Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Monday, April 11, 2022.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 144, verse 15.

Let's consider three very different stories as metaphors for our culture today.

First, the University of Texas will allow students to live together regardless of their gender

or sexual identity.

The university explained, this helps enhance our resident sense of belonging

and improve our competitiveness with the Boston market and other institutions. It also allows us to

be more responsive to student needs. The fact that you're probably not surprised by this news is my

point.

Second, on a lighter note, Major League Baseball will allow pitchers and catchers to use technology intended to prevent sign stealing. A catcher uses a pad with buttons on the wrist of his gloved hand to communicate the intended pitch and location to the pitcher through a listening device.

This is intended to speed up the game and keep the other side from stealing signs.

However, it says something about us that America's pastime has to adopt such unprecedented means to prevent

cheating. Third, in other sports news, Scotty Sheffler won yesterday's master's tournament,

solidifying his status as the world's number one golfer. Before Schaeffler could win the tournament,

however, he had to do something very important a few months ago, R.SVP to his invitation to play.

According to the New York Times, Augusta National sends invitations each year to golfers

it wishes to invite to the tournament.

They must signal their intention to play before they are permitted to compete.

There was a time when I played golf every week and I practiced several times a week.

However, no matter how much I worked on my game, I would never have received such an invitation.

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