COVID-19

Pastors, Plagues, and Playing Games

by Allen Nelson IV | May 20, 2020 | Theology | 0 Comments

In my GBTS class on ecclesiology the other night, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson told us the story of John Calvin's pastoral ministry in Geneva during the plague of 1542. I was able to check out Harry Reeder's work in John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion Doctrine &...

When Providence goes Viral

by Allen Nelson IV | May 1, 2020 | Theology | 0 Comments

I wrote this post while there were still quite a few unknowns about COVID-19. President Trump had just declared a National Emergency. Local schools began closing all over the world. The NCAA canceled important sporting events and subsequently all spring sports. And...

Inspired to Conspire

by Tim Bates | April 29, 2020 | Theology | 0 Comments

2020 is already the oddest and most surprising year of my life. Personally, it's been filled with news and events I was not expecting (most of which was good) and then obviously the onset of SARS-CoV-2 and the ensuing global reaction have truly been historic...

False Conversion, Quarantine, and Apathy

I recently conversed with a young lady about why she left Christianity. More often than not, when...

How Much Is A Life Worth?

Have you ever thought about how much a person would sell for? Have you considered in dollar...

A Word to the Hurting

2020 has been nothing short of perilous. Bloggers and preachers regularly employ hyperbole, but...

There is No Free Lunch: STTA

It's not that hard at the moment to find dumb takes on Twitter. Okay, that's always true, but it's especially manifest at the moment if you search for the term, "401k." Without going into a litany of specific tweets, the overall sentiment is that all of us investors...

Corona Virus, Conspiracy, and the Kingship of Christ: STTA

Its mortality rate is low, but its infection rate is high. They are restricting gatherings of 500...no wait, 250. Nope. Now it's 50. Sorry, it's 10 now. For sure now the government is going to restrict our liberties. The President is now going to stay in power. If...

Forty More Days: An Open Letter to My Neighbors about COVID-19

I'm no expert on infectious diseases, and I actually did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I have no medical qualifications to tell you what is going to happen in the next forty days here in 2020 in terms of COVID-19. Most of you reading this also have no...