Discover a different way of seeing and responding to the Coronavirus pandemic, an approach drawing on Scripture, Christian history, and the way of living, thinking, and praying revealed to us by Jesus. What are we supposed to think about the Coronavirus crisis? Some people think they know: “This is a sign of the End,” they say. “It’s all predicted in the book of Revelation.” Others disagree but …
Others disagree but are equally clear: “This is a call to repent. God is judging the world and through this disease he’s telling us to change.”
Some join in the chorus of blame and condemnation: “It’s the fault of the Chinese, the government, the World Health Organization…”
N. T. Wright examines these reactions to the virus and finds them wanting. Instead, he shows that a careful reading of the Bible and Christian history offers simple though profound answers to our many questions, including:
- What should be the Christian response?
- How should we think about God?
- How do we live in the present?
- Why should we lament?
- What should we learn about ourselves?
- How do we recover?
Written by one of the world’s foremost New Testament scholars, God and the Pandemic will serve as your guide to read the events of today through the light of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
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This is a great look on the Pandemic and us as Christians. How we’re responding to it and others. I agree with the author N.T. Wright about understanding those who don’t want to shut down churches indefinitely. It could lead to a “silent” worship in our nation and the world. But we have to be safe also, because it’s a disease where you can be a carrier of it and not know. So we have to worship at safe distances, but we have to keep in mind to not let the secular world silence us, because they would like that. Many in the secular world would like to silence us. They’ve been trying to do it for many many years. But God doesn’t work just inside a building. He is everywhere and Christians/and the church need to be too. We need to reach out to the sick, dying, heartbroken, poor, from a safe distance, but do it. We need to keep doing as Jesus said, but safely. And our prayer life should be much stronger than it ever has been. I love this quote from the book “The garden is far less likely to grow weeds if we have been planting flowers” Keep planting flowers safely and we maybe can keep out the weeds that would destroy the flowers if they could. This book says so much more. You just have to read it.
A well-thought-out, calming reflection on the current pandemic crisis. The author not only offers a glimpse into the Christian response of a similar difficulty from the Bible but also pulls from other historical events. He suggests the wrong questions we are asking and offers instead what is perhaps the better answers based on biblical and historical sources.
#God and the Pandemic by N T Wright# is a Christian living book. NT Wright is a former Bishop of Durham and is a leading Bible scholar. He taught New Testament studies at Cambridge , McGill and Oxford Universities. He has been on ABC News , Dateline, Colbert Report. He is also a best selling author. He examines the pandemic from the Old Testament, New Testament and history. He also addresses the questions we have like why has God allowed this pandemic? He uses scriptures to help address this issue. He also helps Christians see practical ways they can live out their Christian life in the midst of the pandemic. i like is over all perspective. He tells us as Christians we have a vital role to play in our world during the pandemic. I feel challenged to apply the practical suggestions He has given for the pandemic. He also suggests how to move forward out of the pandemic. The book is short but well written with good research and scripture to back the author up. Thank you for the publisher, netgalley , the author for allowing me to read and review this book. The opinions are my own.