Coronavirus and Christ
“This is a time when the fragile form of this world is felt. The seemingly solid foundations are shaking. The question we should be asking is, Do we have a Rock under our feet? A Rock that cannot be shaken—ever?”
—John Piper
On January 11, 2020, a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reportedly claimed its first victim in the Hubei province of China. By March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic. In the midst of this fear and uncertainty, it is natural to wonder what God is doing.
In Coronavirus and Christ, John Piper invites readers around the world to stand on the solid Rock, who is Jesus Christ, in whom our souls can be sustained by the sovereign God who ordains, governs, and reigns over all things to accomplish his wise and good purposes for those who trust in him. What is God doing through the coronavirus? Piper offers six biblical answers to that question, showing us that God is at work in this moment in history.
See also the audiobook version of Coronavirus and Christ.
Top Highlights
“The secret of ‘sorrowful, yet always rejoicing’ is this: knowing that the same sovereignty that could stop the coronavirus, yet doesn’t, is the very sovereignty that sustains the soul in it. Indeed, more than sustains—sweetens. Sweetens with hope that God’s purposes are kind, even in death—for those who trust him.” (source)
“Physical pain is God’s trumpet blast to tell us that something is dreadfully wrong in the world. Disease and deformity are God’s pictures in the physical realm of what sin is like in the spiritual realm.” (source)
“God put the physical world under a curse so that the physical horrors we see around us in diseases and calamities would become a vivid picture of how horrible sin is. In other words, physical evil is a parable, a drama, a signpost pointing to the moral outrage of rebellion against God.” (source)
“The same sovereignty that could stop the coronavirus, yet doesn’t, is the very sovereignty that sustains the soul in it.” (source)
“The Bible, rightly understood, is the voice of God.” (source)
- Title: Coronavirus and Christ
- Author: John Piper
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781433573620, 9781433573613, 1433573628, 143357361, 9781433573590, 143357361X, 1433573598
- Resource ID: LLS:9781433573620
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-18T23:24:56Z
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