The lockdowns were sudden and unexpected. The government said it would take two weeks to flatten the curve. Our church, like most Canadian churches, was not equipped or experienced in online worship.

You know people. You can "size them up." This is often very important for your safety! But the problem is that you also "size them up" and conclude that someone like them would never become a Christian.

Why is it that if you read what Wikipedia says about the date and authorship of the Gospels, it is very different from the way most pastors in evangelical churches, and most ordinary Christians, talk about the Gospels?

The average Canadian does not know the Bible very well, but they do know what "everyone knows," that the Bible is full of contradictions.