A Christian Response to the Coronavirus

​Of all the institutions that exist in the world, the Church has the primary responsibility of being the voice of truth and reason in a world of chaos.  This is in part what Jesus meant when he said, “You are the light of the world.”  He wasn’t just talking about proclaiming the gospel to the world, although that is the primary means by which the Church does shine light into the world.  He was also saying that in a dark world where up is down, right is wrong, where most people have no moral compass or sense of direction, where when tragedy strikes, the world’s natural response is to react in fear and confusion, the Church, who is the sole possessor of absolute divine truth, is to shine light into the world and be the voice of reason and comfort and light and life.  It is to say that if the Church loses her bearings, if the church loses her way, if the church ceases to give her light, or begins to point in the wrong direction, the world is doomed.  

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