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The Daily Article
The Daily Article Podcast offers news discerned differently every Monday through Friday morning. With biblical insight into the day’s latest news and current events, this narrated edition of Dr. Jim Denison’s email newsletter presents a nonpartisan perspective on what’s happening now and how Christians can respond biblically to the culture at large.
Episodes
- The Daily Article
Pennsylvania lawmaker criticized for praying publicly to Jesus
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 3, 2019 More and more Americans are questioning whether they need God to be good. Today's podcast responds with biblical truth that…
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Washington Post writer leaves the faith, speaks for millions: 4 responses
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 2, 2019 The day's news can leave society with more questions than answers. Today's article highlights a man that left the faith and…
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Police officers replace tools stolen by thieves
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 1, 2019 The day's news can cause us to wonder if God understands our pain and problems. Today's podcast explores Jesus' incarnation…
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‘Unplanned’: A movie about abortion that changes everything
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 29, 2019 Unplanned is a movie every American should see. Today's podcast explains why and invites us to stand for life in ways that…
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British Airways jet lands in wrong country on purpose
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 28, 2019 It is easy to be sincerely wrong. Today's podcast explores some examples that affect our souls and culture, inviting us to…
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Conflict in Israel and a Jewish cemetery desecrated in Massachusetts: Why should we have hope for our culture?
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 27, 2019 Despite the discouragements of the day, it is always too soon to give up on the future because it is always too soon to…
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San Antonio city council bans Chick-fil-A from airport
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 26, 2019 Discrimination against Christians is escalating in our culture. Today's podcast examines this troubling trend and points…
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Attorney General releases summary of the Mueller report: 3 biblical responses
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 25, 2019 The long-awaited Mueller report is making global headlines. Today's podcast summarizes the report and offers three…
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President Trump endorses Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE What is the region known as the "Golan Heights"? Today's podcast explains why this disputed area is so important to the world and…
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A giant meteor explosion and the dangers of sugary drinks and cannabis: We are mortal and immortal
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE Each day's news reminds us that we live at the intersection of finitude and infinity. Today's podcast shows us why sharing Jesus is the…
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What is an anonymous $1.5 billion lottery winner doing with her money?
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE To reach the world, we must love the world as Jesus does. Today's podcast takes us to a place of horrific immorality where we'll watch…
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A goat who became mayor and the full worm supermoon: The eternal purpose of this life
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE Today's news reminds us that temporal success is seldom eternally significant. Today's podcast shows us the best way to meet God…
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A farmer who died for a stranger: How to find good news in bad news
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE When tragedies make the news, we are reminded of our finitude and God's omnipotence. Today's podcast invites us to turn fear to faith…
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A massacre in New Zealand, fighting in Israel, and a redemptive lesson from an unlikely source
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE The Ides of March are more significant to our culture than many people know. Today's podcast tells the story of this important day and…
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The college scam, Felicity Huffman, and Lori Loughlin: Two biblical responses
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE The college cheating scandal is making global headlines. Today's podcast asks what the scandal says about our culture and identifies two…
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A principal reads to her students on Facebook Live: How technology can and can’t improve our lives
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE Technology can change our lives, but it cannot change our souls. Today's podcast explores the one commitment that brings eternal life in…
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The man who was not allowed to board Flight 302: “Say thank you to God”
TODAY'S DAILY ARTICLE Tragedy can turn us from God in despair or toward him in hope. Today's podcast invites us to join the risen and living Lord in redeeming…
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Why did this high school wrestler’s video go viral?
Adversity finds us daily, but our Father has a purpose behind our pain. Today's podcast explores one way God redeems suffering he does not prevent. The Denison…
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Alex Trebek and Hailey Bieber: 2 steps to biblical courage
Living as fallen people in a fallen world requires courage. Today's podcast explores two ways we can be empowered by God to stand for Jesus and each other. The…
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University dean resigns after school bans Chick-fil-A
Christians are facing an increasing wave of discrimination in our culture. Today's podcast explores a surprising way to respond to opposition with grace. The…
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What happened when Joe Biden called Mike Pence 'a decent guy'?
Why is our political climate more divided than at any time since the Civil War? Today's podcast explores the issue behind our divisiveness and offers three…
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AI-powered grocery stores and Chip and Joanna Gaines: How to use the temporal for the eternal
Remarkable technological advances can improve our lives, but they make us no less mortal. Today's podcast explores ways we can use the temporal to serve the…
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‘We’re more popular than Jesus’: The relevance of our faith today
Will Christianity "vanish and shrink," as John Lennon predicted? Today's podcast explores his infamous assertion and offers us a biblical path to the…
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The secret intelligence network that defeated Hitler: Words change the world
We communicate more words today than ever before in human history. Today's podcast looks at the power of words to change the world and invites us to hear the…
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Vietnam summit ends early: What makes history seldom makes headlines
What makes headlines seldom makes history. Today's podcast contrasts temporal success and eternal significance, inviting us to make the one choice that gives…
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The Vietnam summit, clergy abuse, and YouTube videos on child suicide: Is the world getting better or worse?
The Vietnam summit and other news can be viewed as negative or as positive. Today's podcast shows us how to demonstrate Jesus' relevance to our conflicted…
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Christian receives $21 million after 39 years in prison
Craig Coley spent thirty-nine years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Today's podcast tells his amazing story and invites us to share his empowering…
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What the Oscars teach us about significance
The 2019 Oscars were awarded last night. Today's podcast discusses the awards in the context of our secular culture and God's definition of significance. The…
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Which are the “most sinful states” in the US?
