A marathon on a balcony and postponing the Olympics: Why the only hope we have is the only hope we need
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 24 March 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 24, 2020
The pandemic has forced the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics and is changing our world in so many ways. However, today's podcast looks at one way the virus cannot change our lives and invites us to share the only hope we have and the only hope we 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 thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.0 | The coronavirus pandemic is affecting our world on medical, financial, and political levels. |
| 0:25.5 | It is more comprehensive than any challenge we have seen in my lifetime. |
| 0:29.9 | As a result, it also presents a unique opportunity for Christians to demonstrate biblical |
| 0:35.1 | faith, courage, and compassion. |
| 0:39.3 | Consequently, I have written a paper titled, Where is God when pandemic strike? A biblical and practical response. We are offering this as a |
| 0:46.1 | free download at Denisonforum.org forward slash coronavirus. The paper discusses this issue from a |
| 0:53.2 | theological perspective. Applying principles from our newest book, making sense of suffering. |
| 0:59.4 | To download this free PDF, please visit Denisonforum.org forward slash coronavirus. |
| 1:06.0 | I pray that it helps you during these challenging days. |
| 1:11.5 | A man signed up to run the Barcelona Marathon on March 15th and the Paris Marathon on April 5th. |
| 1:18.3 | Both were cancelled because of the threat of COVID-19, so the man ran 26.2 miles by lapping |
| 1:24.7 | around his balcony. |
| 1:26.2 | In larger sports news, a veteran member of the International |
| 1:29.6 | Olympic Committee told USA Today that the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo are going to be postponed, |
| 1:36.3 | likely to 2021. He added that the committee will begin to deal with all the ramifications |
| 1:41.9 | of moving this, which are immense. |
| 1:44.5 | In other news, the Ohio Attorney General's Office has ordered abortion clinics in the state |
| 1:49.4 | to stop performing non-essential abortions amid the coronavirus pandemic. |
| 1:54.6 | The order will save innocent lives, at least for a while. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting every dimension of our world. |
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