This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

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thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

I've been writing the Daily article for 21 years, but this is a first.

I'm reporting on an article in the men's fashion magazine GQ.

I have not read one of their articles before today, but this title caught my eye.

Prayers Up, how God became the hottest thing in fashion. The article tells us about an

Instagram platform called I Need God, now offering a web store with some interesting merchandise.

For example, they're selling a sweatshirt bearing the message, God loves me, and there is nothing

I can do about it. And a shirt with a direct quote from

Justin Bieber's Instagram, God is obsessed with you. Other products are far more ironic or,

some might say, inappropriate. Here's another story you might not expect. A church in San Antonio, Texas,

recently held a mass wedding. This is not a cult.

It's actually one of the largest churches in the city. Their pastor and staff became concerned

about couples who were unable to marry during the pandemic, so they offered to reimburse couples

for their marriage licenses, $81 in their county, and gave them $500

cash to go toward a honeymoon. Their commitment had a condition, however. The couples had to go

through premarital counseling with the church. 52 couples completed their counseling and were

married in a joint service last month.

This week we're discussing ways to fight fear with faith.

Each day's news reinforces the need for such faith.

For example, a California teacher has been removed from her classroom

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