Dear Liberty Church, As we prepare to reopen our doors for Sunday worship, for the first time in three months, I want to ask that together we pray a specific type of prayer: a prayer of protection. This is certainly an apt prayer for our times. There are many in our country and in our…
Dear Liberty Church, It is exciting to announce that we are moving forward with in-person Sunday morning worship services starting (hopefully) June 7th at 10:45am. This is long-awaited, and though there are still serious concerns regarding COVID-19 in our area, we must balance this with another serious concern, which is the spiritual health of our…
Dear Liberty Church, Last week in my update to you all, I wrote that we would likely experience some whiplash from the back and forth concerning reopening; boy, did that come true this week! In what seemed like a sudden move, Maryland began to reopen much of the state this past Friday, including churches. The…
Dear Liberty Church, During the next few weeks, I imagine that there will be a whiplash effect on many of us. We may read encouraging reports of COVID-19 and this quarantine, that numbers are plateauing, that businesses can reopen, that vaccines are imminent, and then the very next day, we may read of possible spikes,…
Dear Liberty Church, As I was reading in my devotional the other day, I came across a familiar passage found in John 5 in which Jesus was teaching the Jews about His authority. Any legal claim in ancient Israel had to be confirmed by two or three witnesses, and thus Jesus lists off the witnesses…
Dear Liberty Church, As you are all aware, this is certainly a challenging time. In particular, we are realizing how isolation can be quite a soul-shrinking predicament. Rather than promoting being alone for extended periods of time, the Bible conveys the strongest commitment to community; the entirety of Psalm 133 is about this theme. “How…
Dear Liberty Church, Happy Easter Weekend! Around the world, churches are celebrating Holy Week in a quite unusual manner, and in a way that they never have before. These unprecedented times, however, do not change the importance of what this week symbolizes. Arguably the greatest weekend in the history of the world, not one, but…
Dear Liberty Church, As we continue to persevere during this crisis, I want to draw your attention to words of encouragement given by Jesus to all seven churches in the Book of Revelation (no, I am not discussing Revelation because I think this is the end times!). To these churches, Jesus makes a series of…
Dear Liberty Church, This quarantine has lasted less than two weeks now; I don’t know about you, but it feels much longer than that! Life has altered unrecognizably for many. Those with children are adjusting to completely new schedules, and embarking on the challenge of homeschooling perhaps for the first time. For some, the economic…
Dear Liberty Church, Though COVID-19 continues to change our world, down to our very lives, I would like to remind each of you of the unchanging, eternal Sabbath; tomorrow is still the day that God has set aside for us to focus our hearts and our attention upon Him. We are all the household of…
