Disease, Scarcity, and Famine

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A Reformation Perspective on God and Plagues Written by Ludwig Lavater, Translated by Michael Hunter Covid-19, Sars disease, even Floods. Outbreaks of disease and famine are nothing new, nor is the responsibility of Christian leaders to respond to such societal devastation. The book Disease, Scarcity, and Famine assembles sermons from Ludwig Lavater, a...

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A Reformation Perspective on God and Plagues

Written by Ludwig Lavater, Translated by Michael Hunter

Covid-19, Sars disease, even Floods. Outbreaks of disease and famine are nothing new, nor is the responsibility of Christian leaders to respond to such societal devastation. The book Disease, Scarcity, and Famine assembles sermons from Ludwig Lavater, a leading pastor in Zurich during the sixteenth century, that deal with this subject matter. Lavater explains where plagues ultimately come from, gives reasons God chastises the good as well as the bad with them, and instructs readers on how they should conduct themselves during such outbreaks. He also recounts the divine promises in which God offers help to His elect during trying times. Lavater provides a response to disease both grounded in Scripture and satisfying to the soul.

Table of Contents:
Foreword - Jonathan Master
First Sermon on Scarcity and Famine
Second Sermon on Scarcity and Famine
Third Sermon on Scarcity and Famine

Recommendation

"Michael Hunter's excellent rendering of these classic sermons by Ludwig Lavater, a leading scholar and Reformed minister from Zurich in the late 1500's, offer a remarkably full and timely theological engagement of the twin human maladies of pandemic and famine. The ever relevant Scriptural themes of courageous ministry, loving compassion, the purposes of divine providence and the call for humble repentance and living faith challenge us to reappraise our day's rendition of the classic plague-time trilogy-Cito, Longe, Tarde-'flee fast and far and then come back slowly.' This is rewarding reading for such a time as this." --Peter A. Lillback, president, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

"These sermons are not only historical artifacts which lend perspective, they are the clearly reasoned proclamation of Bible truths. Each of Lavater's main points is theo-centric, recognizing and acknowledging that God is the one who must be kept in view in all circumstances. Each is sober and serious, in some sense implicitly acknowledging both the gravity of the situation and of the enormity of the privilege of knowing God in the midst of it." --Jonathan Master, president, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (from the Foreword)

Paperback, 152 pages, notes, bibliography, Scripture Index,

Disease, Scarcity, and Famine

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