This article says the moon may start moving closer to the Earth in the distant future; could this be true?
Jason Barnes is certainly a highly credible source.  He is a planetary scientist and one of the leads on the Dragonfly drone now located on Mars.
The idea that the Moon will someday reconnect with the Earth is not new to him, however.  Here is a link to a Space.com article from 2007 which explains the same mechanism.
Earth's Moon Destined to Disintegrate
It is safe to accept that the article you link to reflects current thinking on the fate of the Moon-Earth system.