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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.
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A statue of Billy Graham will be displayed in Washington, DC
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A statue of Rev. Billy Graham will be unveiled in the US Capitol later today. The likeness depicts Dr. Graham gesturing toward an open Bible in his hand. In life, Billy Graham was emphatic: “We aren’t only called to become Christians; we are called to be Christians.” In today’s culture, that message is needed now more than ever. About Denison Forum…
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Orcas have been sinking yachts in the Strait of Gibraltar, with researchers tracking nearly seven hundred incidents since 2020. When we think we have tamed nature, there are always orcas or viruses around to correct us and remind us that we are just as frail and mortal tody as we were a thousand years ago. Today we consider three facts that can tur…
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Duke students walk out on Jerry Seinfeld at commencement
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Jerry Seinfeld was asked to speak at commencement at Duke University. Before he could start, some students walked out in protest of his support of Israel. Others booed him. Today we look at the evolution of cultural truth and the one source of truth that will set you free. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written …
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This weekend, we experienced a rare display of northern lights throughout the continental US, the start of a rare double brood of cicadas emerging from the ground, and Ascension Sunday. With culture columnists discussing all the ways we’re living in an exceptionally lucky period of time, we need to remember that our greatest hope in life ascended t…
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Can AI relationships take the place of people?
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Can AI relationships take the place of people? An increasing number of companies are trying, with companionship bots ranging from friends who lend a sympathetic ear to those bordering on pornography. But why are so many people pursuing these artificial relationships, often at the expense of other people? And what can the church do to call people to…
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NASA has produced a simulation in which the viewer begins around four hundred million miles from a supermassive black hole and rapidly falls toward it; however, you only have 12.8 seconds before your body is pulled apart atom by atom. There are days when it seems this is happening to our culture. Today, we discuss one reason our post-Christian soci…
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President Biden condemns a “ferocious surge of antisemitism”
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Summary: During a Holocaust memorial ceremony at the US Capitol yesterday, President Biden condemned a “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world” and pointed to “vicious propaganda on social media.” The good news is that no matter how hopeless we may feel in these chaotic days, we can embrace and share a hope the world can ne…
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Israeli forces enter Rafah amid cease-fire negotiations with Hamas
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An Israeli tank brigade took control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt this morning. It comes after Hamas announced yesterday that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal to halt the war. It is human nature to respond most deeply to news that affects us most personally, but our call is to view all the world through the le…
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As campus protests continue, one university’s three-part solution is working
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Protesters clashed with police at the University of Virginia and disrupted graduation ceremonies across the country. More than 2,100 anti-Israel protesters have been arrested so far. However, there have been no protester disruptions at the University of Florida. Today we look at President Ben Sasse’s three-part approach to the protest movement and …
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Beekeeping at a baseball game and Kentucky Derby hats on Star Wars Day
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A swarm of bees delayed the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers until a beekeeper could come and transport them safely off-site. Meanwhile, as jockeys and horses prepare for the Kentucky Derby’s 150th running tomorrow, hat makers have been preparing spectacularly colorful designs for women in the stands. Today we explo…
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Why should you care that today is the National Day of Prayer?
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Today is the National Day of Prayer. In our changing culture, our nation is becoming increasingly divided and antagonistic toward one another. To heal our democracy, we look to the source of all true life transformation. The more we pray for our nation, the more our connection with God through prayer will empower and encourage us to pray for our na…
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Police remove pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University
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Late last night, police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed an administration building at Columbia University being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters and arrested dozens of people. Five Republican-led states have sued the Biden administration over its revisions to the Title IX code. In an ever-divided culture, it is our calling…
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“In this moment the only thing standing between the people of Gaza and a ceasefire is Hamas.” This is how US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described a ceasefire proposal that he called “extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel.” As Israel and Hamas potentially approach a ceasefire, campus protesters around the country are ramping up with …
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“Zionists don’t deserve to live”: Are campus protests a picture of our cultural future?
