Come Down, Lord!

  I do not know Wyatt Graham, and until recently I had never heard of him. That is probably simply because I have never followed TGC.  More recently I have taken an interest in him because of his position on covid.  He represents the other side and I am one that likes to know what the other side is thinking.   Here I would like to respond to his recent article titled Our Views of the Virus Affects Our View of Persecution .  It is a gracious article, but the author is saying what he and others and TGC Canada have been saying for a while: that what James Coates, Jacob Reaume, Tim Stephens, Michael Thiessen, Aaron Rock, myself and others have experienced isn’t persecution.    The problem begins with the premise.  Graham says “If I view the pandemic as severely harming society and if I see restrictions as preventing that harm, then fining someone for breaking health regulations generally makes sense.”  He adds, “On the other hand, if ...

  For many years I have watched with gratitude - from a distance - as Rev. Paul Carter (of Cornerstone Baptist Church ) has contended for the faith in his own denomination .  I was once a part of the CBOQ and watched with real interest the developments over the years. I have prayed often for him and other men fighting the good fight for biblical fidelity in a denomination awash in liberalism.   With the apostle I can say that for many years I thanked God upon every remembrance of him (Philippians 1:3).   More recently we have found ourselves on opposite sides of a contentious issue.  That issue, of course, is covid.  From the beginning Carter has been calling for quiet obedience to the magistrate, whereas I have been calling for obedience to God.   To be fair, Carter says that his obedience to the magistrate is in obedience to God.  In order to obey God he says he must - in this case - obey man.    He and I haven't had a...