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Deadly protests in Iran: A right analysis but a wrong spirit Jan 07, 2026

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Deadly clashes have erupted in Iran as demonstrations sparked by anger over the rising cost of living entered their second week. Unlike those in past years, these protests are seeking regime change and taking down regime symbols, posters, and statues. More than two thousand citizens have been arrested, and at least thirty-four protesters have been killed. Yet recognizing the justice of regime change is not the same as sharing the heart of God toward the people caught inside it—and that dissonance between being right and being Christlike is what turns today’s news into today’s spiritual lesson.

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Woman burned by pro-Maduro forces begs judge to lock up dictator Jan 06, 2026

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A woman protesting against the Venezuelan government in 2021 was disfigured when military forces tossed boiling water on her. Yesterday, she took part in demonstrations in New York City, where she begged a Manhattan federal judge to lock up dictator Nicolás Maduro for as long as possible. Watching US politicians react to the news regarding Venezuela along such starkly partisan lines demonstrates the rapid deterioration of society’s foundational truth and trust. In response, I’d like to suggest a brief apologetic framed around three logical assertions.

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The US strike on Venezuela: How did we get here? Jan 05, 2026

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Early Saturday morning, President Trump announced that the US carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife. He then stated that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until a “proper transition can take place.” Maduro and his wife arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn late Saturday. They are expected to appear in federal court at noon today. Today, we look at five questions we all have surrounding the event: How did we get here, how has the US responded, was it legal, what comes next, and how should Christians respond to these events today.

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim 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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How to find hope for the new year Jan 02, 2026

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“America has become a country of cynics. At least, that’s what studies show.” That delightful thought is the opening line to Lauren Jackson’s recent profile on hope for the New York Times. And if a declaration of cynicism sounds to you like a strange way to introduce a call to hope, you’re not wrong. Unfortunately, neither is she. However, the path she describes is fundamentally different from the approach found in the Bible. As such, it exemplifies both the best our world has to offer and the reason why the world so desperately needs something more.

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim 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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Why the Times Square ball will drop three times this year Jan 01, 2026

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As you begin 2026, we want to highly recommend First15 as daily resource for your walk with the Lord.

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Roughly one million people packed into New York City’s Times Square last night to watch a crystal ball drop from One Times Square as midnight approached. For the first time ever, it was relit and dropped again at approximately 12:04 am E.T. in anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. The ball will drop a third time on the eve of the Fourth of July for the same reason. To walk in the transforming light of Christ this year, we must determine to do so. This is the New Year’s Resolution of all resolutions. To experience his transforming grace, today we explore six practical resolutions within the Resolution.

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A seminary professor predicted the cellphone a century ago Dec 31, 2025

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One hundred years ago, a seminary professor in Pennsylvania had the audacity to claim that by 2025, people would use a pocket-sized apparatus for communications to see and hear each other without being in the same room. Everyone knows that the future is unknowable. What we sometimes fail to understand is that the present is unknowable as well. Heisenberg’s “uncertainty principle” demonstrates that physicists cannot measure both the position and the speed of a particle at the same time. I say all of that to say this: The omniscient God who created and transcends time is our best source for facing our fears of the future.

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“Favorite good news” for 2025 includes these four facts Dec 30, 2025

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Do you sometimes find yourself feeling anxious without an apparent explanation? Are there days when things are good in your personal world, but that world is somehow not enough? Let’s consider a juxtaposition. The Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker similarly cites data showing that “global life expectancy, affluence, and literacy are at all-time highs, while extreme poverty and violent crime are at all-time lows.” However, according to Gallup, US mental health ratings have also fallen to an all-time low. Why are so many people so unhappy amid such prosperity?

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President Trump meets with Netanyahu as “Twixmas” begins Dec 29, 2025

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President Donald Trump said Sunday that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close” to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Today begins what some are calling “Twixmas,” “Dead Week,” or “Feral Week”—the stretch between Christmas and New Year’s Eve when, as one journalist reports, “We get the urge to take off and tune out, and our outstanding projects, deadlines, and other responsibilities become 2026 You’s problem.” One person posted that this week “feels like one long Sunday.” I agree wholeheartedly, but not for the reasons they mean.

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Strikes on ISIS, “nightmare” flooding, and transcendent hope Dec 26, 2025

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I’m always a little sad on the day after Christmas when the world seems to return to “normal” so quickly. But return it does. We woke up this morning to news that the US carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in Nigeria yesterday. President Trump said the military action was in response to the terrorist group’s attacks on Christians in the region, a reminder that Christianity remains the most persecuted religion in the world. By now, you’re hoping I’ll pivot to reasons for hope on this day after the holiday. Let’s do just that, though not in a way most people would expect.

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Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim 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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Santa visited 1,944 homes per second last night Dec 25, 2025

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Did you know that for Santa Claus to reach an estimated 238 million homes worldwide last night, he had to visit 1,944 per second? This week we’re taking Christmas in the order it was revealed: to Mary, then Joseph, then the shepherds, then the Magi. We’re aligning their experiences with the promised Son as “Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father, Mighty God, and Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6 in reverse). So today we come to the shepherds and the promised “Mighty God.” Of Isaiah’s four descriptions of the coming Messiah, this would have been the most troubling and even fearful for them.

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