I wrote this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Six),” for the October 15, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” —Psalm 34:14 From I Peter 2:19-24, we could make a convincing theological argument that Christian suffering is our fight against evil because we receive the slings …
This essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Five),” appeared in CGG Weekly on October 8, 2010. “. . . who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously . . ..” —I Peter 2:23 Luke …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Four),” on September 17, 2010. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” —Jeremiah 17:9 Jesus, speaking in Mark 7 about defilement originating within us, lists several of the evils He wants us to overcome …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Three),” on September 10, 2010. “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” —Matthew 7:11 When we …
I wrote this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Two),” for CGG Weekly on September 3, 2010. “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.” —Romans 7:19 It is amazing to realize how blunt God is in His …
I wrote this essay, “Beating the Rat Race (Part Six),” for the July 2, 2010, CGG Weekly. “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.” —Hebrews 4:9 Only when we are still can we truly concentrate on knowing God. When our lives are upside-down, confusion and chaos reign, events …
This essay, “Beating the Rat Race (Part Five),” was published in CGG Weekly on June 25, 2010. “Then she said, ‘Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.’” —Ruth 3:18 Another …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Beating the Rat Race (Part Four),” on June 18, 2010. “Stand still, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.” —Numbers 9:8 Numbers 9 contains an incident in which the command to be still plays a noteworthy part. On this occasion, Moses uses …
