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• Coronavirus and Christ. Here are some resources on the Coronavirus from John Piper and Desiring God.
• 4 Principles to Remember When Talking to Your Children about Coronavirus. Brad Hambrick offers these helpful thoughts on how to talk to your children about the coronavirus pandemic.
• The Coronavirus is a Result of the Fall. Kevin DeYoung writes “The coronavirus is a natural evil, under God’s providential control to be sure, but whose existence is the result of original sin. The root of all human pain and suffering in the world is the rebellion of our first parents—a rebellion that Christ conquered on the cross and will one day wipe away, along with all its sad and sinister effects.”
• God Doesn’t Want Us to Sacrifice the Old. Russell Moore writes “This pandemic will change us, change our economy, our culture, our priorities, our personal lives. That we cannot avoid. But let’s remember: One day we will tell our grandchildren how we lived, how we loved, during the Great Pandemic. Let’s respect human life in such a way that we will not be ashamed to tell them the truth.”
• Peace in a Pandemic. Listen to this sermon from David Platt from Proverbs 12:25 and Matthew 6:25-34.

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• A List of Great Christian Videos Free on Amazon Prime Video. Thanks to our friend Kevin Halloran for compiling this list of some of the best Christian videos that are currently free on Prime Video.
• Listen to Ligonier Teaching Series Free. Ligonier Ministries has opened up all of their teaching series to be listened to free – on their excellent app and website – until at least June 30.
• Group Study is Free from Ligonier Connect. Study groups at Ligonier Connect provide you with a private online classroom where you can invite friends to take any course in their library together. Until at least June 30, Ligonier is offering all group studies for free.
• Download Ligonier Study Guides for Free. To help you take your Bible study deeper during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ligonier has made all of their study guides free to download in an individual PDF format until at least June 30.
• 30 Edifying Things to Watch When Stuck at Home. Brett McCracken shares this helpful list of films and television series to watch while we are stuck at home.
• 2020 Ligonier National Conferences Messages. The in-person 2020 Ligonier National Conference in Orlando was cancelled due to the coronavirus. In its place, Ligonier offered a one-day mini conference. The theme was Made in the Image of God. Watch all of the messages from this one-day conference.
• 10 Ways to Make the Most of Social Distancing Quarantine Time. Perhaps your state is under a “stay at home” order as Illinois is. Brandon D. Myers offers these helpful thoughts on how to best use that time. Don’t Waste Your Family Quarantine. Courtney Reisigg writes “Everyone in your home is facing unexpected challenges. So how does your family cope with all of this uncertainty?”
• Practice Hospitality. Especially During a Pandemic. Rosaria Butterfield shares four important truths about how radical, Christian hospitality looks like under COVID-19.

• Suffering, Healing, and the Hope of Eternity. Enjoy this video of a conversation with Nancy Guthrie and Joni Eareckson Tada about Heaven, suffering and healing.
• Do Not Silence Your Mess: Meeting God in Everyday Chaos. Paul Tripp writes “The Christian life is messy and complicated. In some way, every day, you will face disappointment, grief, pain, confusion, and struggle. The question is, “Where do you go and what do you do?”
• Fighting Fear and Anxiety. Keith Mathison writes “A neglect of prayer almost always results in a corresponding rise in our fear and anxiety. This is no coincidence. Prayer is an act of faith in God, and faith in God leads to the peace of God.”
• Rejoicing in God in the Arena of Pain. God hasn’t promised that His children won’t go into the valley of the shadow of death. He promised that we will never go alone. In this brief video clip from his series Dealing with Difficult Problems, R.C. Sproul considers suffering in the life of a Christian.
• Peace in Times of Suffering and Uncertainty. In this livestream, a part of Gospel in Life’s Questioning Christianity series, Tim Keller discusses how we can find peace in times of suffering and uncertainty.

• 2021 Ligonier National Conference. The 2021 Ligonier National Conference, celebrating the ministries’ 50^th anniversary, with a theme of “Right Now Counts Forever”, will be held in Orlando March 18-21. Speakers include John Piper, Alistair Begg, Sinclair Ferguson, Michael Reeves and more.
• Five Themes on Providence from the Psalms. Robert Godfrey writes “The bitterest afflictions of this life are sweet when Christians know that they come from God, serve His purposes, and ultimately contribute to their good.”
• “Progressive” Christianity: Even Shallower Than the Evangelical Faith I Left. Ian Harber writes “The goal of deconstruction should be greater faithfulness to Jesus, not mere self-discovery or signaling one’s virtue.”
• Jared Wilson on Thinking About the Sins of Our Church History Heroes. On this episode of For the Church, Jared Wilson responds to the question “How should we think about the sins of our heroes from church history?”
• How to Reach the West (Again). Tim Keller writes “Church leaders must find new ways to reach people who won’t even think about coming to church or believing Christianity’s most basic concepts. And we must find ways of churching and forming people as Christians in the midst of a very different culture. Let’s call this the “Outward Move” and the “Inward Move” of a missionary encounter with Western culture.”
• Devotional with Tim Keller | Psalm 11: Disciplines of Distress. On March 24, Tim Keller delivered this devotional on Psalm 11. He begins at the 7:46 point in the video.

• Am I Mainly the Product of My Background? In this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to this question “Is there objective information that refutes Skinner’s ideas from a biblical perspective? And is there evidence outside of the Bible that suggests we do have free will?”
• Are Preachers and Pastors More Important Than Other Christians? Since proclaiming God’s Word is so important, do pastors and preachers play a more important role than other believers? From one of Ligonier’s live events, Sinclair Ferguson, Burk Parsons, and Derek Thomas discuss how we should view those entrusted with the ministry of God’s Word.
• What is the Millennial Reign of Christ in Revelation 20? Amil, Premil or Postmil? In this episode of Honest Answers, Dr. Thomas Schreiner addresses these end-times views.
• Can a Christian Lose Their Salvation? R.C. Sproul writes “People who would otherwise agree that only those who trust in Jesus will be saved have disagreed on whether anyone who truly believes in Christ can lose his salvation.”
• What Can the “Young, Restless, and Reformed” Movement Learn from the Historic Reformation? The truth of God is no passing fad. From one of Ligonier’s live events, Burk Parsons provides counsel to Christians belonging to the “Young, Restless, and Reformed” movement.
• Does the New Testament Misquote the Old Testament? On this episode of Honest Answers, Dr. Robert Plummer addresses why the New Testament doesn’t quote the Old Testament word for word.

• If Jesus didn’t complain when he received a life infinitely worse than he deserved, how can I complain while I experience a life infinity better than I deserve? Tim Keller
• God’s grace cuts both ways: it can neither be earned by your merit nor forfeited by your demerit. Jerry Bridges
• We all live in a world starving for true friends, genuine community, and meaningful relationships, but that takes love, patience, repentance, and forgiveness and it only happens if you are willing to risk your temporary discomfort for long-term joy. Burk Parsons
• We may not be spared from the trial, but we will be spared through the trial. This is what our redemption means: we are his. Derek Thomas
• The closer we are to God, the more the slightest sin will cause us deep sorrow. R.C. Sproul
• We are called to die with Christ that we may live with him, and to suffer with him that we may reign with him. William Tyndale
• Any time you hear someone began a sentence with, “Well I know that the Bible says… but I like to think of God as…” Whatever the end of that sentence is, is heresy. Ligon Duncan
• Humility doesn’t mean thinking less of yourself, it means thinking of yourself less. C.S. Lewis
• Only through worship are we restored to vigor from the exhaustion and burnout of seeking our own glory. Tim Keller