The New World screwworm and a warning for our souls
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
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Summary
A parasitic fly that eats animals alive has been found in Mexican sheep thirty-one miles south of the US border. The New World screwworm lays eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal. When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow through living flesh, eventually killing the host. Like a screwworm that eats living flesh, sexual sin destroys our minds, marriages, society, and souls. In what ways are Christians especially susceptible to sexual temptation? Today, we consider four common mistakes we make.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the Daily Article podcast from Denison Forum. |
| 0:05.9 | It's Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026. |
| 0:09.2 | This is a test of an automated reading of today's daily article, authored by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.2 | Today's article is titled The New World Screw Worm and a warning for our souls. |
| 0:29.1 | If you're looking for a nice devotional thought today, this isn't it. |
| 0:36.3 | A parasitic fly that eats animals alive has been found in Mexican sheep 31 miles south of the U.S. border. |
| 0:39.4 | The New World Screwworm lays eggs and wounds on any warm-blooded animal. When the eggs hatch, the larva burrow through living flesh, |
| 0:45.2 | eventually killing the host. An outbreak in Texas would cost the state's ranching economy |
| 0:50.7 | an estimated $1.8 billion. I begin with this story because it illustrates the |
| 0:56.9 | conversation we began yesterday. Like a screw worm that eats living flesh, sexual sin destroys our |
| 1:03.6 | minds, marriages, society, and souls. Christians are by no means immune. Seventy-five percent of Christian men and 40% of Christian women admit that they view pornography. |
| 1:15.6 | In a recent survey, 23% of the pastors who responded admitted to sexually inappropriate behavior with someone other than their wives. |
| 1:23.6 | In what ways are Christians especially susceptible to sexual temptation? Let's consider four common mistakes we make. |
| 1:30.4 | Christians are a threat to Satan and thus the targets of his wrath. |
| 1:34.3 | He wants to defeat us spiritually and destroy our witness. |
| 1:37.8 | He is especially adept at using sexual temptation for this purpose, |
| 1:42.3 | since God created humans as sexual beings and intends us to |
| 1:45.9 | experience sexual fulfillment within the covenant of marriage. |
| 1:50.7 | Sexual impulses and desires are thus part of our makeup. |
| 1:54.7 | Accordingly, in a culture where sex sells nearly everything and pornography is more readily |
| 1:59.9 | available than ever before. |
| 2:02.1 | We should expect to face sexual temptation today and every day. |
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