Church Faction Friendships January 21, 2022 Too many Christians, on both sides of the controversies occasioned by covid, have retreated into their own tribe, making someone’s view of covid, lockdowns or facemasks the shibboleth of orthodoxy.
vaccination Employee Vaccination Religious Exemption August 23, 2021 Individual Christians, civil leaders, and even clergy must be careful not to exalt their preferred applications of God’s moral law as rules which prohibit, much less contradict others’ convictions.
COVID-19 Covid-19 & Making Decisions in the light of all Scripture February 06, 2021 (This article originally appeared on the Christian Voice Ireland website—written for an Irish context, but the principles discussed still apply.) I’ve been asked to put my thoughts down as to the
COVID-19 Reviewing My Predictions for 2020 October 17, 2020 Who could have foreseen 2020 unfolding the way it has? What a weird year and there are still 10 weeks to go! A friend recently messaged me and asked “Well, did you get
COVID-19 Just Do It October 15, 2020 Tuesday morning, I decided it was time to start lifting weights again. The boys and I had been lifting before the Covid restrictions hit. I even bought an old beat-up weight bench just
COVID-19 The Beautiful Inconvenience of Ministry July 30, 2020 Ministry may be inconvenient, but Jesus brings beauty there.
preaching Preacher, the Time is at Hand July 20, 2020 The past four months, my youngest daughter raised guinea fowl from keets to young adults. Over this time, we enjoyed learning about them, seeing them develop, and laughing at their odd behavior. However,
worship Worshipping By Faith, Not By Sight June 06, 2020 For many of us—depending on where you are—either you have been or you soon will be looking forward to meeting together as congregations for the first time in a long time.
COVID-19 If I Get Covid Am I Covered? May 18, 2020 It is often claimed by Christians that there is healing in the atonement. A standard proof-text is Matthew's use of Isaiah. What does the prophet teach about sickness? A Spiritual Condition
COVID-19 The Easing of Lockdown May 16, 2020 Countries wait with bated breath. Children strain at the leash. Parents look forward to it. Here in Ireland after 7 weeks of greatly restricted movement, the prospect of some levels of freedom are
COVID-19 I (probably) gave someone the virus. Now I feel guilty. May 15, 2020 Guilty feelings are not always the best way to measure guilt. Some people feel terribly guilty when they haven’t actually done anything wrong. Other people don’t feel guilty at all, even
COVID-19 Covid 19 & Biblical Balance May 10, 2020 It is of the utmost importance that we maintain a Biblical balance. In our polarized time you might feel pulled to one extreme or the other. As Christians we must keep both of these priorities, life and livelihood, in Biblical balance.
COVID-19 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great' May 02, 2020 In no time at all, the world has changed. Plague has brought the global economy crashing down. Trade and industry has ground to a standstill, except for essentials. That ubiquitous first-world leisure activity
John Calvin Wisdom from John Calvin on COVID-19 April 28, 2020 What would John Calvin say to the likes of us about facing COVID-19?
Coronavirus Pastors in Pandemics April 25, 2020 The current pandemic shutdown has been strange in many ways. Pastors who want to teach have had to catch up with hi-tec (or it is only me who feels like an old dog
Fear When the Leaf Rattles April 21, 2020 On a Saturday afternoon recently, I joined my wife to help her finish picking up our yard. A cold front had blown through earlier in the week, chasing away momentarily the warming spring
Civil Disobedience Some Thoughts on Christian Civil Disobedience April 18, 2020 There are times when as Christians we need to disobey our governing authorities. But it is only when they require us to be disobedient to God — when the only way we can obey them is to be unfaithful to God.
Coronavirus The Meaning of the Rainbow April 17, 2020 The symbol of rainbow is far more appropriate for these days than many people who have them in their windows may realise. Because the first person to use the rainbow as a symbol of hope was God himself!
Public Worship To Exiled Congregations April 15, 2020 This is a letter that I sent to my congregation last week. In the state of Kansas, until Saturday, April 11th churches were exempt from the restrictions placed on public gatherings. Our Governor
COVID-19 Birthing Life and Hope Amid Fear March 31, 2020 When death is all around us—and our own powers have so far failed us—Christians know that God is a God who brings life out of death. That is our hope.
COVID-19 Mother Earth or Father God? March 21, 2020 Apparently, the city of Venice is enjoying crystal clear waters in its world-famous canals due to a lack of debris from tourists and near-zero boat traffic under Italy's ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
Ashbel Green Pestilence and Pastoral Ministry March 20, 2020 Each of us in our own place and vocation have challenges to face and obstacles to overcome. I'm a pastor and so I feel the unique burdens that this pandemic brings for the pastorate.
Coronavirus 'Drive-in Church' – one solution to the problem of meeting together March 20, 2020 We need to assume the highest and best of motives in one another... We must assume that our brothers have thought and wrestled in prayer to solve the problem... and reluctantly come to the conclusion that this is the best, or the least bad, option available.
COVID-19 The Church and Corona March 13, 2020 Covid-19 may well mean that mass gatherings like Camps and Conference are banned. There is a realistic prospect sessions, for the sake of our neighbour and conscience, may have to put a temporary
Coronavirus Christians and Coronavirus February 28, 2020 Self-isolation; pandemic; super spreader; coronavirus; covid-19. Just a few of the words and phrases that have become part of everyday conversation in the weeks since the first outbreak of a novel coronavirus was