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INTERVIEW | The 'SPIRITUAL WAR' Taking Place in Ukraine

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Government, Daily News, News, Politics

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A Christian group that sends Bibles to Eastern European countries has a report from the field: the war in Ukraine is a "spiritual war," and the Bible is bridging divides between groups that have hated one another for centuries. On today's show, Dirk Smith, vice president of Eastern European Mission, explains how the gospel is being spread in Ukraine. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast interview for Friday, June 9th.

0:10.8

I'm Tyler O'Neill.

0:13.2

I sat down with Dirk Smith, Vice President of Eastern European Mission at the National

0:19.2

Religious Broadcasters Convention, and we talked about what he called a spiritual war in

0:26.8

Ukraine and Russia, and he is leading this organization that sends Bibles into Eastern

0:34.0

European countries, specifically, you know, what had been the Soviet bloc.

0:40.4

And these Bibles are bringing people together today in ways that are really inspiring.

0:47.2

And I'm excited for you all to hear my interview with Dirk Smith as he talks about this,

0:53.6

sending Bibles in a war zone, and just the impact that the word of God has among people

1:02.8

in Eastern Europe, many people groups who've hated each other for centuries.

1:07.0

So that's this interview coming up right after this.

1:16.2

Hi, I'm John Carlo Conoparo.

1:18.4

And I'm Zach Smith.

1:19.4

And we host SCOTUS 101.

1:22.0

It's a podcast where you'll get a breakdown of top cases in the highest court in the land.

1:26.4

Here from some of the greatest legal minds.

1:28.4

And of course, get a healthy dose of Supreme Court trivia.

1:31.6

Want to listen?

1:32.4

Find us wherever you get your podcasts or just head to heritage.org slash podcasts.

1:40.8

This is Tyler O'Neill, Managing Editor at the Daily Signal.

1:43.6

I'm joined by Dirk Smith, Vice President of Eastern European Mission,

1:48.5

an organization dedicated to providing the word of God to former communist bloc countries,

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