Virginia HC Seminar & Re: House Church Talk - Health Insurance

[Jonathan Phillip Lindvall]

David Anderson <david at housechurch.org> wrote:

> Well, you might enjoy this piece by Jonathan Lindvall. This article was 
> originally published in Home School Digest: 
> 
> http://www.boldchristianliving.com/text-only/articles/insuranc.html
> 
>         David Anderson

Hi David & all. I appreciate your referring people to this. It has 
offended lots of folks, but that's not the intent. Ultimately the issue 
of insurance is about our hearts. Where do we put our trust? Even if we 
had a Christians-only insurance group (thus avoiding the "unequally 
yoked" problem), it would potentially seduce our hearts from trusting in 
the Lord.

It's good to "bear one another's burdens," but that is after the need is 
real, not becoming surety (inSURE) for one another to protect against 
potential (feared) "acts of God."

I've been asked by a couple of people if my position on insurance has 
changed since the article was written. Although the article was written 
in the form of questions, rather than conclusions, even at the time I 
was quite clear about the heart issues.

Insurance is not sin. If the Lord leads someone to purchase insurance, 
follow the Lord. If it is required by government regulation (as in auto 
insurance), obey the Lord's command to submit to the civil authorities. 
But also know that insurance can insidiously deceive us into finding 
security in something other than Jesus.

Another subject:

David, I'm going to be in your neck of the woods next month (Feb. 13-14) 
to present a house church seminar. Chris DeCollibus, one of the brothers 
we walk with here, will be co-presenting this workshop with me in Big 
Stone Gap, Virginia at Mountain Empire Community College. For more 
details, call 276-679-7987, or you can e-mail me.

Love,

Jonathan
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