Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the Daily Article for Friday, November 30th, 2018.

I toured the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. yesterday. The museum is truly amazing.

Its 430,000 square foot building is located just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol and has been rated one of the 10 best museums in Washington.

It's an immersive experience in the history and stories of God's Word. Walking through the galleries took me back

to the first century and demonstrated the impact of Scripture on humanity. I cannot imagine a more

powerful or persuasive witness at the heart of our nation's capital. As I toured the Museum of the Bible, I was struck by

the difference one person can make. The museum is the vision of Steve Green, the president of

Hobby Lobby and son of the founder, David Green. The Green family has largely funded the $500 million

project. Every person who visits will be impacted by their faith and faithfulness to our father.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday that suicides and drug overdoses have driven life expectancy down in the United States.

Overall, there were 2.8 million U.S. deaths last year, nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, and the most deaths

in a single year since the government began counting more than a century ago. What is driving

this epidemic of drug overdoses in suicide? Dr. William Dietz, a disease prevention expert

at George Washington University. I really do believe that people are increasingly hopeless,

and that leads to drug use. It leads potentially to suicide. It's tempting to become hopeless about the hopelessness

of our culture, but that's exactly the wrong response. Consider Ryan Speedo Green, no relation to

Steve Green, a former juvenile delinquent who was incarcerated as a 12-year-old after

he pulled a knife on his mother and brother. A teacher named Elizabeth Hughes contacted him

in the lockup. She told him, don't let this moment define you. You can be better. You can do better.

A caseworker and a psychiatrist provided by the state of Virginia began working with him. When he left juvenile

detention, he entered a new school in another town. A class trip to the Metropolitan Opera in

New York City changed his life. Ryan is now a member of the Vienna State Opera, singing

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