A Kamloops Christian’s reflection upon the news from a Biblical perspective in order to help Christians understand how we need to think about current events.

Further Reading & Documentation

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Part 1 (0:00-16:18) Graphic footage from Ukraine reveals shocking war crimes!

What does the Scripture teach about how to wage war? Having discussed the moral reasons given in Scripture for entering into a "just war" and having elaborated on Just War Theory, we need to ask a further question: do the Scriptures tell us anything about how we are called by God to fight? And what is the end of war? When should the hostilities come to an end?

Zelenskyy shows UN graphic video highlighting 'terrible' Russia war crimes in Ukraine

Part 2 (16:19-25:13) BC to end vaccine card mandate on Friday. As Christians, we should rejoice at the relaxing of restrictions related to the vaccine passport. But we should temper our rejoicing and gratitude to the Lord with a healthy wariness about how far our obedience to the government is justified, and where Christians are called to be faithful to the Lord, despite the government's demands.

Covid-19 BC vaccine card mandate set to be dropped Friday

Part 3 (25:14-27:55) Budgets are theological documents, and the Liberal Government is about to reveal their theology on Thursday. We are reminded by the Lord to "Lay up treasure in heaven... For where a person's treasure is, there his heart will be also." This tells us that budgets are theological documents that reveal a person's heart. So what might we see regarding Trudeau's heart in the budget to be realeased on Thursday?

Canada's 2022 federal budget will be released this week. Here's a preview of what Canadians can likely expect