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On Wednesday night, President Biden addressed the nation for the last time from the Oval Office, and for the first time since announcing that he was withdrawing from the election last July. Going into the speech, most expected him to focus on his accomplishments over more than five decades in government and maintain a positive tone. However, while such an account was part of his address, the most memorable elements trended toward the challenging and ominous. Apostle Paul speaks to enduring through difficult times in a way that is vital for us to understand today.

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The confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, began yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Democrats grilled him, while Republicans largely seemed to indicate their support. It seems that adversity is a foundational fact in every dimension of our world. It is therefore understandable that we would see the Creator of our world in the same way. This was certainly my experience for many years, even after I became a Christian. I’d like to tell you that story in the hope that it can encourage you in your story today.

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President Joe Biden delivered his final foreign policy address yesterday, stating that a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal was “on the brink” of being finalized. Israel and Hamas have reportedly been presented with a “final” draft of such an agreement after a “breakthrough” was reached Sunday evening following talks between Qatar’s prime minister, Israel’s intelligence chiefs, and envoys for President Biden and President-elect Trump. A Palestinian source said he expected the deal to be finalized today if “all goes well.”

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More than twelve thousand structures have burned so far in California’s devastating wildfires, including many houses of worship. One was Altadena Community Church, built in the 1940s and known for its colorful stained glass. Even though the building burned, parishioners sang outdoors. “WE are the church! We can worship anywhere.” They’re right: “The God who made the world . . . does not live in temples made by man” (Acts 17:24). His transforming presence is as close as your next prayer. But there’s a catch—a temptation that many of us fall to in our lives.

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“The fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.” That is how Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described his company’s efforts to curtail the spread of misinformation for the better part of a decade. So, instead of an army of third-party fact-checkers, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will move to an X-style community notes form of moderation for most of their content.

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President-elect Donald Trump has been in the news a lot in recent days for controversial ideas on America’s global footprint. Meanwhile, former President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the Capitol this morning before being transported back to Georgia for internment this evening. The rancor of the political Left and Right against each other has seldom been so vividly on display at one time. Our partisan divisions are clearly reflected in a new Gallup report that shows a record-low percentage of Americans are satisfied with the way democracy is working in the US. These trends are symptomatic of a larger issue at work in our society, a factor that should evoke both grave concern and empowering spiritual hope for us today.

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Sister Inah Canabarro, the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117, is a fan of the local soccer club, which celebrates her birthday every year by decorating her room with gifts in the team’s colors. The secret to her longevity? Her faith, she says. No one can predict the future, but as technology advances, it becomes more and more tempting to lean on self-reliance as the answer to unknown futures. But there’s only One who can shape the future, and he asks for our dependence on him today.

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Despite the obvious reality of human finitude and mortality, tech millionaire Bryan Johnson says he spends upwards of $2 million a year on an anti-aging regimen he believes is enabling his body to “achieve the lowest possible biological age.” Johnson’s story, coupled with the other news of the morning, raises a question for me: Why does an all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful God allow death?

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Officials are studying the “secret radicalization” of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the alleged New Orleans attacker. The Telegraph reports that Jabbar was “visited by IS in his dreams.” He apparently made a series of video recordings prior to the attack. In one, he said he had several dreams telling him to join the Islamic State. When I read the Telegraph story on the religious motives behind the New Orleans atrocity, I imagined many people asking, Does religion do more harm than good in the world? It’s a great question. Today, we’ll explore the effects of religion throughout the world and the source of true change in people.

For more on the veracity and credibility of biblical faith, see Dr. Jim Denison's latest website article, “Surgeon General warns of link between alcohol and cancer: What do we do when science seems to contradict Scripture?”

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Christianity is once again the most persecuted religion in the world according to the latest report from the International Christian Concern. While persecution against Christians has long been a fixture of the faith in places dominated by Islamic extremism, the report found that persecution has also increased in Latin American countries like Nicaragua and Venezuela—both traditionally Christian. It’s unlikely that Christianity will reach that level of persecution in the United States and other parts of the West; rather, the decline of faith in our culture will have to be through the slow atrophy of neglect rather than the swift attack of persecution. So what can we do to avoid that fate?

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Ryan 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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