Casey McIntyre, 38, died of ovarian cancer on November 12, 2023. In the days leading up to her death, she urged friends to donate to a campaign that would cancel the medical debt of strangers. By the time she died, that campaign raised nearly $200,000, enough to pay off nearly $19 million in medical debt. As of today, it has more than tripled its impact.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Hamas freed 17 more hostages yesterday; 39 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons in exchange. Among the hostages was Abigail Edan, a four-year-old Israeli-American citizen who witnessed her parents being murdered on October 7. President Biden said at a news conference, “What she endured is unthinkable.” 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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An initial four-day cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas took effect this morning in Gaza. At this writing, there have been no reports of fighting for several hours, and sixty trucks carrying aid have entered Gaza from Egypt. With the looming threat of WWIII and other global fears you may be facing, it can be difficult to “give thanks in all circumstances,” as the Bible says. But for Thanksgiving to be a daily lifestyle rather than an annual holiday, we have to learn to give thanks every day, including our hardest days. 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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Geoffrey Holt was the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, NH, a town of 4,200. He had no TV and no car. In fact, he rode his lawn mower around town. But when Mr. Holt died earlier this year, he had a secret: he was a multimillionaire, ultimately leaving $3.8 million to benefit his town. On this Thanksgiving Day, let’s consider his example and the true meaning of a gift.

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Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal by which Hamas will free fifty civilian hostages in return for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and a four-day pause in fighting. The first hostages could be freed as early as tomorrow. But here’s a question that’s seldom if ever asked in the news: Why do only the jihadists take hostages?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD 

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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter died Sunday afternoon at the age of ninety-six. She was a tireless advocate for mental health services and was often found volunteering with Habitat for Humanity alongside her husband, former President Jimmy Carter. In a day when many leaders use their public platforms for personal celebrity, Rosalynn Carter used hers to serve others—a timely reminder as we approach Thanksgiving.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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The Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979 and the present-day Hamas hostage crisis in Israel have been viewed in very different ways. Why is that the case? And Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a research fellow who was a former atheist and raised as a Muslim, recently announced her conversion to Christianity, but her testimony is also being viewed in very different ways.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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Inflation is down from 9.1 percent last summer to 3.2 percent now. The Dow recently closed at its highest level since mid-August. And the Fed is expected not to raise interest rates again. Why, then, are so many Americans so unhappy with America? 

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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The “word of the year” is an apt one for 2023 and speaks rather well to the state of our culture. In fact, Cambridge Dictionary stated that their word of the year “reminds us that humans still need to bring their critical thinking” into play. In today’s Daily Article, Dr. Jim Denison argues that such critical thinking skills are unlikely to be popular in a “post-truth” culture that measures facts by feelings and moral standards by personal opinion. But Christians must apply their critical thinking and spiritual insight to today’s news if we truly want to see change in the world.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD 

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The persistency and consistency of bad news is discouraging, from wars in Israel and Ukraine to earthquakes in Iceland to a worldwide opioid epidemic that now suffers from “polysubstance abuse.” It’s logical to ask how long the world can continue like this and whether we’re living in the end times. But what if God doesn’t want us to know if that’s the case?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

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