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The Daily Article

What makes this year’s Gerber baby unique: Three steps that can change a life

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, Daily News, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MAY 12, 2020

This year's Gerber Baby has a story that calls us to unconditional love and grace. Today's podcast tells her story, then we focus on three practical steps we can take to cross racial divides and make a lasting difference wherever we have cultural influence.

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

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

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These days, so much of that engagement and change happens digitally, and our ministry has been

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providentially positioned to offer such resources to millions of readers and listeners around the

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receive a complementary physical copy of every new book that Dr. Dennison writes.

0:53.2

Magnolia Earle is the 2020 Gerber Baby. I can see why the company chose her. The one-year-old is

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adorable. Her mother agrees, Magnolia has brought so much joy to everyone she meets. Her personality

1:06.8

is beyond happy and joyful. Here's the historic part of her story. She is the first adopted baby

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to be named the Gerber Company's spokesbaby, a tradition that dates back to 1928. You may not have

1:19.4

been adopted by your parents or adopted your children, but here's a theological fact.

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If Jesus is your Lord, you have been adopted by your father in heaven. In

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fact, this was the reason he sent his son into the world, to redeem those who are under the

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law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. Magnolia Earle's parents chose her to be their

1:41.6

daughter. Your father chose you to be his child. He loves every

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person on our planet as much as he loves you. Now he is calling you to do the same.

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In yesterday's daily article, we focused on the Ahmaud Arbery shooting tragedy, looking at racism with a focus on what God will do to give us pure hearts of love for each other.

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Since writing that article, I have updated my website white paper on this issue.

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I also conducted a podcast interview with a very dear friend, now published as,

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