A HELPFUL PIECE ABOUT A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. I FULLY AGREE WITH THE KEY GRAPH I PULLED BELOW. Thinking Biblically About the Role of Faith Amid Suffering and the Coronavirus

“In a pandemic, it is wise to minimize and mitigate the chance of infection through public health measures. Since we are under the authority of the civil government (unless it compels us to sin), we ought to follow its restrictions in a crisis (Romans 13:1-7). When the state forbids public meetings in general, it is not trying to “shut down the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” as Howard-Browne said. It is trying to save lives, and we as Christian citizens should comply since we ought to seek the good of our cities (see Jeremiah 29:7; Matthew 5:13-16).”