Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Wednesday, June the 8th, 2022.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

Abortion activists interrupted Lakewood Church's worship service last Sunday in Houston, Texas.

Three women stripped down to their

underwear in the church and began shouting, my body, my choice. They were escorted out of the church,

and Pastor Joel Osteen continued preaching, which drew cheer and applause from churchgoers.

Since news broke that the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade,

Catholic churches have been v. Wade, and masses disturbed. When some Tampa Bay raised baseball

players made what they called a faith-based decision not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their

uniforms during a Pride Night home game, Critics called them homophobic and

tweeted, maybe you should read the Bible once or twice. The Carolina Panthers will have an

openly transgender cheerleader next year. A bar in Dallas, Texas hosted a drag the kids to

pride, drag show last Saturday, during which children walked with the dancers

down the aisle and gave dollar bills to the performers. Pizza Hut is promoting a book that celebrates

drag kids aimed at children in pre-kindergarten up to third grade. Yesterday, we focused on the

pathway by which God will heal our land. What hope is

there for such healing today? The philosopher Lee Epe claims, hope is a moral duty, she explains.

We have to act as though there is the chance of things going in a way that is favorable to what we want to achieve.

Otherwise, if we are nihilistic, we couldn't uphold that sense of duty.

So, for her and for many secular people like her, our reason for continuing to hope is that

the opposite is worse. So long as we hope things can get better, we will keep trying to

make them better. If we give up hope that the world can improve, naturally we will give up

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