All Christians should hear and consider this talk by Pastor Joel Saint on whether corporate worship is optional. One passage of discussion is Exodus 5:3:
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Online services are better than nothing, but are we harming ourselves spiritually by neglecting to assemble for worship? It may be that even online services become severely restricted soon anyway, due to internet censorship. For instance, sermon content may be censored for being politically incorrect.
Audio version available here
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