Epistle 1: "The Church is Closed"
Epistle 1: “The Church is closed” Grace, peace, and love to you, one and all. “The Church is closed.” You might say. To which I would respond: “Is it really, though?” To which you might rely: “Well, of course it is! Look, the doors are locked, the sanctuary is empty, there is nobody inside and we are not allowed to come together to worship because of the global pandemic! How can you even ask ‘is it really closed?’ Can’t you see that is?” So let me ask you this: What is the Church? Of course, we know that the Church is the Lord’s House; but what does that mean? Does that mean the Church is a building made of wood and stone, possibly with a steel frame? Is the Church a thing built by the hands of men? Is the Church merely a place of worship and fellowship? Yes, it is all of these things, but also so much more! If the Church were merely a building built by the hands of men out wood, stone, and steel to be a place of worship, then God, even in the works and the person of o...