In all times, and especially during a pandemic or persecution, it is better for churches to focus on making disciples, not on building and maintaining structures. However, some structure is necessary to send out missionaries to make disciples elsewhere. In Acts 13:1-5 we meet the first church that sent out its own missionaries.
If we invest in making disciples, our lives become bound up with theirs to die and live together.
Just like us, the people of Jesus’ day spent much of their time laboring for things that perish. Just like us, they often found...
The imprecatory (cursing) psalms point to the triumph of God’s justice through judgment or salvation.