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Some thoughts on the Grace Community Church situation: (1) it is possible to think both that this may not have been the right hill to die on (indoor vs. outdoor worship) & that the gov’t is engaging in excessive overreach;
(2) due to the latter, defenders of religious liberty should put aside their differences (whether substantive or petty—of which there seems many) & lend their voices to back GCC. It may not have been the fight you wanted, but it is the fight we have & the stakes are high;
(3) This isn’t an abstract debate—“can the gov’t exercise extraordinary power during times of crisis?” We are talking abt an actual situation where a judgment can be made on the validity of the gov’t’s claims vis-a-vis GCC’s.
(4) Strip away the hype & the gov’t’s claim is pretty weak re: danger. Further, the gov’t hasn’t applied its authority evenly or justly. You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to question whether there are agendas driving the gov’t’s case.
(5) The right to worship comes from God, not gov’t. Our constitution protects those “unalienable rights” given to us by God. That means the burden of proof lies on the gov’t, not the church. This case suggests the script has been flipped & that ought to concern all worshippers.
(6) It isn’t alarmist to have serious concerns abt the downstream ramifications of gov’t overreach across the country under the claim of public health. Bad precedents are being set. Now is the time to pushback, but let’s do so in ways that honor God and adorn the gospel.
