In an interview with ABC News, evangelist Franklin Graham shared that he believes taking the COVID-19 vaccine is consistent with scripture.
In an interview with ABC News, evangelist Franklin Graham shared that he believes taking the COVID-19 vaccine is consistent with scripture.
Evangelical aid organization World Vision recent shared that it has been able to reach at least 59 million people worldwide as part of its domestic and international response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Susan B. Anthony List, a major pro-life organization, is criticizing President Biden for signing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, alleging he betrayed his pledge for unity by supporting a bill that includes a “massive” expansion of tax-funded abortion.
Our lives have changed in dramatic ways over the last year. Work, exercise, shopping, schooling, childcare, and even our interactions with nature have been affected, sometimes for the better. But the most important lesson I believe we should learn from the pandemic is spiritual rather than medical, eternal rather than temporal.
In short: we need faith in God on a level most of us do not experience each day.
On Wednesday, Congress passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
While millions have died of this horrible disease, many millions more are grieving their deaths. In addition, a third of COVID-19 survivors have “long-haul” symptoms. To all who suffer, God promises his presence and empathy (cf. John 11:35). Jesus feels all we feel and suffers as we suffer. Theologian Jürgen Moltmann famously described our Savior as the “crucified God.”
A new Lifeway Research survey found that more than 90 percent of Protestant churchgoers say they plan on going to in-person church services after the pandemic is over at least as frequently as they did pre-pandemic.
Israel is reportedly currently negotiating giving thousands of extra COVID-19 vaccines to some 20 countries.
Today, our politics, our “speaking out” is not really advancing any ideas or meaningful change, but is a kind of narcissistic hero creation. We get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and see Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms or Dietrich Bonhoeffer in every interaction. This is why we justify canceling and meanness. We see ourselves as the righteous ones and those who even marginally disagree, as the evil hordes we are called by God to battle.
A Canadian pastor jailed for holding in-person church services despite COVID-19 restrictions will reportedly stay in jail until his trial in May.
