Good day. It's Thursday, August the 14th, 2025. Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article

Podcast. I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by friend and cultural pastor, Dr. Jim

Denison. I grew up in Houston, where being a Dallas Cowboys fan is an unpardonable sin.

When we moved to Dallas in 1998, I was eventually converted.

I have been privileged to know Roger Stauback, Troy Aitman, and several other Cowboys' Greats.

I have talked with Jerry Jones, the team owner and general manager, on a few occasions as well.

He was always unfailingly polite, belying his polarizing public image.

But as much as I thought I knew his life story, I didn't know this.

He battled stage four melanoma for a decade.

Yesterday, we learned that Mr. Jones was diagnosed in June 2010.

He underwent two lung surgeries and two lymph node surgeries

and says his life was saved by an experimental trial

and a drug called Programmed Cell Death Protein 1.

Unlike the Cowboys owner, about 8,430 Americans

are expected to die of melanoma this year. In total, more than 618,000 people will die from

cancer in 2025. This disease is highly personal for me. My mother died of cancer. Our oldest son and

youngest grandson are cancer survivors. I have dealt with numerous skin cancers over the years

as well. Two of my dear friends are battling cancer right now. Statistically, it is likely

that you have the disease, have survived it, and or know

someone in the first two categories. When we face cancer or other challenging conditions and

circumstances, trusting God in hard places can be difficult to do. Why is this? The Perseid

Meteor Shower reached its peak this week. When conditions are good,

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