Good day and welcome to the Tuesday, January the 2nd, 2024 edition of the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

January is named for Janus, the two-faced Roman god who could look into the past and the future.

So far, however, 2024 is a new year only the one true God could have foreseen.

A Japan Airlines jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo's Haneira Airport this morning after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft.

The airline reports that all 379 passengers and crew were safely evacuated.

The previous day, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan collapsing buildings and leaving at least 48 people dead at this writing.

When the college football season began, Michigan was ranked second and Washington 9.

After yesterday's playoff game victories, the two will play next week for the national title.

This time last year, who predicted that the U.S.

military would engage with Hootie rebels again yesterday, or that Israel would begin withdrawing

several thousand troops from Gaza in a war they did not anticipate just three months ago?

Who knew that WeWork once the nation's most valuable startup would go bankrupt in

2023, along with Bed Bath and Beyond, Tuesday morning, and Party City? Or that Taylor Swift would

pass Elvis Presley as the soloist with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard 200. I could go on, but you get the oft-quoted point.

We can predict anything except the future. Nevertheless, I am making a prediction today in

absolute confidence that you can build your new year upon its truth. I have often said that

in our secularized culture, God is a hobby.

He is for Sunday, not Monday.

He is what we do with our discretionary time.

And elective choice, we have no right to force on others.

I enjoy classical music, but I would be wrong to insist that you agree with me.

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