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Nearly nine hundred protesters have been arrested on US campuses in recent days, about 275 of them on Saturday. Columbia University became the epicenter of the movement, making news when it banned a student protest leader who declared that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” In these truly perilous days for our nation, let us focus on becoming more l…
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Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for sex crimes overturned
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Yesterday morning, New York’s highest court of appeals decided to overturn Harvey Weinstein’s 2017 convictions of multiple sex crimes. The conviction had started the #metoo movement and changed the conversation around how we handle such allegations. When sin turns our stomachs and makes us long for justice, we have a choice on how we process this w…
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Will schools soon have to open girls’ locker rooms to boys?
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The Department of Education has unilaterally expanded Title IX of the Civil Rights code’s discrimination protections to include “sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.” The new regulations also require K–12 schools to accept a child’s gender identity regardless of their biolog…
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Protesters at Columbia University want Hamas to “burn Tel Aviv to the ground”
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Since Hamas terrorists murdered an estimated 1,200 men, women, and children in Israel last October 7, antisemitism has escalated dramatically in the US and especially on college campuses. Students are calling for an end both to the Israel–Hamas war and to their universities’ investment in companies engaged with Israel. If our most elite education i…
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Couple is waiting until their wedding to kiss: The power of Christian character to change the culture
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Rebekah Hurford and Kirk Peter plan to get married one day, but they’ve never shared a passionate kiss and will not do so until their wedding. In today’s article, we’ll look at examples of how Christian character in our culture has the power to shine bright and transform the darkness around us. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Dail…
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“People who say they go to religious services weekly are probably lying”: Cultural Christianity and the power to change culture
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According to Gallup, about three in four Americans identify with a specific religious faith, and 21 percent of us say we attend religious services every week. However, the data says otherwise. The story raises a cultural question: Why would so many people claim to attend religious services so much more often than they actually do? Religiosity does …
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Israel retaliates against Iran: What we know and what comes next
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Israel conducted a strike in Iran early this morning in what appears to be its first military response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend. Explosions were heard in the city of Isfahan in central Iran near an air force base and several drones were shot down by air defenses in the city. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Tod…
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Most of us understand that giving in to negative emotions does little to make our lives better. That knowledge doesn’t make resisting them easy, but it should serve as a good reminder that when we worry about things beyond our control, we compound the problem by wasting our most precious resource: time. Fortunately, that doesn’t have to be the case…
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Bill Maher says abortion “kind of is” murder: The deepest fault line in American culture
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The comedian and abortion advocate Bill Maher made headlines this week when he admitted that abortion “kind of is” murder. Maher’s honesty exposes the deepest fault line in American culture, between those who consider life to be inherently sacred and those who consider it to be an instrumental means to other ends. There is no more urgent battle for…
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“The people of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump”: The charges, the stakes, and the significance of this landmark trial
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The first seven jurors were selected yesterday to serve on the first criminal trial of an American president in US history. The courtroom is dark today, as is expected for the duration of the six-week trial, but jury selection will resume tomorrow. What are the charges in the case? What is at stake in the trial? And what is the larger significance …
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Scottie Scheffler after his Masters triumph: “Winning this golf tournament does not change my identity”
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After becoming only the second golfer in history to win two Masters championships in his first five years on the tour, he told interviewers: “I believe in Jesus. Ultimately, I think that’s what defines me the most.” Christians who leverage their public influence to glorify God impact our culture in transformative ways. Are you a positive light in y…
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Why Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel is globally significant
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Sirens rang in Jerusalem as air defense systems shot down missiles over the city early yesterday morning. While the attack itself was not devastating, the New York Times reports that it “opened a volatile new chapter in the long-running shadow war between Iran and Israel.” This conflict is not just military but spiritual. Not just for the Middle Ea…
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FBI arrests teenager who planned to attack churches for ISIS
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The FBI arrested an eighteen-year-old in Idaho after discovering what it termed a “truly horrific” and “violent plot” to attack churches this past weekend on behalf of ISIS. FBI Director Christopher Wray has stated that the foreign terrorist threat and the potential for a coordinated attack here in the homeland is now increasingly concerning. Our u…
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