The end of Christianity in a “cradle” of our faith?
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Christian persecution in the Middle East is on the rise as Hamas and other terrorist organizations gain traction. As the number of Syrian Christians declines dramatically, believers in the land where Paul met Jesus could one day be no more. Yesterday we focused on the compassion we should have for hurting people, since they are loved by our Father and should be loved by his children as well. Today, let’s note that we should especially have such compassion for our sisters and brothers in the faith.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Wednesday, July the 30th, 2025 edition of Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by our co-founder, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:17.0 | Note, the first waves triggered by a massive earthquake off Russia's coast have begun reaching |
| 0:23.1 | the shores of Hawaii and California. As more is known, I will respond with a daily article |
| 0:28.9 | special edition later this morning. Please be in prayer for the millions of people potentially |
| 0:34.3 | affected by the tsunamis. |
| 0:43.1 | It's been a while since I've written on the Middle East, but this is not for the lack of news from the region. For example, the British Prime Minister said yesterday that the UK will |
| 0:48.7 | recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and take steps towards long-term peace. |
| 0:57.8 | France announced that it will recognize Palestinian statehood as part of its historical commitment to just and durable peace in the Middle East. |
| 1:07.3 | The Gaza Health Ministry, run by Hamas, says the number of Palestinians killed has passed 60,000, though they make no distinction between civilians and Hamas terrorists. |
| 1:19.4 | A UN group says Gaza is experiencing famine conditions, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that there is no policy of starvation in Gaza, |
| 1:30.4 | and there is no starvation in Gaza. |
| 1:33.2 | While such headlines dominate coverage of the region, |
| 1:36.0 | there's also news from the Middle East that you may have missed. |
| 1:39.6 | I certainly did. |
| 1:40.9 | It's a crisis that should be on our minds and hearts today for reasons that affect us all. |
| 1:45.8 | Last year, an Islamist leader named Ahmed Ashara led an uprising that overthrew the Assad regime in Syria. |
| 1:54.0 | However, his coalition holds less than half of the country's territory. |
| 1:58.5 | The Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic forces control vast parts of |
| 2:02.8 | northeast Syria. Drew's militia hold key positions in the southwest. There are several |
| 2:08.9 | scenarios by which this situation plays out on the global stage. In the background, however, |
| 2:14.9 | a tragedy continues to unfold that is being unreported by most of the media. |
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