Quotation of the Day – August 1
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ~Herman Melville
RBV: I Corinthians 12:1
This essay, “Spiritual Gifts: Unity, Edification, and Order,” appeared in CGG Weekly on July 29, 2022. “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.” —I Corinthians 12:1 The members of the early Corinthian church held a keen interest in spiritual gifts. The congregation’s founder, the apostle …
RBV: I Corinthians 7:7
I wrote this essay, “Spiritual Gifts, an Overview,” for CGG Weekly on July 22, 2022. “But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.” —I Corinthians 7:7 Jesus Christ launched His church with a bang on the Pentecost after His resurrection. As Head of …
RBV: Exodus 12:2 (2012)
This essay, “Rehearsing God’s Plan,” appeared in CGG Weekly on March 23, 2012. “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.” —Exodus 12:2 The biblical sacred year begins in early spring on the Hebrew calendar, as God tells Moses …
RBV: Romans 6:8
I wrote this essay, “Raising Our Conception of the Resurrection,” for CGG Weekly on April 29, 2011. “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him . . .” —Romans 6:8 The day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:10-11) is the …
RBV: Matthew 3:2
I wrote this essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part Six),” for CGG Weekly on April 8, 2011. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” —Matthew 3:2 John the Baptist is the first of God’s messengers to address repentance in the New Testament: In those days John the Baptist came preaching …
RBV: Job 42:6
This essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part Five),” appeared in CGG Weekly on April 1, 2011. “Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” —Job 42:6 We can learn a great deal from the sore trial of Job, particularly what God did to bring him to the point of repentance. Notice Job 40:1-4, …
RBV: II Peter 3:9
I wrote this essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part Four),” for CGG Weekly on March 25, 2011. “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” —II Peter 3:9 We would …