Excellent articles and resources have been provided by many in the Church of God on this matter, below is a sampling of the some of the best we have found.1This does not imply 100% agreement with every aspect, but that the resource is very profitable. If you have come across some not on this list, do send them in.
National & Regional Declarations
— Canada
— Germany
— United Kingdom
— USA
- Declaration of Essentiality for Churches, California
- A Biblical Case for the Church’s Duty to Remain Open, John MacArthur
National Directories of Open Churches
This is supplementary to the lists in the declarations above.
- UK Lockdown Churches — a list of open churches…
Plagues – Historic Perspective
- Leadership under crisis in Christian History2This is an excellent summary — historic quote collations show the consistency of approach taken under circumstances considerably more adverse than 2020. — Richard Turnbull, UK
- Lessons from Church history & past plagues — Tim Dieppe, Christian Concern
- Christian Preaching & “Public Health”: On Faithful Puritans & Our Fiery Trial — Owen Strachan
The State & Christ
- Willing Slaves of the Welfare State — C S Lewis
- Civil Disobedience: a Christ follower’s imperative — Terry Neudorf, Canada
- Christianity & Law: Resistance & Disobedience to Laws & Authorities — Eric Enlow, Dean of Handong Law School, Korea
- The Christian Duty of Disobedience & the Right Use of Romans 13: parts 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 — Tim Cantrell, South Africa
- Weighing Obedience & Resistance: What Romans 13 Does & Does Not Affirm about Governing Authorities — David Schrock
- Sphere Sovereignty & State Absolutism (for article see here); The TGCC Article that Never Was — Joe Boot, Ezra Institute Founder, Canada
- Church-State Choices in South Africa — Paul Hartwig, South Africa
- C19 Edicts: Immoral vs Illegitimate Law, a Christian Worldview — P. Andrew Sandlin, Center for Cultural Leadership, USA
- Government, health & safety, the court of public opinion… what about the bible? — Dave Brennan, Brephos, UK
The Divine obligation to disobey
- It is time for civil disobedience in the name of fidelity to Christ — Peter Kwasniewski, USA
- Covid-19 & the Limits of Obedience — Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine
- A Call to Divine Obedience — Aaron Rock, Canada
- The Limits of Authority — Mark Richards, UK
The Church at this time
- Schism Needed — Steven Richardson, Canada
- Health & safety or hope & salvation? The church’s message during a pandemic — William Philip
General
- Silencing the Churches & 2020 in review — Bill Muehlenberg, Australia
- Never again, what? & Where is the Church’s Voice in Society — Dave Pellowe, Church & State Summit, Australia
Podcasts
- Rebel Alliance Media/Reformed Rebel Network
- Irreverend: Faith & Current Affairs — TJ Pelham & JA Franklin
- Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation — Ezra Institute
Sermons
- Church is Essential (excellent content, poor audio) — Fabio Silva, UK
Theology of the “science” & response
- The Great Reset — Stephen Rees, Evangelical Times
- Biblical Mandate to Sing
- Just war theory applied to C19 countermeasures — Thomas Seidler
- Can Satan deceive us through healthcare —Pastor Caitano V de Souza
Vaccine passports and fetal tissue concerns?
- Fetal tissue vaccines: 12 faulty assumptions
- Vaccine passports ‘under consideration’ — The Spectator
- Heading towards mandatory — Conservative Woman