Coronavirus and Christ

Coronavirus and Christ by John Piper

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A rare 5 stars.

John Piper knows about fatal disease first hand. He knows the Bible inside and out, and believes it with conviction, when it speaks of God’s sovereignty in such disease.

While Piper gives specific answers to what God may be doing in this pandemic, he first wisely does two things. First, he sets a solid foundation that God has spoken to us reliably in the Bible. He then uses Scripture throughout to back up each point. Second, he wisely avoids getting into the medical and political morass of conflicting opinions on CDC guidelines, civil restrictions, etc. This may be because he published this quite early in the lockdown, before the curve was flattened and it became controversial. Still, where he could have weighed in on the health side, he focused on his theological lane, and the result is gold. It also matters less when he wrote it (when we didn’t know much about the virus!).

Giving six possible answers to what God may be doing in this, one thing I appreciated was this. Piper does not stay silent on the possibility that this may be God’s judgment on some for their sins. This was such an obvious answer in generations past. But in our “woke” culture, most people, even in the conservative evangelical church, want to avoid actually saying it, even if they reluctantly believe it themselves when shown the verses.

But I also appreciate Piper’s balance. Some would over-react and focus only on what the culture (or the church culture) is getting wrong, but he instead delivers up a well-rounded response. It’s a warning, a pointer to Christ’s return at the end of the world, and more.

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