The presidential debate and a viral video: Two surprising explanations for our divisiveness and three biblical responses
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 23 October 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR OCTOBER 23, 2020
Amid the political rancor of our day, a video of two competing but gracious politicians has gone viral. Today's podcast tells this story, then we focus on two surprising reasons for our divisiveness and three biblical reminders that offer help and hope.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.5 | I'm pleased to announce the release of our 2020 Advent Devotional. |
| 0:23.6 | It's called Our Christmas Stories, 26 Reflections to Enrich Your Christmas Season. |
| 0:29.6 | My wife, Janet Dennison, compiled 26 stories from her friends, family, and readers |
| 0:34.3 | about their fond memories of past Christmases. |
| 0:38.6 | And for each reflection, |
| 0:44.2 | Janet wrote an insightful, encouraging, and biblical devotional. Designed to be read each day from December 1st through December 26th, our Christmas stories is an Advent devotional |
| 0:49.2 | that may provide you with new Christmas traditions, while still reminding you of the reason |
| 0:54.1 | we celebrate |
| 0:54.7 | Christmas, the good news of great joy of Jesus' birth, and since Janet's Advent Devotional |
| 1:00.8 | is consistently our most sought-after book each year, I encourage you to request your copy today |
| 1:06.5 | at the daily article.org. |
| 1:14.2 | Let's begin with some surprising good news. |
| 1:17.3 | Politicians can agree and get along. |
| 1:20.3 | I'm not referring to last night's presidential debate, |
| 1:21.8 | which we'll get to in a moment, |
| 1:25.0 | but to a video tweeted from the governor's race in Utah, |
| 1:26.5 | which has gone viral. |
| 1:29.2 | Democrat Chris Peterson and Republican Spencer Cox appear side by side, those socially distanced. They introduce themselves and tell us |
| 1:36.0 | we should vote for them. Then they take turns making statements that are countercultural and |
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