Good day and welcome. It's Monday, May the 12th, 2025. I'm Chris Elkins of the Denison

Forum, narrating today's daily article written by co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Today's news, like every day's news, fits into two categories. First, there are stories that are

relevant to everyone reading this article. This morning's announcement that the U.S. and China

will suspend most tariffs is an example. After weekend talks in Geneva, the U.S. will drop

its tariff on China from 125% to 10%. China will do the same. The reductions will last

for 90 days as the two sides begin further negotiations. At this writing, stocks are surging

around the world on the announcement. Since the economy obviously affects all of us, the news is significant for all of us.

Second, there are stories that are only relevant to a portion of us. Some examples. A Soviet

spacecraft crashed back to Earth Saturday. Because it plunged into the Indian Ocean and not

on your house, you are likely reading

this news with only passing interest.

America's largest cities are sinking due to groundwater extraction.

You probably want to know if your city is on the list before deciding how much you care.

A supercomputer has predicted the exact year life on our planet will end.

Unless you plan to be living on Earth in the year one billion, 2021, you are presumably not alarmed.

However, there's a forgotten third category in the news, one that you and I overlooked to our peril and that of our nation.

I was reading Isaiah 5 over the weekend and found some statements that seemed as relevant to our culture as if they were written yesterday.

For example, the Lord pronounced in verse 8,e on greedy people who join house to house, who

add field to field until there is no more room, and in verse 11 on those who rise early in

the morning that they may run after strong drink, but in verse 12, do not regard the deeds of the

Lord. A few verses later, this warning in verse 20

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