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The Daily Article

What do Jeff Bezos, Neil Armstrong, and Sir Edmund Hillary have in common? The power of trusting a power greater than ourselves

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, News, Daily News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Bezos, Neil Armstrong, and Sir Edmund Hillary all share an important day in history. In The Daily Article for July 21, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison explains why, points to the need to trust a power greater than our power, and invites us to place our past, present, and future in the omnipotent hands of our Father.

The Daily Article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Nichter.

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This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

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On heated cultural issues, it can be easy to lack confidence when offering a

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truthful, biblical, and compassionate response. That's why Dr. Jim Denison has written a new book

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called Between Compromise and Courage, the choice every Christian must make. This resource

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unpacks the hot-button issues of racism, abortion, politics,

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religious liberty, removing statues, cancel culture, and suicide. And it shows you what God's

0:45.8

word says about each one. There's also a discussion guide at the end of each chapter for personal

0:51.2

or group study use. Between compromise and courage will give you the confidence

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you need to stand for truth in a helpful way. And it's Dr. Denison's gift to say thank you for your

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donation to help more people discern the news differently. So please request your copy today at

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daily article.org. That's daily article.org.

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Jeff Bezos and his fellow passengers on the spaceflight that made headlines yesterday

1:19.2

were just that. Passengers. They had no operational control of their spacecraft.

1:25.2

Their rocket was built by Blue Origin, a company Bezos founded 20 years ago,

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but does not lead. It has 3,500 employees, none of whom were on the flight. While Bezos and his

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fellow passengers had no control of the technology on which they risked their lives, at least they

1:43.1

trusted 2021 technology.

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By contrast, their flight was time to coincide with the day in 1969,

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when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk in the moon.

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A current iPhone has 7 million times more memory than the guidance computer on his spaceship, and over 100,000 times

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