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The football coach at the center of a Supreme Court religious liberty case Apr 26, 2022

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Bremerton football coach Joe Kennedy was fired in 2015 after refusing to stop praying at the fifty-yard line following his team's football games. His religious liberty case was heard before the Supreme Court yesterday. In The Daily Article for April 26, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers Coach Kennedy's fight, the latest cultural euphemism disguising immorality, and how Christians can practically fight against the sins they persistently struggle against.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Emmanuel Macron wins reelection as French president, but there's more to the story Apr 25, 2022

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Emmanuel Macron won reelection in France's presidential contest yesterday, defeating far-right rival Marine Le Pen. However, in this story and others recently in the news (like alligators "taking lonely strolls in Florida" and why Mike Tyson punched a man on a flight), there's more to the story. In The Daily Article for April 25, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison looks at the fact that "there is often something we don't know about people or events that puts them in a new light," then discusses how Christians can overcome their "besetting sins."

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Pennsylvania school board rejects After School Satan Club Apr 22, 2022

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Good news in the news today includes a Pennsylvania school board rejecting the formation of an After School Satan Club, a twelve-year-old woodworker who's raised more than $109,000 for Ukrainian children, and a Tennesse city rejecting an atheist group's demand to remove crosses that had been in place since the fifties. In The Daily Article for April 22, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison then discusses practical ways for Christians to be cultural missionaries.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Blake Atwood

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Florida lawmakers vote to end Disney's tax privilege Apr 21, 2022

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In response to The Walt Disney Company speaking out on the Parental Rights in Education bill (the "Don't Say Gay" law), Florida lawmakers are voting to end Disney's self-governing privileges in the Orlando area. In The Daily Article for April 21, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison asks, "When fighting a 'culture war,' should we be passivists or activists?" He cites how Billy Graham handled his personal critics, Yuval Levin's article "How to Curb the Culture War," and three biblical directives for Christians in the culture wars.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Russia takes first city since launching "new phase of war" Apr 20, 2022

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Russian forces seized the city of Kreminna, which appears to be the first city confirmed to have fallen since Vladimir Putin's forces launched a "new phase of war." In The Daily Article for April 20, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison also writes on the threat of AI, four reasons teens are depressed, and how Christians can respond biblically and redemptively to the challenges of our day.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Federal judge voids public transportation mask mandate Apr 19, 2022

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Yesterday, a federal judge in Florida sided against the CDC, striking down the national mask mandate. Her ruling freed airlines, airports, and mass transit systems to make their own decisions about mask requirements. In The Daily Article for April 19, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers our collective trust in the government, cites Jonathan Haidt's Atlantic essay that suggests social media is undermining our democracy, and then challenges Christians to think biblically and act redemptively in response.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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How the "community fridge movement" can change the world Apr 18, 2022

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Good news in the news: the community fridge movement is providing free food to those in need, and a 19-year-old man with autism was reunited with his family after having disappeared for almost three years. In The Daily Article for April 18, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers how we are all tied together and why the little-known Bible story of Judas called Barsabbas matters to Christians today.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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What caused a flagship Russian warship to sink in the Black Sea? Apr 15, 2022

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The flagship Russian warship Moskva sank into the Black Sea yesterday. Whether it was destroyed by a Ukrainian missile or from a fire that broke out on the cruiser, the result is the same. In The Daily Article for Good Friday, April 15, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison uses this news story and others as a foundation to ask: Why was Jesus crucified on Good Friday? Could he have died any other way and the result have been the same?

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Why a Texas megachurch is relocating hundreds of Ukrainian refugees Apr 14, 2022

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Gateway Church has helped around four hundred Ukrainian refugees relocate and are in the process of helping to relocate hundreds more. This as reports say 1.4 million Ukrainians are without running water and 4.6 million are at risk of losing their water supply. In The Daily Article for April 14, 2022, Maundy Thursday of Easter week, Dr. Jim Denison cites Wallace B. Henley's surprising assertion about why Russians are committing atrocities in Ukraine and encourages readers to remember the weight of their own sin so that they might be free of it in repentance.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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The latest on the Brooklyn subway shooting: The urgency and power of a "Silent Wednesday" Apr 13, 2022

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Ten people were hit by gunfire and another thirteen injured after a man set off smoke grenades and fired a handgun in a crowded Brooklyn subway train yesterday. In The Daily Article for April 13, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers this news story and many others while also discussing "Silent Wednesday," the day during Easter week in which the Bible records no activities by Jesus. Citing John Mark Comer's book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Dr. Denison also asks if Christians should follow Jesus' example to lead a quiet life.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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