Gov. Cuomo explains declining COVID-19 cases in New York: 'God did not do that'
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 21 April 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 21, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of his state's declining coronavirus cases, "God did not do that." Today's podcast discusses his statement, some paradoxical news from the Holy Land, and a surprising path to lasting joy.
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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. |
| 0:14.3 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.3 | There is paradoxical good news in the news today. |
| 0:23.1 | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that according to the latest coronavirus numbers, his |
| 0:28.5 | state is on a downward descent from the curve. |
| 0:31.5 | Unfortunately, he explained the good news this way. |
| 0:34.9 | The number is down because we brought the number down. God did not do that. |
| 0:39.9 | Faith did not do that. Destiny did not do that. A lot of pain and suffering did that. |
| 0:45.9 | Another paradoxical story. The final 500 landmines on a historic baptism site on the Jordan River |
| 0:52.3 | have been exploded and removed. The UK-based |
| 0:55.7 | demining specialist Halo Trust Group did the work at Kasser Al Yahood in preparation for Easter. |
| 1:02.5 | I've been to the site many times, but we always had to be very careful to stay on the one road, |
| 1:07.7 | as mines remaining from earlier conflicts riddled the fields around us. Now they have |
| 1:12.8 | been removed and churches can build and minister here far more effectively. Unfortunately, COVID-19 |
| 1:19.2 | is now decimating travel to the Holy Land. I had to cancel trips to Israel planned for April |
| 1:25.1 | and May. Closing the borders to tourism may cost $1.7 billion. |
| 1:33.3 | One of the paradoxes of the Christian faith is that believers often find the greatest joy in the most difficult circumstances. |
| 1:40.3 | This is because joy is one of the fruit of the spirit independent from any and all circumstances. |
| 1:47.3 | We find the joy of the Lord, not in our lives, but in our Lord. |
| 1:51.9 | Consider three examples from the life of Paul. |
| 1:55.0 | One, after he and Silas were arrested in Philippi and the magistrates had inflicted many blows upon them. |
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