CGG Weekly published this essay as “Beware of Unbelief” on June 14, 2024. “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.” —Hebrews 3:12 We live in an anti-God world. Cultural commentators routinely call our society “post-Christian.” Among many groups, …
CGG Weekly published this essay as “Do We See Our Calling?” on May 31, 2024. For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. —I Corinthians 1:26 We are all aware of what the apostle Paul writes …
I wrote this essay, “The Prophecy in Psalm 22,” for CGG Weekly on April 19, 2024. “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?” — Psalm 22:1 Most people who are familiar with the Old …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “God Has Not Called the Atheist,” on March 9, 2024. “And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.” —Acts 13:48 I recently had a social media encounter with three authors whose works I have read extensively. They reacted to a C.S. Lewis …
Tim Challies, in his latest article, “One of the Most Urgent Biblical Commands for Our Day,” draws our attention to speaking the truth in an era when truth is rare. But we must not just tell the truth—how we say it matters to God. One of the most urgent biblical commands …
Shane Rosenthal provides an exhaustive summary of what the historical record says about Jesus in his latest blog post, “Outside the Gospels, What Can We Really Know About Jesus?” Not only do secular authors verify His existence, but historians also consider other parts of the New Testament to be historical …
Tim Challies offers another good recommendation for parents, “The Parenting Book Too Few Parents Read.” Acknowledging that rearing children in this culture is difficult, Challies encourages parents to tap the wisdom of experts, those who have already displayed success in this area of life. I believe that many parents fail …
“O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our hearts are wide open.” —II Corinthians 6:11 Understanding II Corinthians as a whole requires knowledge of the often-strained relationship between the apostle Paul and the church in Corinth. The city was a crossroads of the pagan Mediterranean culture of the day, …
