My kids have been hearing about the new virus that’s dominating the news cycle. Like many adults, they hear the word “death” and they are immediately afraid.
“Are we gonna die?” they asked.
I talked to them about statistical probabilities and they just hid their faces in pillows. I told them that many more people have died of the flu, and now they’re just more afraid of the flu.
But then I remembered that the bottom line for me is not whether or not the odds are in my favor. The bottom line is that I choose not to be afraid because I choose to trust that God is in control of it all, including my life.
Can we feel secure among the unknowns?
Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman, was the developer of what became known as the scientific method. Empirical evidence was his game. He was also a devout Anglican, who believed in special revelation from God that can’t be studied in the same way as the natural world.