Let Earth Receive Her King
“There is not one square inch in the whole [of creation] over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: Mine!” – Abraham Kuyper
Category: Christianity
A Pastor’s Confession: Why the Church Should Speak Up
A biblical/gospel issue regarding the government’s reaction to Covid-19.
Should Churches and Christian Businesses Segregate?
“All around us we see the rise of ugly Big Brother Statism, and the stealing away of our liberties and human rights. We expect the secular left tyrants to engage in this sort of behaviour. We do NOT expect Christian churches and businesses to happily go along with all this.”
When Christians Disengage From Society, Bad Things Happen
“We ignore the complete cultural implications of our faith and then we’re shocked by the state of the culture.”
Mark Driscoll, Ravi Zacharias, and COVID-19: The Failure of Evangelical Leadership
“May I suggest that those Christian leaders who, so far, have been silent in the face of coercion and/or violation of basic bodily autonomy by the state when it comes to COVID measures would probably not be that one courageous person.”
Forgotten Covenant: A Review
“Indeed, there is a caricature view among Christian that law is bad, and the gospel is good. But this is neither biblical nor helpful.”
False Gospel Gaslighting: How Manipulation Is Dividing the Church
“It isn’t unusual today to hear progressive Christians calling conservative Christians ‘extreme’ or ‘crazy’, and this is especially true when politicians get involved in the church.”
Politicians, Pastors, and Bureaucrats: Whose Mouth Is the Devil Using Right Now?
“Make no mistake, the Devil is very busy indeed. In a time of turmoil and trial, he is busy pointing people in many directions, as long as they don’t go in the one direction that can provide true and lasting relief, namely, the direction of Jesus Christ.”
Christian Leaders, Fight for the Conscience of Your People: Vaccine Mandates and Letters of Exemption
“Will the Confessing Church ever learn that majority decision in matters of conscience kills the spirit?” Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Separation of Church and State… Except When It’s Convenient for the State to Interfere
“Unfortunately for Christians in Australia, we don’t have clear constitutional provisions to point at when the state and territory government gets uncomfortably involved in religious affairs. It seems that while Section 116 of our constitution protects us from the Federal government messing with religion, the States and Territories get free reign.”
The Bible Can’t Be Used to Justify Draconian Lockdowns
“One of the massive blunders has been the hardcore and over-the-top lockdown measures. They have actually caused more harm than good, and many reports and studies have shown just how damaging and counterproductive they have been.”
My Nagging Feeling
“I was born and brought up as one of four missionary children in Tanzania. I still remember to this day the lepers in the streets… The church there in Morogoro did not stop the sick from entering and was open to all.”
Ten Reasons Why Online Church is Not Real Church
Now is the time to insist that churches be re-opened. For everyone: vaccinated and unvaccinated.
Rethinking Obedience to Government in the Coronavirus Era
“Before thinking through how and when we should submit to governing rulers, we must first take a step back to an even more fundamental question: What is the proper role and scope of government in this world?”
“The Blood of Christ is My Vaccine”
A poem inspired by a freedom rally protester who was publicly condemned by Christian leaders for carrying a sign that read, “The Blood of Christ is My Vaccine.”
You’ll Never Be Required to Violate the First Commandment to Uphold the Second
Is the aversion to risk, at all costs, approach truly the only Christian response to our present circumstances?
A COVID Apology to the World on Behalf of the Evangelical Church
“…the response of the professing evangelical and even Reformed church during the coronavirus has been one of the most discouraging and disheartening parts of this whole year.”
A Theology of the Face: Why Seeing and Showing the Face Matters
“I have heard very little talk about eternity from Christian leaders. Instead, the conversation goes back to loving neighbors by wearing masks, shrinking services and refusing to sing in church, and other odd examples of “morbid safetyism.” Fearing the scorn of the world and ruining our witness, countless churches and their pastors have shut themselves into an endless Zoom loop. And yet, does this strategy reflect the fearlessness that the resurrection offers? Or is it a symptom of the secularism that now infects the church?”
Why Resisting Tyrants is an Act of Love
Indeed, when a Christian’s best testimony to his neighbors is found in waiting patiently for governing officials to permit churches to gather again, thus denying Christ’s command to gather, we have a new instance of Corban—replacing the law of God with human traditions.
National Repentance: Not Just For Old Testament Israel
Does God require our civil rulers to repent of sin and govern according to God’s Word? Does God command us as a citizenry to repent and put our trust in him, in order for our land to be healed?