A Focus on COVID-19

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Biblical Principles for Enduring House Arrest

Biblical Principles for Enduring House Arrest

By Timothy Zebell | April 27, 2020

Many of us are becoming restless. As Attorney General William Barr put it, “The idea that you have to stay in your house is disturbingly close to house arrest.” We want to be freed from our homes and return to some semblance of normalcy. These feelings are natural, but they may be distracting us from what God is trying to accomplish in our lives during this time….

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How to Be Confident During Covid 19

How to Be Confident During COVID-19

By Timothy Zebell | April 23, 2020

“The idea that you have to stay in your house is disturbingly close to house arrest,” Attorney General William Barr admitted….restless Americans across the country are finding it extremely difficult to remain confined to their homes as their livelihoods are increasingly jeopardized. There is now open talk of civil disobedience as Americans face the very real prospect of a new Great Depression….

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Are God's People Subverting His Message in a Time of Difficulty

Are God’s People Subverting His Message in a Time of Difficulty?

By Timothy Zebell | April 14, 2020

Is God’s message to America being subverted by His own people? In the midst of a pandemic, have His people replaced God’s remedy for an infected nation with something more palatable? It may be that we have claimed a promise that does not belong to us, and we are preaching a message that is unsuited to this crisis….

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What Is God Saying through Covid 19

What Is God Saying through COVID-19?

By forerunner | April 12, 2020

In this current crisis, God is saying something to the Church and something different to the world. He is dealing with His Church and dealing with the world at the same time. … This crisis presents an opportunity for us as believers, to learn to be a real New Testament Church….

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Communion still life - wine, bread and Bible

Celebrating Easter in the Shadow of Death

By Timothy Zebell | April 10, 2020

It is easy to think abstractly about Jesus’ sacrifice and his promise to resurrect the dead, but it assumes new meaning when we ourselves are facing the reality of death. … C.S. Lewis preached a sermon in 1939 titled “Learning in War-Time.” Lewis concludes that the threat of…

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When Toilet Paper Becomes More Relevant Than Churches

When Toilet Paper Becomes More Relevant Than Churches

By Timothy Zebell | April 7, 2020

Incredible as it may sound, access to toilet paper has become one of the most relevant issues for Americans in 2020. Faced with an unprecedented threat, Americans opted to turn to toilet paper—something previously taken for granted—for a sense of safety and security. How is it that when confronted with the prospect of death, society’s first reaction was…

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Is COVID-19 God's Reality Check for the Church

Is COVID-19 God’s Reality Check for the Church?

By Timothy Zebell | April 2, 2020

Has society judged the value of social gatherings at churches to be comparable to that in beauty salons, fitness centers, movie theaters, stadiums, bowling alleys, and casinos? Could it be that society has weighed the value of our contemporary churches and deemed their message and services to be virtually irrelevant to daily life, offering nothing in a time of crisis that our country can’t live without?

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Obstinance in the Face of COVID-19

Obstinance in the Face of COVID-19

By Timothy Zebell | March 31, 2020

Faced with an invisible enemy that has cratered our economy and threatens to kill untold numbers across our nation and around the world, we in America are responding in much the same way as those we read about in the book of Revelation. … When we arrive at the other side of this pandemic, what will be said about our reaction? How will we be changed? Will we respond like…

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18 Things to Know about the Coronavirus

18 Things to Know about COVID-19

By Timothy Zebell | March 26, 2020

It seems everyone is talking about the coronavirus. This provides us ample opportunity to have relevant and meaningful conversations about the trajectory of our nation. But our conversations should be governed by facts. Below are some key truths to help guide our thinking and conversations….

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