Sin and Satan are considered outdated concepts today, but this makes them no less real and even more dangerous. Today's podcast identifies the two categories…
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One of the most moving articles I’ve ever read
Michael Gerson's testimony to the unique power of Christ is deeply moving and inspiring. Today's podcast discusses Gerson's challenges and the hope only Jesus…
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Why is this fashion model making headlines?
Why does our society celebrate the rights of some but not others? Today's podcast explores the principles that explain our culture's rejection of the sanctity…
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The reward a Texas couple found in a bottle from 1962
Americans have experienced remarkable advances in recent decades. However, is our overall moral trajectory positive or negative? Today's podcast identifies the…
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College intern began work the day he was killed
Hope can be hard to find in hard times. Today's podcast identifies a foundational reason for pessimism in our culture and offers three biblical steps to hope…
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President to announce $8 billion for border wall
The conflict over border security is making headlines again. Today's podcast focuses on a vital but often-overlooked reason for our divisive culture and offers…
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How to get a marriage license at baggage claim
Valentine's Day is an annual invitation to receive and share God's unconditional love. Today's podcast explores the reasons why this is hard and offers two…
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Why was a newborn baby in a storm drain?
Innocent suffering is both a faith challenge and a perennial experience. Today's podcast identifies an often-overlooked way God helps those who hurt and…
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Victims of innocent suffering: Biblical help and hope
Innocent suffering challenges our understanding of the power and love of God. Today's podcast explores this difficult issue and offers biblical help and hope…
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Report: 700 victims of Southern Baptist sexual abuse
A tragic new report details sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches. Today's podcast identifies Satan's three-part strategy in clergy abuse and describes two…
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What do racism, sexual abuse, and abortion have in common?
Racism and abortion are in the news nearly every day. Today's podcast explores their common link and offers three biblical steps that will change our broken…
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How much does Donald Trump’s childhood home cost?
The political divisions of our day are nothing new. Today's podcast explores our divisive history and offers two biblical steps forward. The Denison Forum is a…
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The ‘State of the Union’ is divided: How should Christians respond?
Response to the State of the Union address illustrates the divisiveness of our day. Today's podcast explores reasons for such divisions and invites us to speak…
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Two responses to the Ralph Northam controversy
Racial prejudice continues to make the news each day. Today's podcast invites us to take two steps toward the truth and justice God desires for our nation. For…
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Why the Rams' Super Bowl loss matters today
The NFL crowned the New England Patriots as Super Bowl winners again last night. Today's podcast invites us to reframe success and failure in biblical terms…
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Why the Super Bowl and secular spirituality are so popular
The Super Bowl is a metaphor for secular spirituality. Today's podcast explores reasons why both are popular and invites us to follow Jesus with a transforming…
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The polar vortex, seven-foot pythons, and divine sovereignty
The extreme weather of our day is an invitation to consider God's providence in places we cannot detect his plan. Today's podcast invites us to trust our…
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Have Israeli scientists found a cure for cancer?
Finding a cure for cancer is a metaphor for sharing the good news of God's love. Today's podcast examines reasons why our culture resists God's grace and…
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The key to serenity in a chaotic culture
Despite advances in informational technology, our culture is more chaotic and unpredictable than ever. Today's podcast offers us a biblical path to the peace…
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How to respond when skeptics claim our faith is dangerous
Skeptics claim that tragedies in our world prove that our faith is irrelevant or even dangerous. Today's podcast shows us how to demonstrate the relevance of…
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NY abortion ruling: How to move from success to significance
Bad news calls us to make a difference that matters. Today's podcast shows us how to move from success to significance by sharing the light of Christ with our…
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Why is the media biased?
Media bias is a growing concern in our culture. Today's podcast explains why this is an issue and offers three biblical steps in response. For more news…
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The 'racist' confrontation in DC: 3 biblical responses
The ugly confrontation in Washington last weekend continues to make news. Today's podcast explores the event and America's ongoing problem with racism, then…
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What Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece says about abortion
Today is National Sanctity of Human Life Day in America. Today's podcast offers ways to persuade more Americans that an unborn child is a child, then invites…
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Martin Luther King Jr.: How to leave a legacy that matters
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how to leave a legacy that matters. Today's podcast explores two biblical principles that will lead us to significance…
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CNN writer calls biblical morality 'disgusting'
When we act publicly on our Christian values, we risk the anger and rejection of our post-Christian culture. Today's podcast examines the uproar over Karen…
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Ronald McDonald depicted as 'McJesus' on a cross
Relationships are not only vital to our emotional health—they are critical to our physical health as well. Today's podcast invites us to experience the love of…
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Does new Gillette ad insult men?
Masculinity is a controversial subject in our postmodern culture. Today's podcast examines the debate and offers a biblical way to become the best we can be…
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When is the next royal baby due?
Our "fake news" culture undermines our view of God and of ourselves. Today's podcast offers a biblical path to experiencing the life-changing power and…
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A kicker's failure became eternally significant
Faith in adversity can be our most powerful witness to a skeptical culture. Today's podcast offers a biblical way to trust God with our suffering and…
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Jeff Bezos' affair: The largest divorce settlement in history?
We may not see the consequences of our sins today, but that makes them no less dangerous. Today's podcast examines Satan's temptation tactics and offers us a…
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University bans Chick-fil-A from campus
The divisiveness of American culture continues to escalate. Today's podcast explores three reasons Christians should respond to our post-Christian society with…