I wrote this essay, originally titled “Revelations at Mount Sinai,” for the CGG Weekly published on June 6, 2025. “And [Moses] led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.” —Exodus 3:1 Sometimes, places—geographic locations—are significant far beyond just their latitude and …
I wrote this essay, “Our Best Option,” for CGG Weekly on April 25, 2025. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” —Proverbs 3:5-6 Among fans of the National Football …
In his article, “Lies Parents Believe,” Casey McCall provides five lies our secular humanist culture has foisted upon modern families. Most parents these days center their family’s life around their children, their wants, and their happiness, but godly parenting models God’s way, with the parents as leaders. Throughout the years, …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “The Root of Jesse,” on January 3, 2025. “There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.” —Isaiah 11:1 When settlers arrived on America’s shores in the early seventeenth century, endless miles of trees …
CGG Weekly published this essay as “Citizens of Heaven” on November 1, 2024. “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ . . .” —Philippians 3:20 From beginning to end, Scripture describes God’s people—because they are God’s people—as “set apart.” Like …
In his November 6, 2024, article, “A Sobering Mercy,” Joel M. Ellis contemplates Donald J. Trump’s election from the perspective of biblical types and lands on Jehu as the scriptural equivalent. God called upon Jehu, like Trump, not a godly man, to “drain the swamp” during his day, but His …
Seth Lewis writes about “God’s providential provision for his children” in his latest post, “A Sycamore Tree, a Car Crash, and God’s Provision.” We never know how God has prepared the way for us to overcome and produce fruit, even amidst a terrible trial. [I]mmediate interventions are marvellous. They should …
CGG Weekly republished this essay as “The American Faith” on July 5, 2024 (previously published on the same date in 2002). “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ . . .” —Philippians 3:20 Unlike any other country, America …
