On this special episode of Following Jesus with Christ Church pastors Andrew vander Maas and Addison Hawkins talk with their friend and Francis Schaeffer Institute director & Covenant Theological Seminary adjunct professor Mark Ryan. In this episode you will hear how Mark is adjusting to life during COVID-19 as a husband, father, professor and prophet, one of these is a joke, you take a guess! Mark outlines ways Jesus followers can respond to the government restrictions that have been put in place as well as how to think about our response after this is all over. Enjoy.
Quotes from the show:
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34–35
“In John 13 the point was that, if an individual Christian does not show love toward other true Christians, the world has a right to judge that he is not a Christian. Here Jesus is stating something else which is much more cutting, much more profound: We cannot expect the world to believe that the Father sent the Son, that Jesus’ claims are true, and that Christianity is true, unless the world sees some reality of the oneness of true Christians.” — Francis Schaeffer, The Mark of the Christian
Resources/Links:
- Looking for more information on the Francis Schaeffer Institute? Check out their web-page for information and resources.
- Want to read and learn about relational evangelism? Check out Heart of Evangelism by Jerram Barrs.
- Want more resources on apologetics? You can find a short bibliography from Covenant Theological Seminary here.
- For a fresh way to think about a Jesus followers response to COVID-19 check out this article, Love in the Time of Coronavirus by Andy Crouch.
- More resources from Christ Church COVID-19 Response page.
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Grace & Peace