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Co-host Jim Berrier joins Bob for a discussion which weighs the kinds of appropriate responses that churches all over America should be exhibiting in the midst of government guidelines (in some states) and orders (in other states) that all large group meetings and “none essential businesses” temporarily shut down due to the coronavirus spread.
Included in this discussion is the obvious but often forgotten truth that a true church refers to the people of Christ, and not a building. Therefore, finding ways to hold “virtual” meetings online make our worship services no less valid before God.
On the other hand, there is legitimate concern on the part of some that churches and other organizations should be free to make such decisions themselves, possibly agreeing that the government mandate may be sensible in the moment, yet questioning the kind of precedent being set when the government literally forbids two guaranteed constitutional rights, Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Assembly.
Also related:
-The many passages of Scripture saying “Fear not,” or “Have courage!”
-Why does a loving God allow destructive plagues?
-Is the coronavirus a judgment from God? Didn’t Jesus get judged on our behalf, paying the penalty for our sins?
-Many of the good, creative responses from churches including live streamed services and even interactive Bible Studies/Sunday School classes through features such as Zoom.
-And yet, the need for human beings to relate to each other personally while offering encouragement and prayer.
-Pastors who test limits by defying government orders and holding large services anyway, how this phenomenon can be a mixed bag inasmuch as some of these pastors already had reputations as complete nut-jobs, thus clouding the APPROPRIATE back and forth discussion about our Constitution being sacrificed in the name of public safety and whether or not the “cure can become worse than the disease.”
-A prophecy written many decades ago by Pastor David Wilkerson which seems to describe this current pandemic/ business shut down with considerable, specified detail.
-In that same vein, the need to test modern day self-proclaimed prophets.
Other Topics:
-Bob’s opening monologue talks about how certain cities are releasing convicted criminals in the name of coronavirus concern all the while lowering police response to crime. Meanwhile, those who would, in the face of this situation, choose to protect themselves, are finding guns stores closed down in many places by state or city decree, with the claim that gun stores are not “essential services.”
Satire:
-Interview with Vinnie the Virus: This replayed sketch was written and produced for The Bob Siegel Show back in the year 2006. The piece was originally a satirical response to a real news story about a controversial college professor stressing the necessity of viruses in certain situations and even questioning if the world could survive without a pandemic destruction of over 90 percent of the human population! He also talked about bacteria and viruses having as much of a right to live as human beings.
The sketch is an interview with a virus who lobbies for his special interest group rights in true P.C. fashion. It is replayed, not out of disrespect for the seriousness of today’s current pandemic, but as a therapeutic attempt to hopefully lighten tension.
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