TheoBlog.deThemelios 50 (3/2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theoblog.de/themelios-50-3-2025/47053/
Rev. Eric Burrows-Stone ⳨Good #read:
“The recognition that we cannot bring God’s kingdom—we simply bear witness to the King, who will consummate his reign when he returns—and that the political institutions of the inter-advent age are flawed, tend to become anti-Christ and oppressive, and will spiral downward (or are already there) shortly before the end (2 Thess 2:1–12) limits our expectations concerning government’s potential for good.”
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/church-state-relations-lessons-from-china/
Church-State Relations: Lessons from China - The Gospel Coalition
Normally, my wife and I live in China, and life in the U.S. appears to us to be a distant reality. Yet, as a result of the COVID pandemic, we have spent the past two years in the U.S. While this has been a challenging time in some respects, it also has been a fruitful period, filled with unexpected opportunities. For me, one such opportunity has been the ability to experience and witness a chaotic and disturbing period of North American history, and to reflect on these events in light of God’s word and our twenty-eight years of experience in...