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Last Friday morning, several storm cells merged and then stalled over Kerr County in Central Texas. As a result, an entire summer’s worth of rain fell in some areas. Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said the area floods frequently, but officials “had no reason to believe that this was going to be anything like what’s happened here. None whatsoever.” Nonetheless, critics are implicating the Trump administration, Texas state officials, local officials, and the National Weather Service in the disaster. When tragedy strikes, it is never long before people begin looking for someone to blame. Why is this, and what should be our response?

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In Dr. Jim Denison's latest website article, he notes David Brooks’s argument that we need an “education in morals” that “involves the formation of the heart and the will as much as the formation of the rational mind.” See how Dr. Denison responds.

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As floodwaters recede in Texas, stories of survival and hope rise: children weeping for joy as they’re reunited with parents, families clinging to faith in the face of unimaginable loss. “Trust doesn’t mean you’re over the pain,” wrote Tavia Hunt. “It means you’re handing it to the only One who can hold it with love and restore what was lost.” Meanwhile, unexpected news from the Middle East points to a new way forward. In both heartbreak and history, one truth remains: rather than interpret God’s character through our pain, we’re invited to interpret our pain through his character.

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter.

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Camp Mystic confirmed that at least twenty-seven campers and counselors were killed in flash floods last Friday, with ten children and one counselor still missing. As of this morning, the death toll across the area has now climbed to at least 104 people. The massive search continues for survivors and victims. Why didn’t our omnipotent God do all his power enables him to do to prevent this tragedy from happening? Rather than settling for easy answers that offer no hope, let’s consider three pathways to faith today.

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter.

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For more on coping with Texas Hill Country tragedy, please see the podcast Dr. Jim Denison recorded yesterday with Dr. Mark Turman, “Why does God allow disasters like the Texas Hill Country floods?”

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Dick Eastland, owner of Camp Mystic, died while attempting to rescue campers after a storm caused the Guadalupe River to rise twenty-six feet in forty-five minutes this weekend. At least eleven of its young female campers and counselors died in the flooding. Ten campers and one counselor from the camp are still missing. Today, we center on the practical. How would the Lord want us to respond personally to this horrible tragedy?

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A new poll shows a record-low 58 percent of US adults are either extremely or very proud to be American. Despite the drop, nearly 90 percent still express at least some level of national pride. Generational divides and growing discontent with politics, economics, and culture have shaped this trend, especially among younger Americans. But America’s flaws should not blind us to its blessings—nor should its blessings blind us to its flaws. So what’s behind this shift? And what can history teach us about it?

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter.

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A New York Times article written about this week’s passing of Jimmy Swaggart was authored by a journalist who himself died five years ago. So we know that the Times has, for several years, planned to run a profile of the evangelist that was written years before his death. The good news is that, with God, our story is never over until it’s over. My purpose is not to minimize Jimmy Swaggart’s faults. Rather, it is to point to the transforming grace of Christ whereby no sinner is beyond the reach of repentance and redemption.

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Yesterday afternoon, the US Senate passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” President Trump’s signature legislative priority. The tally was fifty-fifty, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The legislation now returns to the House, where voting is scheduled to begin later today. The complicated process through which this bill passed is a feature of American governance, not a bug. And that feature is foundational to our flourishing—but with an enormous caveat.

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Dr. Jim Denison urges you to read Dr. John Lennox's (Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University - emeritus) an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy, and religion, recent address to the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in Westminster.

Mark Zuckerberg is creating a new “Superintelligence” division within Meta Platforms and recruiting artificial intelligence (AI) experts to lead it. He is racing to build AI technology that is smarter than humans, seeking to advance what he calls “a new era for humanity.” He plans to spend upward of $70 billion on capital expenditures, largely on AI investments. Is creating AI that is smarter than its creators a good idea?

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The Supreme Court last Friday upheld a ruling that allowed Texas to enforce a state law requiring pornography sites to verify the age of their users before providing access. Nearly half of all states have passed similar laws to keep children under the age of eighteen from seeing online pornography. Such laws are crucial because, as the Gen Z writer Freya India warns, “Modern porn is unlikely anything else in history.” You and I live in a society that has normalized sexual immorality on a level many of us scarcely realize, but Christ has already paved the way to rescue us.

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter.

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The Supreme Court is expected to announce major decisions this morning on birthright citizenship, age verification for pornography sites, and several other contentious issues. However, its ruling yesterday is already making headlines: the court handed down a decision that could pave the way for states to defund Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the US. When should the Supreme Court overrule laws passed by states? The question points to a topic we have reason to discuss often in this space: How do we best promote the morality that is foundational to democracy?

About Denison Forum and The Daily Article

Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website. You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

For practical ways to join God in the transformation of our minds and hearts, please see Dr. Jim Denison's latest website article, “Is artificial intelligence ruining our brains?”