It's Monday, October the 24th, 2022, and welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

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

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free, John 832.

There have essentially been two forms of governance across human history, autocracy, the rule of one, and democracy, the rule of the people.

We are watching the former on display in China where Xi Jinping has claimed an unprecedented third five-year term as chief of the Communist Party

and surrounded himself with loyalist officials. And in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where Vladimir

Putin has declared martial law in areas he illegally annexed and is now building defensive lines

to deter Ukraine's advance. We are watching the

ladder on display in the UK where former Chancellor Rushi Sunak looks set to become Britain's

next prime minister after former Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the race late yesterday evening

and in Pakistan where an election commission has disqualified

former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office.

But the political issue that strikes closest to home for Americans is, of course, the subpoena

issued by the January 6th Committee on Friday.

The committee is demanding that former President Donald Trump produced documents it has requested by November 4th and sit for a deposition on November 14th.

This is just the second time in modern U.S. history that Congress has taken such a step.

Whether a former president can be forced to testify

before Congress or not is a complex legal question beyond my purpose today. Rather, I want to ask

whether this issue advances autocracy or democracy and then think biblically about the

enormous ramifications of this issue for our lives and for our nation.

Two responses to the committee's subpoena are dominating the news.

One side claims that Mr. Trump's actions on January the 6th constitute a breach of constitutional authority

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