The Hunter Biden pardon and rebuilding of Notre Dame: Why “there is only one relationship that matters”
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The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter and the rebuilding of the Notre Dame Cathedral together illustrate a vital principle for our national future and our personal flourishing. Today we pursue a thought experiment as we examine these two seemingly unrelated stories side-by-side to unpack all the good God has done for us.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Tuesday, December 3, 2024. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article, written by our co-founder |
| 0:13.3 | and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:16.5 | In yesterday's daily article, I chose not to discuss the Hunter Biden pardon and the rebuilding of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris for two very different reasons. |
| 0:26.4 | As the leader of a non-partisan ministry, I avoid commenting on partisan politics. |
| 0:32.1 | However, President Biden's pardon of his son continues to reverberate today in nonpartisan ways that are impossible |
| 0:38.7 | to ignore. With regard to the cathedral, I have no architectural or personal expertise to offer. However, |
| 0:45.7 | I saw a story about the rebuilding project that demands my attention today. Let's begin with |
| 0:50.8 | President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden. |
| 0:59.0 | My purpose is not to discuss the legalities behind the announcement, nor is it to make this a partisan conversation noting that presidential pardons of family members go back to Abraham Lincoln |
| 1:04.8 | and have come from both Democrats and Republicans. Rather, it is to propose a thought experiment. |
| 1:12.8 | Mr. Biden made his announcement Sunday evening at a time when there would be less news coverage. Since he withdrew from the |
| 1:17.7 | presidential race, he faces no future political cost to his decision. Apart from accusations |
| 1:22.7 | of hypocrisy and other criticism, he will suffer no personal consequences. And his son, who would have been |
| 1:29.3 | sentenced in two federal cases this month, is now spared punishment. Now, imagine that you or I |
| 1:35.4 | stood in Hunter Biden's place and the president pardoned us by sending his son to prison in our stead. |
| 1:41.2 | Or even worse, we were on death row, just convicted for our capital crimes, |
| 1:46.6 | and Mr. Biden sent Hunter to die in our place. This would, of course, mirror what our father did |
| 1:53.5 | when he sent his son to be born in Bethlehem and crucified at Calvary. Here's another way |
| 1:58.7 | the Hunter Biden pardon and our spiritual peril are similar. |
| 2:02.4 | In both cases, the one being pardon must accept the pardon. I can only think of three reasons |
| 2:08.5 | a person wouldn't do so. One, they don't know about the pardon. Two, they don't admit they |
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