Greetings. It's Wednesday, July the 16th, 2025. We're glad you've joined us for Denison

Forum's Daily Article Podcast. I'm Chris Elkins' narrator, voicing today's daily article,

written by cultural theologian Dr. Jim Denison.

My wife and I have been fans of Chip and Joanna Gaines for many years.

We watch their home renovation show Fixer Upper weekly, if not more often.

When we drive through Waco, we usually stop at their restaurant to eat.

I have written often with gratitude about their very public faith amid the

opposition they have faced for their evangelical beliefs. Then came news that their new show

features a gay couple raising two adopted sons. According to the Dallas Morning News,

their new show, Back to the Frontier, follows three families in the Canadian Rockies as they navigate

a technology-free, laborious summer meant to mimic the lifestyle of 1880s homesteaders. Among the

participants are a gay couple from Dallas who share a cabin with their adopted 10-year-old twin

sons. When Christians responded to the news by voicing their disappointment and reaffirming biblical

sexual morality, Chip responded to their criticism.

Quote, talk, ask questions, listen, maybe even learn.

Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture.

Judge first, understand later, never. It's a sad Sunday when non-believers have never been confronted with hate or vitriol

until they are introduced to a modern American Christian. End quote. Another person posted,

We are extremely sad because of how much we have grown to admire

and appreciate you both. To which Chip responded, well, I appreciate that sincerely. So if you admire

and appreciate us so much, any chance there's more to this? But that's my point. No one knows.

But the Christians have certainly come out in full force as if they do know.

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