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

Today is July 31st, 2019, and Dr. Denison is on vacation. His oldest son, Ryan,

is writing the daily article. Ryan is an M. Div graduate of Truitt Seminary, currently completing his Ph.D.

in church history. He has written the daily article in Dr. Denison's absence in the past,

and was the co-author of our latest publication, How Does God See America?

Now, on to today's article. Joshua Harris became an internationally prominent Christian when he published his first book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye.

At the age of 23, the 1997 guide to dating focused on maintaining sexual

purity before marriage by guarding against the kinds of physical contact and situations

that could lead young people to give in to their lust and sin. I didn't read the book when it was

released, but as someone who graduated high school in 2004, I remember how

the principals he espoused seemed to impact so many around me. Harris went on to author several

more books and pastor Covenant Life Church in Gathersburg, Maryland, from 2004 until resigning in 2015,

to pursue a graduate degree at Regent College in Vancouver, British

Columbia. Around the time he left his position as pastor, he publicly apologized for what he'd come

to see as errors in his writings. He still maintained that there were certain aspects of those

works with which he agreed. He even expressed gratefulness for the positive impact his words

had had on some. However, he came to see the work as a whole as being too restrictive and fostering a

fear-based understanding of relationships. But Harris is in the news again today for a different reason.

After recently announcing his divorce from his wife of 20 years, Harris stated this week

that he has left his faith as well.

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