Have you heard about “Jetway Jesus”?
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The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 22 December 2025
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There are times when sinners seem to get away with their sins. For example, the Wall Street Journal tells us about the scourge of airline passengers claiming disabilities so they can board in wheelchairs and skip the lines. If no wheelchairs are available when they arrive, they are miraculously “healed” and disembark under their own power. Skeptical observers call this the work of “Jetway Jesus.” Do you struggle with what the Puritans called “besetting sins,” perennial temptations and failures? Are there things you wish you could do or stop doing if you only had the strength? Defeats you wish you could repair? Victories you wish you could claim? The answer to all of the above is found in Christmas.
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| 0:51.3 | Greetings on this Monday, December the 22nd, 2025. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's edition of Denison Forum's Daily Article podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | Today's daily article was written by cultural theologian, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 1:06.0 | There are times when sinners seem to get away with their sins. For example, the Wall Street Journal tells us about the scourge of airline passengers claiming disabilities so they can board in wheelchairs and skip the lines. If no wheelchairs are available when they arrive, they are miraculously healed and disembark under their own power. |
| 1:29.5 | Skeptical observers call this the work of Jetway Jesus. Then there are times when private sin |
| 1:37.0 | becomes public overnight. For example, the New York Times is profiling the woman who was |
| 1:42.3 | shamed at a cold play concert last July when she was caught on camera in the arms of her boss. |
| 1:49.0 | When news broke that both were married to other people, the story caused an international furor. |
| 1:55.2 | Both resigned from their positions. |
| 1:57.3 | She has even received death threats. |
| 1:59.6 | There are mistakes and failures in my past that I'm glad we're not broadcast to the world. |
| 2:05.0 | I'm sure you can say the same. |
| 2:07.1 | Here's the practical question. |
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