proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. Sources say the proposal is a partial deal for a sixty-day ceasefire, the release of ten live hostages, eighteen deceased hostages, and the release of Palestinian prisoners. Both stories point to a common denominator: our inability to resolve human conflict through human agency.

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Last Friday, the world watched history being made as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska. However, the question after the summit concluded was, What history? Your opinion of Mr. Trump prior to the Alaska meeting is likely your opinion this morning: you are either giving him the benefit of the doubt on the summit, or you are doubting its benefit. The cultural origins of postmodern relativism and our broader post-truth culture go back much further in American history, with consequences that affect us all today.

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President Trump’s meeting today with Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to dominate headlines. However, as of this morning, any attempt to say what that outcome will be is, at best, an educated guess. So instead, I’d like to focus today on a subject that is far less important to the future of our world but, perhaps, of even greater significance to the state of our culture: KPop Demon Hunters. The record-breaking film contains some surprising biblical themes and points us to important conversations we should all be having today.

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has battled stage 4 melanoma for a decade. Yesterday we learned that Mr. Jones was diagnosed in June 2010. He underwent two lung surgeries and two lymph node surgeries and says his life was saved by an experimental trial and a drug called Programmed Cell Death Protein 1. When we face cancer or other challenging conditions and circumstances, trusting God in hard places can be hard to do. Why is this?

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National Guard troops began arriving in Washington, DC, yesterday as part of President Donald Trump’s historic federal takeover of the nation’s capital. Armored vehicles were seen at urban centers and tourist cities around the city last night. Whatever your view of the president’s action and the conditions that prompted it, no one can disagree that crime in our nation’s capital is too high. Whether National Guard troops can help or not remains to be seen. But even they cannot remedy the problem that underlies all our nation’s other problems, one that affects our safety, happiness, and grace.

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President Trump said yesterday that he will try to get back some territory for Ukraine when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. He also stated that there would be “some swapping, changes in land” between Russia and Ukraine. Whether the world could or should trust a “peace” to which Mr. Putin agrees on these terms is another matter, an issue I explored in my new website article, “Vladimir Putin and the problem of autocratic power.” But why would Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agree to such an arrangement?

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Dr. Jim Denison's new Denison Forum website article, “Vladimir Putin and the problem of autocratic power.”

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President Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this Friday. In related news, Putin told the US he would halt his war with Ukraine in exchange for land in eastern Ukraine and global recognition of Russia’s claims to the territory. We also learned yesterday that the White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Alaska as well. How likely is it that Ukraine would make such a land exchange? Or that Putin would honor a peace achieved in this way? These questions point to a larger question foundational to the war and its global consequences.

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With yesterday’s introduction of GPT-5, artificial intelligence is back in the news, with the focus largely on how its advancements will impact day-to-day life. But while that story is important, today we discuss a more subtle way that AI is likely to change our lives going forward: replacing real human connection and conviction with artificial relationships that always agree with you. But while users claim these conversations are “harmless fun,” the truth is that they are often relied upon most heavily by those who are least equipped to use them well. That’s a problem we cannot afford to ignore. But how should it be addressed?

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Eighty years ago yesterday, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. In total, an estimated two hundred thousand people were killed. Over the years, opinions have been sharply divided over whether the bombings were justified. So, on the anniversary of the only time nuclear bombs have ever been used in war, let’s ask if they were necessary. Then we’ll apply our discussion to an even more significant question, one that is relevant to each of us today.

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