What would God want America to do in Afghanistan?
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
As the fall of Afghanistan dominates global news, many are asking what responsibility America has to Afghans now in danger as our forces leave the country. In The Daily Article for August 17, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison examines this question culturally, theologically, and biblically, then he identifies practical ways we can respond in action and intercession today.
The Daily Article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Nichter.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.5 | It is a video I will not forget. |
| 0:22.6 | As airplanes took off yesterday from the Kabul airport, desperate Afghans clung to plane |
| 0:27.8 | tires before pummeling from the sky to their deaths. |
| 0:31.7 | According to U.S. officials, seven people were killed at the airport yesterday when |
| 0:36.5 | crowds of Afghans swarmed the tarmac as U.S. military flights were preparing to leave. |
| 0:42.3 | The Taliban have been in control of Afghanistan for only a few days, |
| 0:46.3 | but reports of horrific atrocities against women and girls are already emerging. |
| 0:52.3 | Surrender to Afghan troops are being executed. |
| 0:55.0 | According to one civil servant, |
| 0:57.0 | everyone is wondering, |
| 0:58.0 | what will happen to our future? |
| 1:00.0 | An article in the Atlantic is especially heartbreaking, |
| 1:04.0 | describing the tragic consequences for many who helped us |
| 1:08.0 | and are now being left behind. |
| 1:10.0 | President Biden addressed this escalating crisis |
| 1:12.9 | in a speech yesterday afternoon, stating that he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw U.S. |
| 1:20.3 | forces and claiming that it is wrong to order American troops to step up when Afghanistan's own |
| 1:27.1 | armed forces would not. |
| 1:29.3 | Some are defending the president's decision, while others are calling the fall of Afghanistan |
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