COVID-19

Dan Wallace’s father passed away from COVID-19: “I’m so grateful to be Beecher Wallace’s son. And I look forward to seeing my earthly father once again.”

“Church history is intertwined with plagues. Read about what healthcare looked like during the Roman Empire, how Christian communities responded to outbreaks like the Black Death by persecuting Jews, and how the modern church approached the AIDS crisis.” - CT

N.T. Wright: It is no part of the Christian vocation, then, to be able to explain what’s happening and why.

“Many pastors feel the pressure of getting up to speed on the latest tech tools and are asking for help in various forums around the web. Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions.” - TGC

Doug Wilson: panic continues to spread, not nearly as silently as the virus, and with the hot potential to destroy far more than the virus ever thought of. The virus hath slain its thousands, the panic its tens of thousands.

“As believers, we easily mistake these kinds of events and developments as ‘signs of the end,’ becoming anxious or sensational in our outlook. Jesus jettisons this perspective, though, saying the opposite – that when these things happen, ‘the end is not yet’ (Matt 24:6).” - P&D

“…parts of America and swaths of Europe have already seen significant lockdown measures put into place. To learn how to do this well, and to prepare as much as possible, I wrote to everyone I could think of in Italy to ask them for tips.” - Challies

“As a disaster law scholar, I study vulnerable populations during various stages of disaster response. In the age of coronavirus, people are asking me questions about their rights. Here are some answers.” - The Conversation

“…it’s time to stop listening to every blog and twitter account with an opinion and instead look to those who have the training and expertise to combat the epidemic” - CToday

Here’s a collection of some of the latest (at this moment) COVID-19 related news and views, mostly from Christian sources.