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

Joe Biden named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate yesterday.

If elected, she would be the nation's first female, first black, and first Asian-American

vice president.

Senator Harris is a native of Oakland, California.

Her father, who is Jamaican, taught at Stanford University. Her mother,

the daughter of an Indian diplomat, was a cancer researcher. She served as Attorney General for San Francisco,

and then the state of California before she was elected to the Senate in 2016. She and Bo Biden,

the presidential nominee's late son, worked closely together

when he was Delaware's Attorney General. She campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination

and, after leaving the race in December, gave her full support to Mr. Biden. Numerous Democratic

leaders tweeted their support yesterday for Senator Harris.

By contrast, the Trump campaign responded much more critically.

Your position regarding Mr. Biden's selection likely reflects your position regarding the election.

Where we are in the world, both physically and ideologically, says a great deal about how we see the world.

Yesterday, we explored the first part of 1.1-1, where the Apostle addressed his letter to those who are

elect exiles. We focused on our status as exiles, noting the importance of seeking the welfare of our society,

while we trust God with our future and seek His presence in the present.

Today, let's think about the rest of Peter's introductory paragraph,

of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Capadociacia, Asia, and Bethinia, according to the foreknowledge

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