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Archbishop Desmond Tutu requested alkaline hydrolysis, also known as aquamation or water cremation, as an eco-friendly final disposition of his body. His decision made this process much more widely known. This is just one of many ways our bodies can be “buried” these days. But when that day comes, what happens to us? What happens in the moment when we die? When death comes to someone we care about...

Tony Dow, a teenage star in the popular 1950s and 60s comedy series Leave It to Beaver, died Wednesday at his California home at the age of seventy-seven—but his death was erroneously reported the day before. Alfred Nobel rewrote his will after an erroneous reporting of his death, which effectively resulted in the creation of the Nobel Prize. In The Daily Article for July 29, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison...

The FBI has yet to find the remains of Jimmy Hoffa, who went missing in 1975. But the tenacity with which they continue searching is an illustration of how Christians should be just as persistent in following God's call on our lives—and even more so, since the stakes of our obedience are eternal for us and everyone we influence. In this bonus episode, Dr. Jim Denison looks at 2 Timothy 2 and P...

Todd Graves, the founder of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, purchased fifty thousand Mega Millions tickets at a cost of $100,000 for Tuesday’s drawing. If any of Todd Graves’s tickets had been a winner, he would have split the jackpot among his fifty thousand employees. In The Daily Article for July 28, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison describes Graves’s other philanthropic pursuits via Raising Cane’s, offer...

According to the Smithsonian, a rare original copy of the United States Constitution sold last year for $43 million, reminding Dr. Jim Denison of the first time he stood before Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Sinaiticus, two of the oldest New Testament copies in existence. Recalling seeing these invaluable documents, he then shares why "The Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it" is...

The grand prize for Friday's Mega Millions lottery is now at $1.02 billion, but your odds of winning it are much less than even having identical quadruplets. In The Daily Article for July 27, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers the discouragement such odds could create, the discouragement of the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) and how its passing could negatively reshape and redefine marriage, befo...

A micrometeoroid caused "significant uncorrectable damage" to one of the James Webb Telescope's eighteen gold-plated mirrors. And zebra and quagga mussels are spreading through US rivers, lakes, and bays. Both stories illustrate how tiny objects can affect massive objects. Dr. Jim Denison argues that the same is true for us spiritually, especially when we have doubts that afflict our f...

Apparently, there are some sharks that can walk on land and city-killer asteroids now being discovered. In The Daily Article for July 26, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers the veracity of these stories and the devastating role of doubt in the life of a Christian. He also covers Pope Francis' apology to the Indigenous peoples in Canada and offers four practical responses for Christians who doubt...

In a viral TikTok video, seventeen-year-old Trin found a snake slithering out of her bathtub drain. In C. S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity," he uses the similar discovery of rats in a cellar to point us toward how we justify our personal sins. In this bonus episode, Dr. Jim Denison then focuses on the fact that God always redeems our suffering by using it to grow us in ways we could not g...

Valeria Yezhova is a ten-year-old Ukrainian girl—and European and world champion checkers player—making headlines for playing checkers to raise money for the Ukrainian army. In The Daily Article for July 25, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison shares her encouraging story before discussing the example of the Israelites failing to fully drive out the Canaanites in Joshua 16 and what this means for Christians see...

In this bonus episode of The Daily Article Podcast for July 22, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses Japanese "nap boxes," the epidemic of workaholism and productivity, and a biblical balm for our busy times from Psalm 31. Author:  Dr. Jim Denison Narrator: Chris Elkins  

CIA Director William Burns responded to rumors about Vladimir Putin’s health by stating, “As far as we can tell, he’s entirely too healthy.” In The Daily Article for July 22, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison also covers President Biden's recent COVID-19 diagnosis, the attack on US Rep. Lee Zeldin, and the Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana. He then discusses if self-sufficiency is collectively working for u...

The US House of Representatives passed a bill this week protecting the right to same-sex marriage. It prohibits anyone from denying the validity of a marriage based on the race or sex of the couple. In The Daily Article for July 21, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses the bill, asks if adultery should be illegal, covers God's permissive and proactive judgment, then offers five reasons to seek God&...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. soon joined him. But there’s a perilous part of the story you may not know. In The Daily Article for July 20, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison shares how the astronauts were almost stranded on the moon, why Putin thinks he's winning the war in Ukraine, and why Christians should "not grow weary of doi...

The University of Pennsylvania has nominated transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year award despite sixteen teammates who wrote a letter noting that Thomas “holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women’s category.” In The Daily Article for July 19, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers this news story and others, asks why the news can be frustrating, and suggests that C...

The Associated Press is reporting the tragic death of a four-year-old Ukrainian girl with Down syndrome named Liza. She was on the way with her mother to see a speech therapist when Russian missiles struck last Thursday outside the city of Vinnytsia. In The Daily Article for July 18, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison asks, "In such a broken world, how are we to have faith in the God who made the world?&#3...

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, has died at the age of seventy-three. In The Daily Article for July 15, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers the media bias in how her passing has been reported and why the media is the least trusted institution in America before discussing why suffering can help Christians better relate to all people. Author: Dr. Jim Denison Narrator: Chris...

Thousands of people responded to the gospel at a recent outreach event in the United Kingdom organized by The Message Trust and the Luis Palau Association. In The Daily Article for July 14, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison reports on that event, shares how to have "spiritual grandchildren," and relates three biblical explanations for suffering. Author: Dr. Jim Denison Narrator: Blake Atwood Subscribe...

The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most powerful space observatory ever launched. Yesterday, NASA unveiled a series of high-resolution color images revealing what it describes as “cosmic cliffs,” “galaxy evolution,” a “dying star’s final ‘performance,’” and the “steamy atmosphere of a distant planet in detail.” In The Daily Article for July 13, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers how th...

President Biden reported last week that “a ten-year-old girl was a rape victim—ten years old—and she was forced to have to travel out of state to Indiana to seek to terminate the pregnancy and maybe save her life.” But is the story true? In The Daily Article for July 12, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers how our culture has lost trust in its institutions and encourages Christians to "trust in th...

One study reports that people with the highest levels of optimism enjoyed a life span between 11 and 15 percent longer than those who were the least optimistic. In The Daily Article for July 11, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison shares why we could all use such optimism, relates his disappointment with God after recent back surgery, and concludes with biblical reflections that have helped him have "faith...

Boris Johnson announced Thursday morning that he would resign as Britain's Prime Minister after more than fifty cabinet members resigned in the wake of the latest scandal to plague his administration. In The Daily Article for July 8, 2022, Dr. Ryan Denison covers some of these scandals, the effect that lying to Parliament and the British people had on Johnson's career, and the lesson Chris...

Two churches in Pottstown, PA, were cited for zoning violations after serving beyond the city's definition of "church." In The Daily Article for July 7, 2022, Dr. Ryan Denison considers this news story, looks back at Rome's opposition to the early church, and encourages Christians to make wise decisions in responding to cultural opposition today.   Author: Dr. Ryan Denison Narrator...

Russia has cleared the last major obstacles to their control over the eastern part of Ukraine in recent days. Iran, knowing that "Washington's attention and war capital are being drawn elsewhere," may test the limits of America's response to overseas aggression. And China is slowly eroding the freedoms that Hong Kong has long enjoyed. In The Daily Article for July 6, 2022, Dr. Ryan...

At least thirty-one people were injured and six have died after a gunman opened fire on a crowd gathered for a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. It marks the 313th mass shooting of the year. In The Daily Article for July 5, 2022, Dr. Ryan Denison considers the effect of our thoughts and prayers in the aftermath of mass shootings in America and calls us to respond empathetically in...