This is a special edition of the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Thursday, May the 30th, 2024.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating this special edition article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO,

Dr. Jim Denison. Donald J. Trump has been convicted in his Hush money Manhattan trial. He is the first former American president to be found guilty of a crime.

The presiding judge, Justice Juan Merchant, now faces the task of sentencing Mr. Trump. A prison sentence is considered unlikely.

Penalties could range from a fine to probation. Mr. Trump is

also certain to appeal a process that could take months or years to resolve. As time notes,

the judge's decision will reverberate across the political landscape and, depending on the timing,

could greatly affect the election in November.

We will know much more about this verdict overcoming days.

Since our non-partisan ministry offers biblical responses to cultural issues,

I will not react politically or personally to today's announcement.

Rather, I want to think with you about some cultural ramifications of the jury's decision

in the light of biblical truth. King David testified in the first part of Psalm 20, verse 7,

some trust in chariots and some in horses. Chariots and horses were the military instruments

of the day akin to tanks and fighter jets today.

By contrast, David responded in the remainder of verse 7,

we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

His reasoning was simple and persuasive as seen in verse 8.

They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.

He was right as seen in Psalm 33, verses 16 and 17.

The king is not saved by his great army. A warrior is not delivered by his strength. The warhorse

is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might, it cannot rescue. The prophet warned in Isaiah 31 verse 1,

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