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Pastors, Plagues, and Playing Games

May 20, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

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 & Theology (edited by Burk Parsons) to learn a little more. […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: COVID-19, ecclesiology, John Calvin, pastoral ministry, Plagues, Soul Care

When Providence goes Viral

May 1, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

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 most tragically, many presumably unconverted people entered into eternity. This post does not […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: COVID-19, Providence, Virus

Inspired to Conspire

April 29, 2020 by Tim Bates

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 regardless of what happens. One of the surprising side effects […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: conspiracy theory, coronavirus, COVID-19, noetic effects of the fall

False Conversion, Quarantine, and Apathy

April 27, 2020 by George Alvarado

I recently conversed with a young lady about why she left Christianity. More often than not, when I evangelize to someone in America, they have some sort of Christian background. This benefits me because the door slams open to discuss the gospel. And I asked her a question that I ask every false convert: How […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: apathy, COVID-19, False Conversion, local church, quarantine, Salvation

How Much Is A Life Worth?

April 9, 2020 by Tim Bates

Have you ever thought about how much a person would sell for? Have you considered in dollar amounts what you would pay for a human being? If we’re ever going to resume normalcy then we have to figure out the answer to the question posed in the title of this post: how much is a […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, life

A Word to the Hurting

March 27, 2020 by Michael Coughlin

2020 has been nothing short of perilous. Bloggers and preachers regularly employ hyperbole, but what we are seeing due to the coronavirus pandemic is unique. At the time of writing, I’m a 44-year-old man who was born and raised in the United States, and I can confidently say no one my age has ever seen […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, church, COVID-19, fear, God's love, love

There is No Free Lunch: STTA

March 26, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

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 were not only mentally unprepared for a […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: bonds, coronavirus, COVID-19, finance, investing, Something To Think About, stewardship, stocks

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

March 24, 2020 by George Alvarado

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 only we would listen. Or maybe if […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christ is King, conspiracy theory, coronavirus, COVID-19, depravity, Satan, Something To Think About

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

March 18, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

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 idea. But let’s […]

Filed Under: Evangelism Tagged With: COVID-19, repentance, Salvation

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In this series, we have been looking at what God’s Word says about adoption as both an earthly call to care for orphans and as a picture of how He saves undeserving sinners in need of a right relationship with Him. You can read Parts I, II,  and III and IV here. In this article, […]

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