All Things Wise and Wonderful: A Christian Understanding of How and Why Things Happen in Light of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic provoked many questions. It is human nature to want to know how and why things happen. The sovereign God has created a beautiful intricate world in which multiple factors interact to cause an event. We are called to properly understand creation but often fail because we tend to be lazy fearful and self-serving. We make judgments based on (often incorrect) assumptions about cause-and-effect relations and we seek reassuring explanations for both trivial and serious events. Christians have the added complication of figuring out Gods role in making things happen. All Things Wise and Wonderful examines what the Bible and Christian theology say about cause and effect how science views causation in the world and how human mind-brains judge causation. Using illustrations from everyday life it offers guidance for Christians to think and act wisely with respect to how and why things happen in creation.