
Our Bodies: Temples of God, Not Tools of Control
The pandemic exposed more than a health crisis; it revealed a spiritual battle over ownership of the body. Governments, institutions, and corporations sought to dictate medical choices, reducing men and women to subjects of policy rather than image-bearers of God. Yet Scripture stands in direct contrast: “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God?” (1 Corinthians 6:19). To treat the body as property of the state is to defile what God has consecrated. Mandates and coercion during COVID highlighted how quickly liberty is surrendered when fear…




