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Welcome to the Wednesday, October 15th, 20 edition of Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article authored by cultural theologian Dr. Jim Denison.

We are starting to hear horrific stories about what the hostages in Gaza endured over their two years of captivity.

Some were so deprived of food that they now have to be taught how to eat normally again.

Just reading Eli Shirabi's book about his ordeal was painful for me.

I cannot imagine what they're going through today.

Their suffering raises the question, do you believe God could have liberated the hostages two

years ago? Why then, didn't he? In her New York Times newsletter, believing Lauren Jackson

quotes the Reverend Munther Isaac, a Palestinian Christian based

in the West Bank, quote, the war has made so many people question God, his absence, his silence,

end quote. They're not alone. Hamas expected its October 7th invasion of Israel to spark a ring of fire assault from its jihadist partner surrounding Israel that would destroy the Jewish state.

Instead, Israel took out the leadership of Hezbollah and Hamas.

Israel and the U.S. decimated Iran's nuclear infrastructure and uprising toppled Iran's puppet regime in Syria.

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