Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’
INSIGHTS: COVID-19 and Jesus’ Return
How come no one is talking about the connection between COVID-19 and Jesus’ return? It’s right there in Scripture! In this edition of INSIGHTS, FOA founder Dave Warn and pastor Eddie Ruiz bring the truth to bare on our current crisis and what is taking place in the bigger prophetic picture of the Bible.
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Read MoreHow Should Christians Respond to Tyranny?
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God” nearly became the motto of the United States. … Our founding fathers were convinced that Christians have an obligation to defend freedom and to resist tyranny. However, Romans 13 informs us that all authorities are appointed by God. Were our founding fathers misguided? How should Christians respond to tyranny?
Read MoreDiscerning the Spiritual Side of COVID-19
Four kinds of Christians have surfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first kind is those who believe that God has purposes in all things and who trust that everything we see unfolding is His doing. The second kind is those who believe that COVID-19 was created by scientists and, whether released accidentally or intentionally, this…
Read MoreINSIGHTS: What’s Missing in the COVID Conversation?
Even though God is all powerful and on His throne, is Satan trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic? Dave Warn believes that he is. In this edition of INSIGHTS, Dave identifies God’s work simultaneously unfolding with Satan’s schemes in Scripture, as well as in today’s COVID-19 pandemic. If we can discern what God is saying and doing through this pandemic and what “the father of lies” is doing, we can be much more effective in the present crisis facing our nation.
Read MoreWhen Big Tech Causes the Truth to Stumble
God’s grievance against the nation in Isaiah 59 was their rejection of truth. A culture of lies had been fostered, resulting in oppression and injustice. Truth had stumbled in the public squares, preventing righteousness from entering and provoking God to judge the nation. What does it look like when truth stumbles in a nation’s public squares?
Read MoreINSIGHTS: What Have We Learned from COVID-19?
Many people are ready to be done with COVID-19 and get back to normal. However, during this global shaking, have we heard God’s voice and taken to heart what He is saying to us through this pandemic? In this edition of INSIGHTS, Pastor Eddie Ruiz and Dave Warn discuss COVID-19 takeaways.
Read MoreResponding to Disaster
When public tragedies took place in Jesus’ time, He used them as opportunities to call people to repent. Was Jesus insensitive to the feelings of His countrymen who may have feared for their own lives? Was He cruel and heartless to dismiss the felt need of hurting people who may have lost a loved one in the current calamities of His day?
Read MoreBiblical Principles for Enduring House Arrest
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….
Read MoreHow to Be Confident During COVID-19
“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….
Read MoreThe Uprising Has Begun
Thousands descended upon Lansing, Michigan, circling the state capital in vehicles to protest Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s additional lockdown measures. By executive order Whitmer made it illegal to visit family, drive to a second home or cabin, and for stores to sell non-essential items, such as garden supplies. Yet she classified liquor stores, lottery tickets, and…
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