The Iowa caucuses and the Emmy Awards: How can God redeem our crisis in cultural confidence?
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🗓️ 16 January 2024
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Summary
While Iowans braved the cold and voted for Donald Trump at the Iowa caucuses last night, the 75th annual Emmy Awards also aired. Succession and The Bear each took home six awards—at least, we think they did. Since we now know that ESPN employed a fraudulent scheme in recent years to acquire more than thirty Emmys for sportscasters who were ineligible to receive them, we’re left to wonder. How fully do you trust our political system, institutions, and leaders? How much do you trust what you see reported by the media? If God redeems all he allows, how could he redeem our crisis in cultural confidence?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Tuesday, January the 16th, 2024. I'm Chris Elkins |
| 0:08.0 | with the Dinnison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. Donald Trump |
| 0:14.9 | won the Iowa caucuses last night with Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley coming in second and third. |
| 0:20.6 | Vivek Ramoswamy dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr. Trump. |
| 0:24.6 | However, it's too soon to know what this means for the larger presidential campaign. |
| 0:29.6 | Iowa Republicans selected Mike Huckabee in 2008, Rick Santorum in 2012, and Ted Cruz in 2016, none of whom went on to win the presidential |
| 0:40.6 | nomination. By contrast, Ronald Reagan lost Iowa in 1980, but won the election. George H.W. |
| 0:48.2 | Bush did the same in 1988 and Donald Trump in 2016. The larger state of U.S. politics is in question as well. |
| 0:56.7 | According to Pew Research Center, |
| 0:59.3 | just 4% of Americans say the political system is working extremely well or very well. |
| 1:05.3 | Just 16% say they trust the federal government always or most of the time. |
| 1:10.5 | 65% say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics. |
| 1:17.5 | Just 10% say that they always or often feel hopeful. |
| 1:21.6 | While Iowans were braving the cold, the 75th annual Emmy Awards aired last night as Succession and The Bear, each took home |
| 1:31.4 | six awards. At least we think they did. Since we now know that ESPN employed a fraudulent scheme |
| 1:39.0 | in recent years to acquire more than 30 Emmys for sportscasters who were ineligible to receive them. |
| 1:45.8 | We're left to wonder, how fully do you trust our political system, institutions, and leaders? |
| 1:51.8 | How much do you trust what you see reported by the media? |
| 1:55.9 | I often say that God redeems all he allows, but how could he redeem our crisis in cultural confidence? |
| 2:02.6 | Commentator Jonah Goldberg described our post-truth society. |
| 2:06.6 | Quote, certainty is impossible folly. |
| 2:10.6 | Knowledge isn't about facts, but perspective. |
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