Opinion: Death in the pot: A Bible story for today

'Faith leaders are abandoning their flock during the coronavirus pandemic by encouraging them to go against the advice of public health officials,' Pastor Amos C. Brown writes for CNNOpinion. 'They are endangering countless lives by ignoring science.'

Amos C. Brown is a pastor at the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco. He serves as the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Social Justice Committee. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.

A story in the Old Testament book of 2 Kings Chapter four has been forgotten by many so-called Christian leaders in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The story is about the prophet Elisha traveling to Gilgal during a famine to meet in class with the sons of the prophet. Elisha asked his servant to prepare a stew to feed the people gathered around him.

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