Church In The Time Of The Virus: The Series

Since the beginning of the coronavirus restrictions that closed church services, I’ve been doing a vlog - my attempt to get my thought out and to archive this time with the hopes that we can either look back and see wisdom or look back and see what wasn’t wisdom, and thus gain some. It seems like a win/win.

My focus is what it means to be a faithful presence as a follower of Christ during this time.

I am trying to avoid politics, though it is inevitable that the church sphere bumps into the state sphere at times. That is incidental. I am trying to avoid taking a stance on medical, economic, or constitutional issues, as none of those are my field of expertise. I mean, I have opinions, but frankly most of them are held pretty lightly. The experts themselves are learning as they go, and I don’t hold that against them. It just makes it hard to write a lot of things in stone.

So, how do we represent Christ and the values of His Kingdom? How can we honor God, king, and those around us? How should we understand faith, fear, freedom, rights, responsibilities, love….the list goes on.

What I offer is nowhere close to perfect, but, like the Little Drummer Boy, it’s what I have.

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(Episode 1: Introduction)

Historically, epidemics have been the time when the "city on a hill" shone brightly in a dark world. I know this is new territory for us (not as a nation, bu...
As Scripture tells us and Luther reminds us, we have a loving duty to our neighbor. In the time of an epidemic that is going to have a HUGE economic impact, ...
The foolhardly dare God to protect them and offset their rebellion and ignorance as they foolishly do unnecessary things at tremendous cost to others. The lo...
I think there is legitimate reason to be concerned that the economic fallout is going to be significant. Almost everyone I have talked to who is in the workf...
I've been hearing a lot of questions about what faith looks like right now. Do faith-filled Christians close their churches or keep them open? Do they do soc...
Right now, I suspect loving God is deeply intertwined with taking seriously God's admonition to honor God's authorities in our lives. For the past three year...
I've been trying to find examples from church history on what happens to church meetings during a plague, and - I'm not finding much. This section will cover...
It's been remarkable to me how quickly this virus has been politicized. I don't read world news as much as I read local and US news, but I've not seen this h...
Lessons today from Spurgeon's response to the plague.
What is the best way to love our neighbor: reopen the economy before it really tanks, or keep it closed to protect the health and life of our vulnerable neig...
I've had something brewing for a while that I think I'm going to have a hard time articulating, but I at least want to try.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Carey Waldie, a friend who is also a writer and pastor (careywaldie.com), posted an excellent article on his blog. This article provides the starting point f...
How do Christians decide when the tension that exists between the command to obey the government and obey God reaches a point where civil disobedience is war...

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