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ALISTAIR BEGG - "THE GOD OF HOPE"

Alaister Begg is the pastor of Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio.  I thought this message delivered March 29, 2020 inspirational and timely.   May God fill us with His presence and hope during this challenging experience of the Coronavirus disease.   2.3 billion people are currently in lockdown across the world.  

 

WHY THIS NOBEL LAUREATE PREDICTS A QUICKER CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY: "WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE"

Joe Mozingo of the Los Angeles Times reports:

While many epidemiologists are warning of months, or even years, of massive social disruption and millions of deaths, Levitt says the data simply don't support such a dire scenario — especially in areas where reasonable social distancing measures are in place.

"What we need is to control the panic," he said. In the grand scheme, "we're going to be fine."

Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted.

Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and the rest of the world.  [More...]

** Note:  Worth reading is theologian Dr. Ron Sider's short article, "Finding Strength in a Time of  Pandemic"   It expounds beautifully the reality of Easter morning and its meaning for all believers.