Reflections on Preaching Through Exodus in a Pandemic

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Reflections on Preaching Through Exodus in a Pandemic

Description

I preach a lot about suffering in my sermons because, frankly, the Bible talks a lot about suffering and we preach the Bible. An interesting question has risen over the past several months since the pandemic hit – are we being punished? Is American being disciplined? Are individuals who contract Covid-19, suffer, and in some cases die, being punished for their sin? Like above, I believe the answer is no. In short, the Bible says that while God does not cause all suffering, he is sovereign over all suffering. What this means is that God is not personally giving nations or individuals a virus to suffer, or to give people anxiety over the potential a virus, but he is providentially seeking to use all suffering to draw people to Himself.

Subject

Theodicy (M): Misc. beliefs about why God lets a pandemic happen

has community

Grace Church

Spatial Coverage

Ridgewood, NJ

has denomination

Baptist

Date Submitted

10/21/2020 18:16

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