Betty White’s "last epic joke"
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 3 January 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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TV star and Golden Girl Betty White passed away on December 31, 2021, at the age of 99. As 2022 begins, her notable death is a reminder of our shared mortality and our consistent, persistent need for Jesus today. Dr. Jim Denison of the Denison Forum also discusses the fallacy of naming years and why the Jewish calendar significantly differs from the Roman calendar.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast for Monday, January 3, 2022. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:17.9 | Betty White's television career spans seven decades. The 2014 edition of Guinness World Records |
| 0:25.0 | certified hers as the longest career ever for a female entertainer. The winner of multiple |
| 0:31.7 | Emmy Awards, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1988 and was inducted into the Television Academy |
| 0:40.3 | Hall of Fame in 1995. When she hosted Saturday Night Live in May 2010, the show enjoyed its |
| 0:48.9 | highest ratings in a year and a half. In preparation for her 100th birthday on January 17th, People magazine featured |
| 0:58.1 | her on its cover last week with the headline, Betty White turns 100. Then, as you know, the famed |
| 1:07.0 | actress died Friday morning at the age of 99. Some blamed the magazine for jingsing, Ms. White. |
| 1:13.8 | One person disagreed, tweeting, I think Betty White would have enjoyed making one last epic joke. |
| 1:22.6 | Of course, Christians know that life and what comes next are no joke. |
| 1:28.4 | From Hebrews 927, it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes the judgment. |
| 1:36.9 | But there's something in us that doesn't want to admit that it's true for us. |
| 1:42.0 | We understand it in our conscious minds that death is real and that the |
| 1:46.2 | mortality rate is 100%. We know that Jesus could return tomorrow or we could go to him today. |
| 1:55.1 | But as you hear these words, do they feel real to you? Are you living in the same certainty that you could die today as the |
| 2:04.6 | sun will set tonight? If not, why not? And why does the question matter so powerfully as we begin this |
| 2:13.0 | new year together? For what reason is this a new year? The trees and birds don't know the difference. |
| 2:21.7 | The sun rose on January 1st, just as it did the day before. Why do we call today January 3rd? |
| 2:29.9 | Why do we call it anything at all? There are practical reasons for assigning numbers and names today's, of course. |
| 2:37.8 | Imagine planning for the future without such a practice, |
| 2:41.4 | from making airline reservations to setting deadlines for school and work. |
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