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How will we (Christians) be remembered after covid-19?

I can’t shake the thought.  Ever since our men’s prayer meeting this morning, all that is going through my head is this question:  what will Christians be remembered by after this crisis?  What will the church (universal) be known for having done during this pandemic? Will we be remembered for complaining about the government or […]

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Devotional Social Issues

So far, so (much) good

Early in the book of Acts, persecution broke out, Christians scattered, and the Gospel spread throughout the world.  What was hard on the church was used for its expansion and the fulfillment of its mission: make disciples of all nations.  On the other hand, a lot of church historians would point out that after the […]

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Some thoughts on covid-19 and the shut-down

When I was 18 years old and had recently graduated from high school, my good friend and I were invited to the Mars Symposium in Washington, D.C.  We had been the winners of a JPL-NASA sponsored essay competition for high school students.  My friend wrote most of our essay, which is to say that I […]