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Nikki Haley will exit Republican presidential race after Super Tuesday results: Politics, AI, and the path to our best future Mar 06, 2024

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Nikki Haley plans to suspend her Republican campaign for president after having won only Vermont and the District of Columbia. Donald Trump has won every other primary so far. And President Joe Biden has won every Democratic delegate awarded thus far. As the 2024 election looms, we must be wary of the internal threat of our politics becoming our religion and the external threat of AI altering our humanity.

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Supreme Court ruling restores Donald Trump to presidential ballots Mar 05, 2024

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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states lack the power to reject presidential candidates on the grounds that they engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the US. This decision restores former President Donald Trump’s name to the Colorado ballot and ends similar challenges to his candidacy elsewhere. In a democratic republic in particular, and in life in general, autonomous authority can be dangerous. Nowhere is this more true today than with the growing threat represented by artificial intelligence, our focus for this week.

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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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“I have the power to manipulate, monitor, and destroy anything I want”: The threat of autonomous AI and the unique response of biblical faith Mar 04, 2024

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Unless the global community takes action, AI-enabled lethal autonomous weapons could soon fight our wars and choose their own targets. In fact, Ukrainian drone company Saker claims it’s already fielded a fully autonomous weapon using AI. Such technology could also be incorporated into nuclear weapons. How can we continue to live with faith in such a fearful world?

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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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

70 million Christians in India under increasing threat of religious persecution Mar 01, 2024

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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.

About Denison Forum and The Daily Article

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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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.

How Krispy Kreme is honoring Leap Day birthdays Feb 29, 2024

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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?

About Denison Forum and The Daily Article

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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Paul McCartney reveals his “Yesterday” inspiration Feb 28, 2024

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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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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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New satellites will take us “one step closer to a Big Brother-is-watching kind of world” Feb 27, 2024

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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?

About Denison Forum and The Daily Article

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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

“A happy people are a productive people”: How to live optimistically in a pessimistic time Feb 26, 2024

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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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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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Alexei Navalny: “The fact is that I am a Christian”: What the life and death of Alexei Navalny teaches us about love and hate Feb 23, 2024

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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.

About Denison Forum and The Daily Article

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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are “unborn children”: When does life begin? What does this decision mean for abortion and the sanctity of life? Feb 22, 2024

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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.

About Denison Forum and The Daily Article

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.

NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today.

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