Full Audiobook: 'Coronavirus and Christ' by John Piper

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 128 minutes

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In this special episode, we're sharing a full audio recording of Coronavirus and Christ—a brand-new book written and read by John Piper.On January 11, 2020, a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reportedly claimed its first victim in the Hubei province of China. By March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic. In the midst of this fear and uncertainty, it is natural to wonder what God is doing. In this audiobook read by the author, John Piper invites readers around the world to stand on the solid Rock, who is Jesus Christ, in whom our souls can be sustained by the sovereign God who ordains, governs, and reigns over all things to accomplish his wise and good purposes for those who trust in him. What is God doing through the coronavirus? Piper offers six biblical answers to that question, showing us that God is at work in this moment in history. Learn more about Coronavirus and Christ and download the full ebook for free at crossway.org/coronavirus.

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0:00.0	On January 11th of this year, COVID-19 reportedly claimed its first victim in the Wuhan province of China.
0:11.1	By March 11th, the World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic.
0:16.8	Today, we're pleased to share a complete audio reading of a brand new book written and read
0:22.4	by John Piper, entitled Coronavirus and Christ.
0:27.1	John Piper is the founder and teacher of desiring God.org and has written this new book
0:32.3	to answer a question we're all wrestling with right now. What is God doing through the coronavirus?
0:39.6	In addition to making an audio reading of the book available right here on the Crossway
0:43.9	podcast, you can also download the full audiobook and ebook for free at crossway.org
0:50.6	slash coronavirus and Christ. That's crossway.org slash coronavirus and Christ. That's crossway.org slash coronavirus and Christ.
0:57.8	Let's get started. Desiring God presents the audio edition of Coronavirus and Christ by John
1:07.2	Piper. Narrated by John Piper. For additional resources, visit desiringgod.org.
1:19.1	The occasion. Coronavirus.
1:24.1	I am writing this little book in the last days of March 2020 on the front end of the global
1:31.1	pandemic known as the coronavirus, or technically coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated COVID-19.
1:41.6	The virus affects the lungs and in in the worst cases, kills by suffocation.
1:47.9	The first death by the virus was reported in China on January 11, 2020.
1:55.4	Today, as I write, there are hundreds of thousands of cases of infection worldwide,
2:03.3	with tens of thousands of deaths.
2:06.4	There is no known cure yet.
2:12.4	By the time you read this, you will know far better than I how things will develop.
2:19.1	So I need not detail the measures being taken to slow the spread of the virus or the economic toll being exacted. Social mingling, travel, conferences, church gatherings, theaters, restaurants,
2:27.2	sporting events, and businesses are nearing a standstill. This is not unprecedented, either globally or in America. In the global
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