“These are the times that try men’s souls,” wrote Thomas Paine in his rousing call to Americans to fight for independence. “The Crisis” was the title of Paine’s work from 1776; and now we face another crisis — not a war of man against man, but of a virus warring against all of humanity. Previous scares about Ebola, swine flu, and other viruses seem — to Americans, at least — small compared to the threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which is currently terrifying the globe in March 2020. How might Christians keep a warm heart and a cool head during this crisis, when what we thought was solid seems to be melting away?
This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Douglas Groothuis about his online-exclusive article, “Faithful Living Through the Coronavirus“.
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Other articles and podcasts featuring this author:
Hank Unplugged Podcast Loving God in the Midst of Suffering with Douglas Groothuis
Postmodern Realities Episode 157: The Reincarnation of Reincarnation
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Channeling: Revelations Of Deception
Postmodern Realities Episode 122 Shamelessly Wrong
Shamelessly Wrong: Book Review of Shameless: A Sexual Reformation Nadia Bolz-Weber
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Postmodern Realities Episode 004: Agile Apologetics
Learning From an Apostle: Christianity in the Marketplace of Ideas (Acts 17:16-34)
Jean-Paul Satre And The Resurgence Of Existentialism
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The Christian Apologist’s Moral Compass
Steve Jobs, Jesus, and the Problem of Evil
And many more, Dr. Groothuis has written articles for us for over 30 years.