Why the crisis in Cuba is personal for me: "Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas"
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Cuba is witnessing street protests against the communist government that are unprecedented in scope and scale. In The Daily Article for July 13, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison explains why this news is so personal for him, then he discusses the ideology that is oppressing Cubans, the urgency of ideas, and the four-fold path to living with empowered missional purpose.
The Daily Article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Nichter.
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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. |
| 0:19.4 | I love the Cuban people. |
| 0:21.6 | It has been my privilege to serve alongside Cuban Christians on 10 different mission |
| 0:26.6 | trips to their island over more than two decades. |
| 0:29.6 | Their churches amaze and encourage me every time I am with them. |
| 0:33.6 | The Cuban ministries with whom we partner truly manifest New Testament Christianity. |
| 0:39.4 | With very few resources and in the face of escalating pressure and persecution, they are |
| 0:44.8 | serving Jesus in courageous and transformative ways. |
| 0:48.9 | My love for the Cubans and their beautiful island makes the news of recent days especially |
| 0:54.1 | personal for me. |
| 0:58.0 | Thousands of people in cities and towns across Cuba took to the streets two days ago to call |
| 1:03.5 | for an end to their country's decades-old dictatorship and to demand food and vaccines. |
| 1:09.9 | They are responding to ongoing shortages of basic necessities |
| 1:13.6 | and soaring cases of COVID-19. |
| 1:16.6 | My friends in Cuba report that food and other essentials |
| 1:19.6 | have been especially difficult to find in recent months. |
| 1:23.6 | Long food lines are a daily fact of life. |
| 1:26.6 | In addition, the Cuban government decided to make |
| 1:29.4 | its own COVID-19 vaccine rather than buying shots from other countries, but plans to immunize |
| 1:36.0 | the population have been plagued by delays. Cuba has not seen an uprising like this since |
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