How to Challenge Your Governor
This guest post is by Matthew Bellis, a member of LCI’s Advisory Board and co-founder of the ReOpenPA movement. One …
Tag: COVID-19
Contagious Violence (and a whole lot more)
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of being on David Gornoski’s excellent A Neighbor’s Choice radio show to discuss contagious violence, capitalism, Christianity, and some of science and economics around the pandemic (that’s what you get with me — science, econ, and theology!).
N.T. Wright on Caesar and Christ
Doctor Wright points to how the early church revolutionized the way we think about our fellow human beings by caring for the poor and downtrodden and how those actions must be emulated in our current age as well. But what about some of the questions that split the churches right down the middle? Questions like: Should we employ coercion in our attempt to care for the poor and educate people? Can we implement the Sermon on the Mount in the world of politics?
The Day I Went Back to Church
Yesterday was the first day my church gathered corporately since our governor instituted a stay-at-home order in mid-March. After nearly …
Coronavirus and the Church
This guest post is authored by Rev. Jim Fitzgerald, a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a staff …
Why Nail Salons Are Essential
We’ve all seen them! The posts on social media from people on our friends list who are condemning, deriding, and …
LCI Staff Reactions to the Reactions to the Pandemic (Before and After)
This article is comprised of essays containing our reflections and perspectives on COVID-19. It’s been over a month since many …
Essential Yet Illegal
The US federal government does a bunch of things that mystify me. They cannot discriminate in conferring benefits based on race, oh, unless it is affirmative action. Government agents cannot search you or your home without first earning a warrant, unless they think they should. I’ve even accepted there are alternative truths: you can keep your doctor, and Bill didn’t inhale. But, in the last few days, it seems they have been overwhelmed by imagination.
Libertarian Takes on COVID-19
During the first couple weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, I interviewed for our Facebook page several …
Should Christians Just Shut Up When the Government Speaks?
I am not on Twitter for the same reason I am not on Facebook: I have too little free time …
Avoiding Idolatry In Difficult Times
“There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship … …
The Virulence of Moral Panic
The COVID-19 outbreak is front and center in everyone’s mind. Emotions run high as states across the US have ordered …
The Gospel in Pandemic Times
It is startling, to say the least, seeing how the COVID-19 virus has affected almost everyone around the world in …