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Officialdom has pontificated since the lockdowns began that their measures are to prevent the medical system from collapsing.  Bureaucrats and politicians destroyed businesses.  They polarized society, dividing families, while forbidding gatherings at Easter and Christmas.  Through media Pravda the empty suits in high places have sanctimoniously condemned the ones who resisted their tyranny as wanting to kill old people by contributing to the disintegration of
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Yet Another Lockdown… Here in Ontario we find ourselves in the midst of yet another lockdown—the harshest one yet at that. It’s been more than 13 months since the WHO declared COVID-19 to be a worldwide pandemic back on March 11, 2020. For well over a year now, we’ve had to put up with rolling lockdowns and assembly restrictions. Here we are in mid-April 2021
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Three months ago, the Premier of Ontario ordered all the churches to close as part of the emergency orders.  The initial messaging was, “14 days to flatten the curve.”  Over time, that seemed to change, and as it changed I grew more concerned. Knowing the trouble that people can get into when not at church my heart became more heavy as the days and weeks
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It has been said so often that it has become a cliché: “We live in unprecedented times.” Never has the entire world essentially shut down and never has the church, worldwide, been held from gathering for so long. Many Christians in the midst of this crisis are trying their best to think through their response in a biblical way. What does Romans 13 mean in
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I understand that many people are wrestling with these topics and I want to be extremely patient with those that are thinking this through and have not arrived at the same conclusion that I have. Admittedly, it’s taken me a lot of time, study, thought, and prayer over the last couple of months to arrive at these conclusions. And so my goal in writing this
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When the government commands us to stop doing something that God commands us to do, what should we do? Who do we obey? The Bible is clear: “We must obey God rather than men.” – Acts 5:29 On the one hand, God commands us to gather for Lord’s Day worship. But on the other hand, the government has banned public assemblies. So what do we
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The Lord Jesus suffered so that His gathered Church will worship Him. The magistrate has prohibited gatherings, including the congregational worship of Jesus Christ. The webinar video below (recorded on May 14, 2020) helps us think through the ethical, pastoral, and legal implications of the decisions we face. Are the demands of the magistrate in conflict with the demands of Christ? What are the primary
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  The last time that we assembled together as a church was on March 15. Since then, due to COVID-19 assembly restrictions, we have ceased from gathering publicly and have instead uploaded pre-recorded worship services for the past seven Sundays. The purpose of these online worship services is to feed the sheep and to help individuals and families worship their Saviour each Lord’s Day. They
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