You don’t need anyone to tell you that being ‘locked down’ is difficult – emotionally, mentally and relationally. If we knew we’d be locked down for just one day or even one week (or even two weeks) it wouldn’t be nearly as hard. If we see the light at the end of the tunnel, enduring the dark tunnel is much easier. Unfortunately, we don’t know how long we’ll face this crisis. That especially makes us anxious. I’ve noticed, over the past few weeks, that it’s especially when I start thinking about the future, that I get anxious. One verse that […]
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What Does The Bible Say About Disease? Part 3 : David in Darkness
“Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.” Psalm 69:1-3 ESV There is another condition that may be affecting the human body amidst these times, besides the globally-feared COVID-19. Incredible sadness. Sorrow. Desolation. Extreme loneliness. Perhaps even depression. It is quite normal to feel this way. In Zack Eswine’s highly-recommended book, Spurgeon’s Sorrows […]
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Is the Coronavirus a Modern-Day Plague?
“Is the Coronavirus a modern-day plague?” This question arose at a Tuesday morning training session for young gospel workers. We’d been studying Exodus and had reached chapters 7-11 which describe plagues that the Lord sent to decimate Egypt and make his name known in all the earth. Around the same time as the Coronavirus was picking up steam, the news was published that locusts were decimating crops in East Africa. Of course, to students of Exodus, an army of crop-devouring locusts rings a bell (Exodus 10:1-21). Are destructive powers like the Coronavirus and the locusts in East Africa modern-day plagues? […]
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What Does the Bible Say About Disease? Part 2: Job and Justice
If God is good and loving, why does he allow suffering in the world? If God is omnipresent and all-knowing, why does it feel like He’s far from me or that He is quiet? If God is almighty and powerful, why does he not heal all those who are infected with COVID-19? If you have struggled with questions like these, you are not alone. We continue our walk through the Bible and today we look at disease and pain in the book of Job. It is not one of the easiest books to read, not simply just because it is […]
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Psalm 62: Our Hope is in Christ Alone
PSALM 621 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long will all of you attack a man, to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? 4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly, they curse. 5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. 7 On […]
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