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

Today is July 30, 2019, and Dr. Denison is on vacation. However, while he and his wife are away,

their oldest son, Ryan, is writing the daily article. Ryan is an MDiv 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, here's the Daily article today on the tragedy of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting that

occurred two days ago. What more is there to say?

The news is once again headlined by reports of a mass shooting,

complete with essentially the same statements of remorse, promises of prayer,

and debates about gun laws we've heard countless times before.

Details continue to emerge regarding the latest attack, this time at the garlic

festival in Gilroy, California. Three were killed, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old

girl, while another 12 were injured. Police also shot and killed the suspected shooter.

The gunman, who has since been identified but will remain unnamed in this podcast,

bypassed security by entering the festival grounds via a nearby creek, and then cutting a hole in the

surrounding fence. He started shooting around 541 on Sunday evening, and by the grace of God and the

accuracy of festival security, stop shooting less than a minute later.

Yet that was all the time it took to forever alter the lives of countless individuals.

So, where do we go from here?

First, let's keep the focus on the people rather than the issues.

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