Category Archives: Healing and Comforting

What the Church once knew about health and safety but is always in danger of forgetting

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Pastor Foley

The church has now entered into dangers far greater and longer lasting than those presented by any virus. We have ceded to the state the right to define for the church the meanings of health and safety, and we have … Continue reading →

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How did the author of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs respond to the Coronavirus of his time?

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Pastor Foley

John Foxe never liked being called a martyrologist (he regarded his work as church history), but the author of Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church, popularly called Foxe’s “Book of Martyrs”, turned to the martyrs as exemplars when in … Continue reading →

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The Coronavirus shows the world what is in us

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Pastor Foley

The church has always had an interesting history concerning plagues and viruses. It is not a history of self-preservation. As I wrote in my book, The Whole Life Offering:   Hospitals owe their origin to the plethora of plagues and … Continue reading →

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