Why "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is relevant to politics and religion today
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR OCTOBER 21, 2020
The movie, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, is in the news. Today's podcast explains why, then we focus on the source of the greatest hope we have and need.
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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. |
| 0:19.4 | Our 2020 Advent Devotional is now available. |
| 0:22.6 | It's titled Our Christmas Stories, 26 Reflections to Enrich Your Christmas Season, and is |
| 0:28.6 | designed to be read daily from December 1st through December 26th. |
| 0:32.6 | I encourage you to request your copy today at the Daily Article.org so that you can begin the devotional on December 1st. |
| 0:40.5 | You may also consider requesting multiple copies |
| 0:42.8 | to give to friends and family as early Christmas presents. |
| 0:46.3 | Compiled and written by my wife, Janet Denison, |
| 0:49.0 | I'm certain that our Christmas stories will inspire and encourage you |
| 0:52.6 | in the days leading up to Christmas. |
| 0:54.7 | Visit the daily article.org to request your copy today. |
| 1:00.8 | There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people. |
| 1:05.0 | Religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin. |
| 1:08.0 | So declares Linus in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Today, let's discuss |
| 1:13.6 | all three. We'll begin with the last. As Maggie Maloney observes in country living, no autumn is complete without the most sacred of traditions, which she identifies as viewing the classic Peanuts movie. The Halloween special first aired in 1966. |
| 1:30.9 | It centers on Linus's belief that the Great Pumpkin exists |
| 1:34.4 | and that he will appear on Halloween night. |
| 1:37.5 | Alas, spoiler alert, the evening ends with no great pumpkin sighting. |
| 1:41.8 | But the movie closes with an undeterred Linus |
| 1:45.0 | vowing that the great pumpkin will come to the pumpkin patch next year. |
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