{"id":3792,"date":"2014-03-20T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2014-03-20T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:00:46","slug":"25-why-does-crimea-want-to-be-part-of-russia-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/25-why-does-crimea-want-to-be-part-of-russia-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"#25 Why Does Crimea Want to Be Part of Russia? -Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you listen to this\u00a0podcast\u00a0you should know that it is\u00a0political!<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/podcast\/\">Now is the Time<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0I talk about Ukraine, Russia and Crimea. The recent political changes there are historical and they will affect the church.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_25.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F25-why-does-crimea-want-to-be-part-of-russia-podcast%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=3792-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_25.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 20:18 &#8212; 18.6MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('3792-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_3792-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_3792-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_25.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F25-why-does-crimea-want-to-be-part-of-russia-podcast%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/25-why-does-crimea-want-to-be-part-of-russia-podcast\/russia-war-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1395071045&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"russia war-001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3793\" alt=\"russia war-001\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/russia-war-001-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Listener Questions<\/h4>\n<p>Below are the questions I answer in detail in this episode.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">*A lot of people asked me: <strong>Why would anyone want to join Russia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">*<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vaarafied\" target=\"_blank\">Brandan Vaara<\/a> asked: <strong>Isn&#8217;t it a done deal now? (Crimea is now Russia)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">*<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBostonRowe\" target=\"_blank\">John Rowe<\/a> asked: <strong>What&#8217;s the best way to be in prayer for y&#8217;all?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Links<\/h4>\n<p>You can easily download this podcast on your mobile device by subscribing on<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy the podcast please leave a rating and review, this helps get the podcast out in front of others!<\/p>\n<h4>Next Podcast<\/h4>\n<p>My next podcast will be on Biblical reasons for leaving the church. 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