Welcome to the Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 edition of the Daily Article Podcast.

Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

Auburn University is the second largest university in Alabama. Known for its football team and fierce

cross-state rivalry with the University of Alabama, the school is making news these days

for a completely different reason. Some time ago, five girls began meeting on campus in Neville

Arena to pray. Their group grew to 200 students. Local ministries became involved and

sponsored a worship event last week, which around 5,000 people attended. Following the service,

a student wanted to be baptized. Crowds then began gathering at a nearby lake where roughly

200 people gave their lives to Christ and were baptized.

Auburn Tigers head football coach, Hugh Freeze, a very public Christian, helped with

the baptisms. Now, other universities are calling to bring similar programs to their campuses.

One student said she had never seen anything like the mass baptism. Quote, never in my life.

I was even talking to adults who were there that were part of it, and they said that they had never

witnessed anything like that.

Close quote. Yesterday, we focused on the urgency of sharing God's word with a nation that is

sliding ever further from biblical morality. Today, let's discuss the urgency of sharing God's word with a nation that is sliding ever further from biblical

morality. Today, let's discuss the necessity of living in ways that are so different from our

fallen culture as to be both distinctive and attractive. God said of ancient Israel in Ezekiel 11,

verse 12, you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules.

Rather, continuing in verse 12, they have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.

This is a grievous trajectory for God's people since we learn in Luke 16, verse 15,

What is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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