Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: One of the things that troubles thoughtful Christians about resisting the orders to mask up is that it seems too darn convenient on a personal level. It seems like we are saying that you should obey the authorities above you so long as you agree with them, but as soon as they tell you …
“God plainly loves cliffhangers, and that is what this most certainly is.”
“He resented that God had created him without his permission, and he resented that he had no God to resent.”
“After my conscience rose from the dead, it wasn’t even acting sick.”
Introduction: If you want to start with a little background information, here is an article for dentists on the efficacy of masks in preventing infection, written about four years ago. It is recent ...
“There was a preacher there, though, standing on the end of a watering trough outside a saloon. He did not have much of the love of God about him, he looked like nothing on earth, and he was full of hatred for sin.”
God's Sovereignty and Disease: Notwithstanding questionable fiscal decisions and political haymaking, COVID-19 kills a lot of people and social distancing does keep it from spreading. ...
“The judge, Jeffrey Chalmers, was a big man in every sense of the word. He was three-hundred pounds, but tall and muscular, about six and a half feet, and he had bushy eyebrows, and a fierce mustache. When he had his robe on, and was up behind that mahogany bench, he was visibly formidable. Not all the defendants who came before him would plead guilty, but all of them wanted to.”
Introduction: Last Friday when I left the office to head home, I was greeted out on the sidewalk by a liberal lady (who would self-identify as an evangelical, if that helps, which it shouldn’t) who was masked up, carrying a poster that chided Christ Church for having held a joint service last Sunday. Our problem …
