Our Compromise: a follow up on Covid-19 and the Church
A friend asked me the other day, "do you regret it?" He had heard that my open letter to the Church had stirred up controversy and that I might be in trouble. My answer was immediate. No , I didn't regret it. I believed (and still believe) it needed to be said. In fact, as time has passed and I have prayed over the matter my feelings and my resolve have grown stronger not weaker. God has tried us to see what is in us, and we have been found out. We aren't the lion hearts we thought we were. We are strong on theology and confessions and ecclesiastical procedure, but we aren't so strong in the day of adversity (Proverbs 24:10). But my friend's question raises an interesting question. First, why would I regret what I had written? My friend was assuming that the events that had transpired since the letter was first written had somehow changed my mind. He was wondering if maybe the trial had...