(ChurchLeaders) In a recent interview, scholar and theologian N.T. Wright expounded on ideas from a TIME magazine article he wrote a few months ago that some people found controversial. While some have argued that the COVID-19 pandemic is a sign of God’s judgment, Wright believes Scripture shows that when bad things happen, we should lament, love our hurting neighbors, and not try to figure out why they are suffering.
“If the church is looking over its shoulder to say, ‘We need to figure out why this happened,’ it may well be missing out the vocation of actually going to help right now,” said Wright. What’s more, “The danger with that is we almost want to play God.”