Coronavirus and Christ – John Piper

 Dear friends, we’re continuing to use John Piper’s free book, Coronavirus and Christ, for our Friday devotion. If you haven’t got a copy yet, please download it. Today’s devotion is the second half of Chapter 2, “A Solid Foundation.” Here are some questions to help us make the most of it: What strikes you most from this reading? What is one Biblical truth I can hold onto today from this reading? Who is one person I can share this truth with?  (Who may need this encouragement)  May the Lord our refuge and strength continue to grow us as a church […]

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Do Not Pass Judgement On One Another

Romans 14:1-12 Our opinions about the Coronavirus and how to live wisely in light of it have the potential to cause division and conflict that can damage relationships and churches – and our witness.  Even within a household, one’s opinions may differ sharply from another’s.  Every new decision made by either church leaders or government officials can result in fresh conflict.  For example, now that grades 7 and 12 are scheduled to go back to school on June 1, some parents will, understandably, not want to send their children back to school.  (Out of love for their children, they don’t […]

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What Does The Bible Say About Disease? Part 8: The Healthy and the Sick

“As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn […]

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Coronavirus and Christ – John Piper

 Dear friends, we’re continuing to use John Piper’s free book, Coronavirus and Christ, for our Friday devotion. If you haven’t got a copy yet, please download it. Today’s devotion is the first half of Chapter 2, “A Solid Foundation.” Here are some questions to help us make the most of it: What strikes you most from this reading? What is one Biblical truth I can hold onto today from this reading? Who is one person I can share this truth with?  (Who may need this encouragement)  May the Lord our refuge and strength continue to grow us as a church […]

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Face to Face

2 John 12 “Though I have much to write you, I would rather not use paper and ink.  Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.” 2 John 12 I hope you’ve become painfully aware of the fact that ‘church at home’ is not the same as the gathered public assembly of God’s redeemed people.  One of God’s purposes in ordaining this virus is to discipline our church and many others – he disciplines those he loves (Hebrews 12:5-7).  Isn’t it likely that, as Goodenough said on Sunday, we’ve […]

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