The Pandemic and Bible Prophecy

(Finding Victory over the Virus) The global pandemic has resulted in near-global panic. Medical facilities, markets, educational institutions, and churches, all enormously experience the impact. How is the Christian to respond to the Corona-crisis? Does God’s Word provide an answer to the questions people are asking today? Some are asking – “Is this the beginning…

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Covid-19, Virtual Meetings, and Communion

In response to a question from one of the people in our church, I asked several friends in the ministry for their take. The question was along these lines, “I noticed that X Church across town holds a ‘virtual communion’ with their services. Should we do something like that?” My instinct throughout this crisis is…

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The Paradoxes of Shutdown Ministries

Jeff Straub outlined the challenges posted by Covid church restrictions in Canada for us yesterday. I’d like to offer a testimonial “from the ground,” so to speak. I should preface by saying that I don’t look on the ministry in our church as representative of the whole. Each situation is different, some churches may well…

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COVID-19 and the Struggle for Worship in Canada

The world is still in the midst of a global pandemic of significant proportions. I say significant for the COVID pandemic because this is not as serious a global problem as similar events that have been faced in human history. The Spanish flu killed an estimated fifty million people worldwide in 1918-1920 and maybe as…

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2020—What a Beautiful Time to Be Alive

For the sake of those living on the North Pole or the International Space Station and who had their internet disconnected for the last 9 months, let me catch you up some current events: 2020 has been a bit of a rough patch. For the rest of us, I suspect, we need no such updates.…

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Fixing Our Hope in Days of Hopelessness

The great Servant passages of Isaiah begin first with a message to the nation, but the second Servant passage addresses a person. Isa 42:1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Matthew quotes…

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A Very Covid Christmas to You – Part Two

We hear from friends around the world about changes various governments impose in their attempt to mitigate the effect of the corona virus. The widely divergent policies seem to have very little effect on the spread of infection, as the virus ebbs and flows despite our best efforts. The last four weeks (and continuing until…

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Are You Missing Church because of Covid?

In the corona crisis, some Christians are fearful even of their regular habits of church attendance. Some tried, but their fears won out, and they’ve stopped attending. Some are too fearful even to try. We are sympathetic, we understand the fears. Some of us simply push our fears down and act contrary to our fears…

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Why I Don’t Watch TV

When I was in high school a friend of mine recommended the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. It was and still is a fascinating read; Postman proved to be prophetic regarding the negative influence of television and show business on our culture. I wish I could say my initial reading of that…

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