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Strongest earthquake in years strikes San Francisco Oct 27, 2022

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The strongest quake the San Francisco Bay Area has seen in eight years happened yesterday on the Calaveras Fault, a branch of the San Andreas fault. Earthquakes do not create faults in the earth—they reveal them. This fact applies to more than geology, as even a cursory glance at the day’s news tells us. Where are the fault lines in our culture? And what are we as Christians doing about them?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Santa Claus’s tomb has been discovered Oct 26, 2022

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Don’t tell your kids, but the tomb of Saint Nicholas of Myra, aka Santa Claus, has been discovered beneath St. Nicholas Church in Demre, Turkey. Father Amvrosios Chorozidis, who leads the liturgy there, explains: “In the West, we seem to have everything, but in fact we have a lack of love in our hearts, so we need someone to visit us even once a year, to give us that love.” Father Chorozidis could have been reading the morning news, replete as it is with tragedy and our need for a hope beyond ourselves.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Rishi Sunak will become the UK’s prime minister today: His unusual challenge and the bridge across our cultural divide Oct 25, 2022

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Today, Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks. As the New York Times reports, Sunak will also be the youngest prime minister in two centuries and the first person of Hindu faith to achieve the UK’s highest elected office. Additionally, his personal wealth is more than double that of King Charles III. Critics fear that Sunak cannot identify with the people he will lead and the rising challenges they face—which leads to an interesting correlation on the question of America’s wokeism.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Donald Trump subpoenaed by January 6 commission: Is our democracy in danger? Oct 24, 2022

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The January 6 committee has subpoenaed former president Donald Trump to produce requested documents by Nov. 4 and to sit for a deposition on Nov. 14. Whether a former president can be forced to testify before Congress or not is a complex legal question beyond my purpose today. Rather, I want to ask whether this issue advances autocracy or democracy and then to think biblically about the enormous ramifications of this issue for our lives and for our nation.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after the shortest tenure in British history Oct 21, 2022

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned less than six weeks after taking office, the shortest term in England’s history. She was effectively forced out after her economic plan to stimulate the economy did not sit well with the markets. Ironically, most politicians lose the support of their party for failing to keep their promises. Truss did just the opposite. What can we learn from her example?

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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As WWIII looms, two superpowers closer to home are joining together: How to discern the day’s news Oct 20, 2022

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While the world appears to march steadily toward World War III, the most important news today comes out of Louisville, Kentucky, where nine Mcdonald's locations will begin selling Krispy Kreme donuts to see if the two paragons of American gastronomic ingenuity can form a viable partnership. Of course, that isn’t the most important news, but the story offers us an essential question: How do we discern the news well?

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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If China invades Taiwan, will the world sit idly by? Oct 19, 2022

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Recent events make it seem as though America may be on a collision course with China, and particularly with regard to Taiwan. What is even more troubling is that neither side really seems interested in avoiding that fate. And should China invade Taiwan, America has pledged to help, but none of America's traditional allies would be required to join the fight per Article 6 in NATO’s North Atlantic Treaty. So what will happen if China invades Taiwan?

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Why protests in Europe could mean trouble for Taiwan Oct 18, 2022

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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Paris on Sunday in protest over the rising cost of living, a shortage of key supplies, and fears that their circumstances will only get worse as winter looms just over the horizon. And Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—and the mounting costs of a European response—has China’s president Xi Jinping considering his country’s stance toward Taiwan. There’s a significant lesson here: our commitment is much more difficult when it begins to cost us more than we would prefer to pay.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Why the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is so relevant to your world Oct 17, 2022

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According to the US Department of State, the Chinese Communist Party seeks to set up “a new international order dominated by the CCP.” And our Christian brothers and sisters in China face some of the most oppressive and sophisticated surveillance and persecution in the world. China has risen to become our greatest threat. Why? The foundational answer consists of two names: Karl Marx and Xi Jinping.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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“I feel like I might be dreaming”: A stranger takes a 100-year-old veteran to Disneyland Oct 14, 2022

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A now-viral video posted to TikTok shows Isaiah Garza approaching an elderly man to say, “I’m sorry to bother you, but I’ve had a really rough day. Do you want to go to Disneyland with me today?” The veteran agrees, the two visit Disney, and the man says, “This is one of the best days of my life. I feel like I might be dreaming or something. I thought my life was over.” The touching video reveals the truth that we were created for community—a gift we were created to need and a gift that makes the church uniquely relevant to our fractured culture.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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