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This 1:50 min video looks at suffering, always difficult for us to understand but never a surprise to the Lord. This is my take produced by Manna Media.
Why does a loving God allow people to suffer with diseases like the coronavirus?
Why does God allow suffering like the Coronavirus?
In the Bible, the Lord devotes much time to suffering, like the entire book of Job.
Tens of thousands have been infected by the coronavirus; thousands have died. Why would the loving, caring God permit such grief?
One, so that we may know his love. In Psalms, the shepherd David said, “Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll—are they not in your record? (Psalm 56: 8).
It’s an incredible statement. God remembers all our tears. All our anguish, heartache, suffering, all matter to our loving God.
Another reason for suffering, to refine us in God’s service: “but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” (Romans 5:3-4).
God works through suffering to accomplish his purposes, which we likely will not understand.
But we know he is a God of grace and truth.
Our trust in him is our comfort.
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This 1:25 min video speaks to SAT-7's critical role broadcasting daily in Arabic, Farsi, and Turkish throughout the 25 countries of the Middle East and North Africa. In the midst of the pandemic with people sheltering in place and churches closed, SAT-7 is now more than ever the vital "church" of the MENA Church. SAT-7 is grateful to the Lord and its supporters that it is still broadcasting.
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This 1:45 min video looks at the coronavirus pandemic from one Christian perspective. How should Christians think about, respond to, and work within the current pandemic? How can we be a testimony to the world?
Should we panic or prepare in the face of the pandemic? Christians have an answer.
The Coronavirus is sweeping the world, has been declared a pandemic, has
in-fected thousands and a-ffected millions. Clearly, it’s a real disease presenting a real threat at perhaps unprecedented levels, at least in the modern age.
One response is panic: panic-buying of items like toilet paper, riots in some major cities globally, an epidemic of fear. This response is understandable but not healthy.
A second response is preparedness: listening to public health experts, doing what we can to encourage prevention, like washing our hands, not gathering in large groups, reducing travel, not shaking hands.
Because we know and trust the Sovereign Lord God, Christians need to model preparedness over panic.
The Psalmist said, “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart” (Psalm 91:4).
In the face of fear, Christians can offer aid, solace, and hope.
Christ and Christianity are nothing if not the antidote to panic.
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So you’re sheltering in place? Or maybe quarantining or self-isolating? And you can’t do anything, right? Well…
-In prison, the Apostle Paul wrote four epistles of the New Testament.
-Under house arrest in 1521, Martin Luther translated the New Testament into the people’s German.
-While in prison for twelve years to 1678, John Bunyan wrote the matchless Christian allegory “Pilgrim’s Progress.”
-In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” explaining nonviolent resistance to racism.
Moral of the story: you can do a lot.
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Politics 101: Why do candidates run in presidential primaries, and continue to run, when they have no chance of winning?
1-You never know, e.g., Jimmy Who? or the Comeback Kid Bill Clinton or the skinny kid with a funny name Barack Obama.
2-You become famous by developing name recognition, e.g., Pat Robertson, Gary Bauer.
3-You position yourself for higher political office or future campaigns, e.g., HW Bush, Joe Biden, Ben Carson.
4-You position yourself for higher income jobs, increased speaker fees, e.g., Mike Huckabee, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
5-You’re described in media the rest of your life as “former presidential candidate,” e.g., Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, et al.
6-It’s fun, you travel around treated as royalty, media follows you, e.g., Herman Caine, Carly Fiorina.
7-You keep your issue in the news, e.g., Ralph Nader, Jesse Jackson.
8-Egos and Logos, e.g., Ross Perot, Michael Bloomberg.
9-Money, Sex, and Power, or what Scripture calls Lust of the Eyes, Lust of the Flesh, and Pride of Life, e.g., John Edwards, Gary Hart, and enough others to run the alphabet.
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This is a 5:41 remembrance of my colleague Ray Heinen’s and my visit to Petra, Jordan, April 2019. We also talk about developing issues in the Middle East and SAT-7’s ministry.
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