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Pregnant Ukrainian woman wounded by Russian bombs has died: How much death and destruction will be enough for Putin? Mar 15, 2022

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A wounded pregnant Ukrainian woman and her baby have died after their maternity hospital in Mariupol was bombed by Russia. In The Daily Article for March 15, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison asks how much death and destruction is enough for Russian president Putin and wonders whether Putin’s motivations lie in his desire to recenter eastern Christianity and the Russian Orthodox Church at Kyiv, Ukraine.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Would Putin use "tactical nuclear weapons" to win this war? Mar 14, 2022

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In “This Is a Uniquely Perilous Moment,” commentator David French describes the possibility of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons to conquer Ukraine, and even to fight NATO-member countries. In The Daily Article for March 14, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses French’s ominous article, asks if the US would risk its cities to defend NATO forces, and points to Dr. Lane Ogden’s “How to manage fear in a time of crisis” as well as pointing to the “paradoxical best way to live every day” for the Christian.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Eleven-year-old escapes Ukraine by himself: "Primeval conditions in besieged cities" and a light that "cannot be hidden" Mar 11, 2022

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Hassan, an eleven-year-old boy from Ukraine, escaped the country alone. In The Daily Article for March 11, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison uses that story to illustrate how Putin considers expanding the Russian Empire worth the lives of thousands of children like Hassan and how Christians can reject living by the truth of Genesis 1:27 and similarly make others the means to our personal advancement.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Girl sings “Let It Go” in Ukrainian shelter, video goes viral Mar 10, 2022

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A video of a young girl singing “Let It Go” while in a Ukrainian shelter has gone viral. In The Daily Article for March 10, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers how Russians view Putin and themselves, the difference between the Ukraine and Ukraine, Putin’s expressed purpose in invading Ukraine, and how suffering exposes our cultural fallacies, such as the questioning of the existence of objective morality.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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How a young Christian killed in Ukraine "still speaks" to our future Mar 09, 2022

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Anatoly was a twenty-six-year-old member of Irpin Bible Church, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, who, after evacuating his wife and family to safety, returned to help his church. He was killed by a Russian bombshell while helping others across a collapsed bridge. In The Daily Article for March 9, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses Anatoly’s courage and how it relates to the future of our cultural freedom in America.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Why the "new Cold War" affects every American Christian Mar 08, 2022

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As two million people have now reportedly fled Ukraine, are people in the west becoming inured to the suffering that global headlines attest to? In The Daily Article for March 8, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison refers to Elliott Abrams' article “The New Cold War,” why this new Cold War presents a new and different challenge to the US, and posits why liberty needs God.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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"We will fight to the last breath": Why one man's courage is empowering his nation Mar 07, 2022

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Despite knowing that he’s at the top of Russia’s “kill list,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has chosen to lead his nation, a courageous example to both his country and the world. However, Christians know that the most powerful source of character and courage does not lie within us. In The Daily Article for March 7, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers what it means to be a courageous Christian.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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This now-viral picture makes the Ukrainian crisis personal: Trusting God when his timing is not ours Mar 04, 2022

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A huge blaze at the site of Europe's largest nuclear power plant station set world financial markets tumbling overnight. It was extinguished today and officials said the plant is operating normally, though it is now under Russian control. In The Daily Article for March 4, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers the tragedies unfolding in Ukraine, asks why an omniscient and omnipotent God would allow them, and offers ways to combat fear in times of crisis.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Are Ukrainians "the best people on Earth"? Trusting God when we do not understand God Mar 03, 2022

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In The Daily Article for March 3, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison asks, “If our sovereign God must cause or allow all that happens, why is the Russian invasion of Ukraine happening?” Dr. Denison looks at instances in the Bible about God’s sovereignty and humanity’s free will.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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"The most consequential speech of his lifetime": The State of the Union and a day for unity Mar 02, 2022

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President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last night. It has been a long time since an American president spoke to a nation facing so many crises at one time. As a result, Fox News predicted that his address would be "the most consequential speech of his life." In The Daily Article for March 2, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison summarizes President Biden’s State of the Union, then discusses the meaning of Ash Wednesday.

Author: Dr. Jim Denison

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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