I’m going to kick a hornet’s nest today and “zig” when others may “zag” when it comes to churches live-streaming their worship services. Suffice to say: I don’t think it should be a permanent fixture. Before I posit my reasons, I want to offer a couple of qualifiers. First, during the 14 Sundays we didn’t…
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Medieval Europe was an agrarian society, but farming technology was a far cry from what we have today. By comparison, it was relatively primitive and completely dependent on weather and the seasons. There was no control over the weather, minimal control over the soil, and thus little control over whether or not the farmer’s endeavors…
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Below are a number of articles I found interesting and informative – even amusing. Happy reading. A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy Early on the panic over COVID was understandable. We didn’t know anything about it. But after 9 months of amassing copious amounts of data, a new approach is needed. Dr. Bhattacharya, a physician,…
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Several years ago, a colleague of mine in ministry shared this with me thinking I would really enjoy it. Needless to say, she was right!
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Yes, I’m keenly aware that Christian history is littered with failed predictions of the end of the world. But the fact still remains: Jesus is coming back. “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God…” – 1…
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Jesus told a story. It was about a father and his two sons. His older son was loyal, obedient, and followed all the rules. The younger son was a “free-spirit.” After demanding his share of his father’s inheritance, the younger son left home and squandered all he had on prostitutes and other displays of wild living. For…
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We’ve been watching the markets crashing, businesses shuttering doors, health care workers overwhelmed, people losing their jobs, getting sick, and dying. Now we’re being told this all could last for months. With this ominous foreboding hovering over our world like something from a Hollywood doomsday movie, how exactly does God want us to walk through…
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Yes…and no. God’s Word is there to help us see past appearances and plunge us into the reality. Such must be the case with interpreting events unfolding around us. Is this pandemic a manifestation of God’s judgment? Luke 13 provides a good starting point. In vv. 1-5, Jesus is asked to assess the theological reasons for…
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A truly good God would not want COVID-19 to exist.An all-powerful God would not allow COVID-19 to exist. COVID-19 exists. Therefore, a God who is both good and powerful cannot exist. So goes the logic. But there is a hidden premise buried inside the argument. The premise is: God does not have any good reasons to allow…
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