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More than one hundred Palestinians were killed, with hundreds more injured, after Israeli troops opened fire in a chaotic situation surrounding the disbursement of food in Gaza yesterday. And while details continue to emerge, many nations have already made up their minds on who’s to blame. That tendency to ignore facts in favor of an easier narrative is found outside the Middle East as well and can help explain the global silence in the face of India’s increased persecution of Christians and other religious minorities.

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For more on the situation in Israel, please see Dr. Jim Denison’s “The War in Israel,” an online resource he recently updated to cover the rising threat of groups in addition to Hamas and where the war is likely to go from here. You may also download the full, updated ebook for free. 

In honor of Leap Day, Krispy Kreme is giving a free dozen original glazed donuts to anyone who has a February 29 birthday. This news caused me to wonder: How many donuts could the company potentially give away? Whether your birthday is today or not, you should be grateful for today and for the next Leap Day in 2028—if we make it to 2028. This week’s news could cause us to be pessimistic about the future, so where do we turn for the hope that we need? 

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“Yesterday” is one of the most haunting songs in the Beatles’ 213-song repertoire. Now, nearly sixty years later, Paul McCartney has explained its emotional bridge. The story is heartbreaking. We don’t have to live very long before we experience such pain ourselves from things we said and did to others and things they said and did to us. In our series on optimism in pessimistic times, how do we find hope in such pain?

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The New York Times is reporting that new satellites orbiting the Earth at very low altitudes “may result in a world where nothing is really off limits.” The satellites will be able to image objects as small as four inches. According to one critic, “This is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge.” A Harvard astrophysicist adds, “It’s taking us one step closer to a Big Brother-is-watching kind of world.” How can we best live with optimism and hope in a world filled with pessimism and fear?

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According to the Harvard Medical School, optimism helps reduce hypertension, protect against developing heart disease, lower respiratory tract infections, and benefit overall health. How, then, can we live with optimism in days like these? Our sustainable source of hope is not to be found in the circumstances of our daily lives, as a perusal of today’s news makes clear.

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While much of the discussion in the week since Alexei Navalny’s death has centered on his legacy of opposing corruption in the Russian government, as well as that government’s role in his demise, his final years were defined as much by his faith as by his politics. And his transformation from a “militant atheist” to a professing Christian demonstrates an important truth about how we should relate to our culture as well.  

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The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled this week that the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies to frozen embryos. This decision classifies embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as “unborn children” and thus human lives, including those who were created in laboratories and then frozen. In response, a large Alabama hospital paused IVF treatments yesterday as health care providers weigh the impact of the ruling. If embryos were to be legally classified as human beings, the implications would be seismic across our society.

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I have written a white paper for the Denison Forum website that examines these and other questions in some depth.

Can someone who is sincere be sincerely wrong? Can a nation? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 commencement address at Harvard University offers decades-old insight that still aptly describes American culture. His words lead to hard questions we should ask ourselves today.

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“Couple to Throuple,” a new reality show on Peacock, tells the story of four couples who are curious about polyamory (“many loves”) and head to a resort where they begin dating a group of singles. Our secular culture has been increasingly promoting such “consensual non-monogamy.” What can those of us who believe in biblical morality say to persuade those who endorse and normalize polyamory?

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The Bible forbids sexual relationships outside the lifelong covenant of one man and one woman in marriage (cf. Genesis 2:24; Hebrews 13:4; Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5; Galatians 5:19).

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Does life have a purpose that transcends the happenstance and coincidence of our chaotic world? If so, how do we find it each day? On this Presidents Day, consider the striking coincidences between presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, as well as the fascinating story of a Booth saving a Lincoln. In stories like these, there is some comfort in the sense that the world is not as random and chaotic as it seems. But is this the best we can do to find the hope our souls need?

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