From Bethany to Jerusalem – from lockdown to freedom
As I write, I enter into the ‘lockdown’ that our health authorities have wisely demanded of us for our own good.
Believe it or not, lockdowns are not alien to the Gospels either! Various people were either obliged to submit to lockdowns or imposed them on themselves. Just think of the one that the disciples forced themselves into: “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews … And after eight days His disciples were again inside” (John 20:19.26). Continue reading “Gospel lockdowns”