Greetings. Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast. I'm Chris Elthkins, narrating today's daily article written by friend and co-founder, Dr. Jim Denison.

If you live in Las Vegas, you might not expect a visit from Santa this year. You're likely not surprised that, quote, Sin City has been ranked

the most sinful city in America again this year. But you might be surprised that Houston came in

second. Atlanta ranked number five and Dallas came in at number eight. In addition to making the

top ten in America's most sinful cities,

here's what else these three cities have in common. I've lived in each of them. Does this mean

I'm the common denominator? In a very real sense, the answer is yes. But you're not off the hook.

Scan this morning's headlines and you'll find abundant evidence that sin is not confined to my city or yours.

Those headlines include, Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine's Dombosh region militarily or otherwise.

Israel identifies body of returned hostage, remains of Israeli officers still in Gaza,

doctor sentenced to 30 months over Matthew Perry's death from ketamine,

and fatal shooting rocks luxury MGM casino as police hunt for gunmen.

And yet, since human nature doesn't change,

our sin problem is as recurrent as the sunrise and as prevalent as air.

To claim that we are the exception to sin is to sin.

To illustrate, I have seen this anecdote repeated oftentimes over the years.

Quote, in answer to a newspaper's question,

what is wrong with the world,

G. K. Chesterton wrote in with a simple answer, dear sirs, I am, end quote. However, this is not what the great British philosopher and journalist actually wrote. In a 1905 letter to the editor,

Chesterton observed,

political or economic reform will not make us good and happy,

but until this odd period, nobody ever expected that they would.

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