In Romans 12:2 Paul writes, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” We can be transformed by the renewing of our minds. and that is what we do this podcast. Today’s thought from above is this: God is in this.

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, we have been hearing some really bad theology. We so badly want, not just a reason, but a divine reason for this epidemic. Many people want to believe that God caused this epidemic. And we realize that many people want a God like this. A God who punishes and purges people for their sins, but we have noticed that almost every person who holds this view never includes themselves. It is always about cleansing and purging and punishing others, never themselves and there are two major problems with this.

First, it assumes a system of just punishment. It assumes bad things happen only to bad people, and good things must always happen to good people. Second, it does not reflect the god revealed in Jesus.

Many of us are asking questions like; “Has God abandoned us? Is God not listening to our prayers?” Smith concludes with this answer: God is right here with us. Right in the middle of the suffering. God is, of course everywhere…

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