“A sickening and heartbreaking sight”: Four biblical responses to the Capitol assault and the promise of redemptive hope
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 7 January 2021
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR JANUARY 7, 2021
The US Capitol was breached yesterday for the first time since the War of 1812. Today's podcast responds to this tragedy with four biblical principles that show us the path to collective hope and unity.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.4 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.3 | The U.S. Congress early this morning certified the electoral college vote, making Joe Biden the 46th |
| 0:26.5 | president of the United States. Vice President Mike Pence confirmed Mr. Biden's victory at |
| 0:31.8 | 341 a.m. Eastern Time. The historic vote followed a scene I never thought I would see. The U.S. Capitol was breached yesterday for the first time. The historic vote followed a scene I never thought I would see. The U.S. Capitol was |
| 0:39.6 | breached yesterday for the first time since the war of 1812. One of the protesters, a U.S. |
| 0:46.0 | Air Force veteran named Ashley Babette, was shot and killed. Three other people died in what |
| 0:51.9 | Washington Police Chief Robert Conte called separate medical emergencies. |
| 0:57.4 | Fourteen officers were injured in the riots as well. |
| 1:00.9 | President George W. Bush called the attack a sickening and heartbreaking site and stated, |
| 1:06.7 | this is how election results are disputed in a banana republic, not our Democratic Republic. |
| 1:13.3 | Representative Abigail Spanberger, Democrat Virginia, a former CIA case officer, said, |
| 1:19.7 | this is what we see in failing countries. This is what leads to a death of democracy. |
| 1:25.4 | My purpose today is to offer biblical context on this tragic moment in our |
| 1:30.3 | nation's history. One, violence against our capital and electoral process must be condemned. |
| 1:37.8 | Psalm 115 says of our Lord, His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. In Proverbs 331, Solomon instructed us, |
| 1:49.4 | Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways. I watched last night on |
| 1:55.7 | television as authorities lit the U.S. Capitol brightly, both to help police remove protesters and to illuminate |
| 2:02.9 | this beautiful building as a beacon to the world. The assault on our capital was an assault |
| 2:08.5 | on our nation. All Americans must condemn the mob actions we witnessed. Silence is not an option. |
| 2:16.5 | Unless we respond proactively and redemptively, this senseless assault |
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