My prediction for the midterms
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In his debate with Jimmy Carter a week before the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan asked the nation, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” It’s the kind of question politicians typically ask before elections. And it reveals far more than the answers voters give. But the belief that political leaders can effect systemic change overlooks a basic fact about human nature—and leads to Dr. Jim Denison’s prediction about the 2022 midterms.
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Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Even though it's still November, have you already heard your favorite Christmas song? |
| 0:06.0 | Do you know the story behind your favorite Christmas song? |
| 0:09.0 | In our Advent devotional, the songs tell the story. |
| 0:12.0 | Janet Denison provides the origin stories of 25 well-known Christmas hymns and songs. |
| 0:18.0 | These stories will inspire you, and the next time you hear one of them, |
| 0:22.0 | even in a busy shopping center, you may just experience a more worshipful moment in knowing these stories. |
| 0:28.9 | Be sure to request the songs tell the story today at the daily article.org so you can begin |
| 0:35.8 | the daily readings on December the 1st. |
| 0:42.6 | Today is Tuesday, November the 8th, 2022, and this is the Daily article podcast. Today's article |
| 0:49.5 | is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. |
| 0:54.8 | From Colossians chapter 4, verse 5, be wise in the way you act with people who are not |
| 1:01.0 | believers. |
| 1:02.4 | If I could predict the future, I might have joined Jim Mackingvale, better known as Mattress |
| 1:07.8 | Mac, in his $10 million bet last May that his Houston Astros would win the |
| 1:14.2 | World Series, his bet won him $75 million, which is believed to be the largest payout in |
| 1:21.2 | legal sports betting history. When asked what he planned to do after winning, the 71-year-old said he'd be back to work the next morning at 9 a.m. |
| 1:31.6 | Or I might have purchased the winning Powerball ticket and won a record $1.9 billion. |
| 1:38.7 | The drawing was delayed, so it's likely the official results won't be known until later today. |
| 1:44.3 | I'd be happy to wait that long. |
| 1:46.0 | Of course, I cannot predict the future, |
| 1:48.4 | but I am nonetheless willing to make a clear prediction |
| 1:51.5 | regarding today's midterm elections and their consequences for our country and our culture. |
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