While we naturally desire to 'get back to normal,' what the United States experienced before COVID-19 was hardly normal when viewed from God's perspective.

Leaders will use crises to consolidate their power and further their agenda. The real devastation may occur after the coronavirus runs its course.

We are going to have to find ways to make God's way appealing to people of alien cultures, gently bringing them to a tipping point.

The millennial situation will resemble the behavior of our forebears; it will be our responsibility to lead them to hope, joy, character, and faith in God.