“Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them.” —Judges 21:13 While the book of Judges intends to relate the history of the children of Israel during the tumultuous time before Israel had a king, it …
In “Is It Wrong to Have Sex Before Marriage?” Kevin DeYoung writes a helpful article on fornication, a sin many confessing Christians ignore these days to their detriment. Scripture is consistently against sexual activity outside the marriage covenant, and DeYoung explains why. Christians may still get upset when the culture …
Sam Ferguson’s article, “5 Myths About Gender Identity,” lists a handful of false facts advocated by the transgender-rights cabal now in the ascendency in our culture. To reach the truth, Christians must cut through the often ridiculous claims made in the media about this horrible physically, psychologically, and spiritually destructive …
In what has become a short series of articles (the first was on marriage; see here), Tim Challies offers “If Satan Wrote a Book on Parenting,” listing nineteen pieces of “advice” Satan might give parents about raising children in today’s world. With how plugged into this culture we tend to …
Mitch Chase presents another helpful article, “Concealed and Then Revealed,” on the necessity of both the Old and New Testaments for Christians. The title reflects a quotation from Augustine, “The New is in the Old concealed; the Old is in the New revealed.” The Story of God’s redemptive plan is …
In his August 2, 2023, article, “Acts 2 & the Tongues Controversy,” Shane Rosenthal explores what Luke actually says in reporting on the astounding miracle of language on that first Pentecost in ad 31. What occurred that day does not support what the Pentecostal movement claims. . . . in …
I wrote this essay, “Can We Trust Luke?” for the July 28, 2023, CGG Weekly. “. . . it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus . . .” —Luke 1:3 …
Mitch Case explains Romans 8:22 in his longish article, “What Does It Mean That All of Creation Groans?” Not just people suffer under the heavy load of human sin but nature too. The apostle Paul uses personification to illustrate that all life eagerly anticipates the glorification of God’s elect. The …
