Did the lockdown of 2020 help Christianity grow in numbers, reform or renewal?
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In the news recently is how the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, which at one time had a high “fully vaccinated” rate, is making plans to advise (but not yet require at this time) a Christmas lockdown for 2021.
In the U.S.A. there is a holiday called "Thanksgiving." It is a time to cultivate & express those things that one one is grateful for. While there is a temptation to have a doom and gloom attitude about the future in regards to COVID, there is a spiritual imperative to give thanks regardless of what might happen.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 reads:
> In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ
> Jesus.
C.S. Lewis once wrote:
> We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is ‘good,’ because it
> is good, if ‘bad’ because it works in us patience, humility and the
> contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.
Some things that I have heard or read about include a stronger emphasis on Jesus being the reason for the season, with less commercialization taking place. Another good coming out the lockdown of 2020 was a more widespread emphasis & use of internet technology to reach people in their homes. Also, the church being perceived as a community of believers instead of just a building is good theology.
Assuming that there is a legitimate health concern about those not being fully vaccinated spreading COVID, ***what potential good has been observed that came out of Christians abiding by another lockdown? What growth has been perceived as happening in the year 2020 during the Christmas lockdown?***
Asked by Jess
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Nov 17, 2021, 02:29 AM
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