The Christian Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic
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Author | : TOM WRIGHT |
Publisher | : SPCK |
Total Pages | : 67 |
Release | : 2020-05-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0281085129 |
‘Superbly written, utterly Bible based. . . Do not hesitate!’ Archbishop Justin Welby 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 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...' Tom Wright examines these reactions to the virus and finds them wanting. Instead, he invites you to consider a different way of seeing and responding – a way that draws on the teachings and examples of scripture, and above all on the way of living, thinking and praying revealed to us by Jesus.
Author | : Tom Wright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2020-05-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780281085118 |
Wise words on the coronavirus pandemic - and what we make of it when it's all over - by one of the world's most widely respected Christian writers
Author | : John Piper |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2020-04-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433573628 |
“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.
Author | : Chammah J. Kaunda |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-12-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1000522296 |
This volume explores current understandings of the global meaning of faith and suffering in the context of COVID-19 and interrogates responses to the pandemic that have emerged from World Christianity. It includes chapters by a range of international contributors approached from a variety of angles within Global Christian theology. They provide reflections and analyses focused on the question of God, human suffering, structural injustice, the role of the church and Christian praxis in the milieu of COVID-19, where misery and dying is a daily routine. This book will be of interest to scholars of Missiology, World Christianity, biblical/public/contextual theology and various Contemporary Christian studies.
Author | : John Lennox |
Publisher | : The Good Book Company |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2020-04-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1784985716 |
How belief in a loving and sovereign God helps us to make sense of and cope with the coronavirus outbreak. We are living through a unique, era-defining period. Many of our old certainties have gone, whatever our view of the world and whatever our beliefs. The coronavirus pandemic and its effects are perplexing and unsettling for all of us. How do we begin to think it through and cope with it? In this short yet profound book, Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox examines the coronavirus in light of various belief systems and shows how the Christian worldview not only helps us to make sense of it, but also offers us a sure and certain hope to cling to.
Author | : Ryuho Okawa |
Publisher | : HS Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2020-05-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781943869817 |
Two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ had made miracles such as healing diseases, but was then crucified and resurrected. Since then, his spirit has been listening to prayers from humankind, and offering salvation and guidance from heaven. However, over the course of history, churches have drifted from the heart of Jesus. So now, he has given answers to the problems in the modern world, not through the church, but through the religious master Ryuho Okawa, who has the high spiritual power to receive Jesus' words. This book is the record of the spiritual messages from Jesus given this April (2020) in which Jesus answered the causes, prospects, and coping strategies for the novel coronavirus pandemic. Okawa is the Master of Happy Science, a religion founded in 1986 and now joined by people in more than 100 countries across the world. He has given over 3,100 lectures and has published a total of more than 2,600 books worldwide, many of which are translated into 31 languages. Among these books, over 500 of them are the Spiritual Interview series recorded through Okawa's unparalleled spiritual ability. He can summon the spirit of any deceased person or any guardian spirit of a living person. Oftentimes, spirits visit Okawa to voice their opinion through him. According to Jesus, the coronavirus pandemic occurred as one of the apocalyptic phenomena planned for humans; it is a question asking them whether what they have done so far was right. A vaccine may not be produced immediately, but the important thing is for people to fire the spiritual power to defeat the evil thoughts of the dark forces that act on this virus. In the end of his spiritual message, Jesus speaks: I want the Christian world To look at the activities or work of Happy Science And awaken to their true purpose. It means I believe they will be awakened to true faith If they listen to my true voice. We hope all of you who believe in Jesus will read this book, listen to his voice, and receive his message.
Author | : Walter Kasper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2020-11-04 |
Genre | : COVID-19 (Disease) |
ISBN | : 9780809155590 |
The COVID-19 crisis suddenly changed everything in the world, including the celebration of the Eucharist. This small volume addresses existential questions concerning Christians amid the pervasive threat of COVID-19. Each author shares his personal experience during the crisis while reflecting from a Christian perspective within his personal responsibility each with a different focus. All four see meaning in the crisis as Pope Francis expresses in the foreword: it has yet again made us aware of our transience, frailty, and mortality. The crisis he says invites us to derive new hope, courage, energy, and happiness from the sources of life and faith, and to stand by those suffering hardship and difficulty. The writings in A Christian Response to COVID-19 speak to the decisions Christians are making in these days to reconcile our lives more fully with God, as we seek solidarity in our common vulnerability as human beings and place our lives into the service of other people.
Author | : Martin Munyao |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2022-01-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1793650993 |
The African Church and COVID-19: Human Security, the Church, and Society in Kenya is a bold and incisive look at the African Church in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the book, contributors explore how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragilities of African society as well as the weaknesses in the Church’s role in helping and serving African communities. The African Church and COVID-19 analyzes the question of how the Church in Kenya should move forward in a post-COVID-19 era to address the vulnerabilities of socio-economic and political structures in Africa.
Author | : John Piper |
Publisher | : Multnomah |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2009-01-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0307563863 |
31 meditations from the founder of Desiring God that will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and renew your faith. "You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14). Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different than just living. Things here are passing away. You’ve got to hold on to what will stand. Savor what matters. This collection of thirty-one articles is full of that heart-longing after Christ that distinguishes Piper’s preaching ministry. You will feel as though you have stumbled into a garden as you enter these pages. The Scripture cuts, Christ is exalted in God, and we worship Him. Life Is Short. Eternity Is Long. Live Like It. You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stay—either as friends on His terms, or enemies on yours—which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone. In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him. You’ll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ when you consider life as a vapor. Story Behind the Book Time is precious. We are fragile. Life is short. Eternity is long. Every minute counts. Oh, to be a faithful steward of the breath God has given me. Three texts resound in my ears: “Redeem the time” (Ephesians 5:16 ); “It is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy” (1 Corinthians 4:2); “His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10 ). Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something significant. Paul said, “In the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain” (Philippians 2:16). In the same way, I have good hope from the Lord that my “labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 ).
Author | : R. Drew Smith |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2022-03-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1000550184 |
Racialized Health, COVID-19, and Religious Responses: Black Atlantic Contexts and Perspectives explores black religious responses to black health concerns amidst persistent race-based health disparities and healthcare inequities. This cutting-edge edited volume provides theoretically and descriptively rich analysis of cases and contexts where race factors strongly in black health outcomes and dynamics, viewing these matters from various disciplinary and national vantage points. The volume is divided into the following four parts: Systemic and Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Black Health Ecclesial Responses to Black Health Vulnerabilities Public Education and Policy Considerations Spirituality and the Wellness of Black Minds, Bodies and Souls Part I explores ways social and cultural factors such as racial bias, religious conviction, and resource capacity have influenced and delimited black health prospects. Part II looks historically and contemporarily at denominational and ecumenical responses to collective black health emergencies in places such as Nigeria, the UK, the US, and the Caribbean. Part III focuses on public advocacy, particularly collective black health, both in terms of policy and education. The final section deals with spiritual, psychological, and theological dimensions, understandings, and pursuits of black health and wholeness. Collectively, the essays in the volume delineate analysis and action that wrestle with the multidimensional nature of black wellness and with ways broad public resources and black religious resources should be mobilized and leveraged to ensure collective black wellness. "The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."