Cease-fire declared in Israel: The consequences of ideas and a pathway to our best lives
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began today. In The Daily Article for May 21, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison reports on the latest from Israel, then he explains the ideas behind Hamas' attacks on Israel and the choice of abortion in America, closing with one of the most empowering ideas in human history and inviting us to make it our motive for service today.
The Daily Article is written and narrated by Dr. Jim Denison.
To receive The Daily Article in your email inbox every Monday through Friday morning, subscribe at denisonforum.org/subscribe.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.2 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.2 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:18.5 | Hi, I'm Jim Denison, a Denison forum, and this is the daily article for Friday, |
| 0:22.3 | May 21st, 2021. The title is, ceasefire declared in Israel, the consequences of ideas and a pathway |
| 0:29.7 | to our best lives. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began today after the worst violence |
| 0:35.6 | in many years. The Israeli security cabinet voted late |
| 0:39.3 | yesterday to end airstrikes on Gaza. According to the prime minister's office, the cabinet |
| 0:44.4 | unanimously agreed to a mutual and unconditional cessation of hostilities. A Hamas official |
| 0:50.9 | confirmed that the ceasefire would be mutual and simultaneous. |
| 0:54.9 | This is obviously good news. |
| 0:57.3 | However, the ceasefire is not peace. |
| 1:00.2 | In fact, we should have no expectation that the end of this conflict will prevent the next conflict. |
| 1:06.0 | Reuters is quoting a resident of Tel Aviv this morning who said, |
| 1:09.2 | it's good that the conflict will end, |
| 1:11.6 | but unfortunately, I don't feel like we have much time |
| 1:14.2 | before the next escalation. |
| 1:16.6 | This was the fourth mini-war between Hamas and Israel since 2008. |
| 1:21.6 | Why could there be a fifth in the future? |
| 1:24.4 | The answer illustrates our week-long theme, |
| 1:29.4 | ideas have consequences. |
| 1:35.1 | Hamas has been firing thousands of rockets into Jewish cities and communities for nearly two weeks, attacking civilians indiscriminately. The United Nations states that, quote, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Denison Forum, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Denison Forum and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.