But you, dress yourself for work, arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. Jeremiah 1:17 (ESV) As intimidating as his listeners may be, the pastor must beware lest he jump from the frying pan of their opposition into the fire of …
As members of the church he pastored lay dying in the hospital, Juan Carlos Mendez assured them of Christ’s presence via video chat while nurses held up the phone. In his Los Angles church of 150 members, 11 people were infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic’s opening months. Four were hospitalized, including two in intensive …
Pastors, Death & COVID-19: Church History Can Help Read More »
In chaotic times, we search for direction. What do you do in the middle of a pandemic? Riots? Racial strife and wars? A collapsing economy? Christians have been through all of this before. This is one of the main reasons we should study history. We realize that, though our times are full of trials and …
In Dundee, Scotland, Robert Murray M’Cheyne lay dying of typhus at age 29, his soaring fever resistant to all treatment. But rather than focus on his ailment, he turned to the Lord. He prayed, quoted Scripture, and sang hymns, with his last coherent words coming from William Cowper’s hymn, “Sometimes the light surprises the Christian as he sings.” …
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I experienced a bit of providence in my daily Bible reading. The Old Testament reading was from 1 Kings 12, where the new (and young) King Rehoboam asks for opinions about how he should establish his authority. Coming after his father, King Solomon, Rehoboam had big shoes to fill! The older councilors gave this advice: “If …
Herman Bavinck, Dutch theologian and Christian leader of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, delivered the first edition of his Christian Worldview in 1904, and later revised and republished it in 1913. Through the good work of Crossway publishers and editorial/translation work of Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, James Eglinton, and Cory C. Brock, this important work is …
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