Vin Scully predicts more Americans will respond to COVID crisis with faith: An atheist doctor comes to faith through a dying priest
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MARCH 31, 2020
Legendary baseball broadcaster Vin Scully hopes Americans will return to God through the coronavirus pandemic. Today's podcast discusses the humility that is essential to experiencing spiritual renewal and awakening, then closes with the remarkable story of an atheist doctor in Italy who came to faith through the influence of a dying priest.
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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. |
| 0:19.2 | The coronavirus pandemic is affecting our world on medical, financial, and political levels. |
| 0:25.6 | It is more comprehensive than any challenge we have seen in my lifetime. |
| 0:29.6 | As a result, it also presents a unique opportunity for Christians to demonstrate biblical faith, |
| 0:35.6 | courage, and compassion. Consequently, I have written a paper |
| 0:39.5 | titled, Where is God when pandemic strike? A biblical and practical response. We are offering this as a |
| 0:46.3 | free download at Denisonforum.org forward slash coronavirus. The paper discusses this issue from a |
| 0:53.4 | theological perspective. Applying principles from a theological perspective, applying principles |
| 0:56.1 | from our newest book, making sense of suffering. To download this free PDF, please visit |
| 1:02.1 | Denisonforum.org forward slash coronavirus. I pray that it helps you during these challenging |
| 1:08.5 | days. |
| 1:17.7 | Vin Scully is a legendary baseball broadcaster, the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1950 to 2016. Now 92 years old, he joined Fox News on Monday to discuss the delayed start to this |
| 1:26.2 | year's Major League Baseball season. |
| 1:28.5 | Scully, a devout Christian, said, |
| 1:30.9 | Now that I have some leisure time and were all locked in at home, |
| 1:34.5 | I read an article and it was talking about what happened to Americans in World War II. |
| 1:39.3 | It was such a terrible time. |
| 1:41.3 | He added, three quarters of Americans belonged to a house of worship. Today, half of |
| 1:47.3 | Americans are involved in a house of worship prior to this pandemic. So there's your answer. Although |
| 1:53.2 | they might not be able to go to a house of worship, probably more Americans will be praying |
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