The latest on Gaza hostages and the conversion of a famous atheist: A vital question to begin Thanksgiving week
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979 and the present-day Hamas hostage crisis in Israel have been viewed in very different ways. Why is that the case? And Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a research fellow who was a former atheist and raised as a Muslim, recently announced her conversion to Christianity, but her testimony is also being viewed in very different ways.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe
Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/gaza-hostage-update-conversion-famous-atheist/
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Renew your faith through our latest Advent devotional, The Gift of Emmanuel. |
| 0:05.0 | Written by Janet Denison, this 25-day devotional offers a short reading each day beginning December 1st and ending on Christmas Day. |
| 0:14.0 | Go to thedaily article.org to request your copy. Your gratefulness for God's incredible gift will be rekindled as you consider how deeply God became flesh matters to our lives today. |
| 0:28.2 | Visit the Daily Article.org to ask for your copy of the gift of Emmanuel. |
| 0:36.4 | Good day and welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:40.5 | Today is Monday, November the 20th, 2020. |
| 0:43.7 | I'm Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Denison Forum, co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim |
| 0:50.3 | Denison. |
| 0:52.6 | Note, former first lady, Rosalind Carter, died yesterday at the age of 96. |
| 0:58.2 | I will be reflecting on her life and legacy in tomorrow's daily article. |
| 1:02.9 | On November 4, 1979, Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and captured |
| 1:09.1 | 52 Americans holding them hostage for 444 days. |
| 1:13.7 | I remember the Iranian hostage crisis very clearly. The hostages were headline used seemingly |
| 1:19.7 | every day. Millions of us prayed for their safety, health, and release. 10 days after they |
| 1:25.1 | were finally freed, they were given a ticker tape parade in New York City. |
| 1:29.3 | On October the 7th, Hamas terrorists took more than 240 people hostage. Among them were babies, |
| 1:36.3 | children, women, the elderly, and the disabled. Unlike the Iranian hostage crisis, Hamas' hostages |
| 1:43.0 | have been a backpage story in this unfolding crisis. |
| 1:46.7 | When four were released and one was rescued by Israeli Special Forces, |
| 1:50.7 | their stories made the news briefly, but the world's attention has been far more focused on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, |
| 1:57.2 | and charges of genocide and brutality leveled against Israel. Now we're learning that the |
| 2:02.7 | negotiators are nearing an agreement with Hamas to release 50 hostages in exchange for Israel |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Denison Forum, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Denison Forum and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.