I wrote this essay, “This Life of Sacrifice,” for CGG Weekly on April 15, 2016. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” —John 3:16 We live in a self-indulgent age. Advertisers tell …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “The Peculiarities of Atonement,” on September 26, 2014. “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.” …
I wrote this essay, “No Meeting of the Minds,” for CGG Weekly on September 13, 2013. “. . . having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart . . .” —Ephesians 4:18 …
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, …
This essay, “The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Six),” was published in CGG Weekly on February 11, 2011. “‘You have put all things in subjection under his feet.’ For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Five),” on February 4, 2011. “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” —Psalm 8:4 We realize that all our attempts to describe an infinite God are woefully …
I wrote this essay, “The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Four),” for CGG Weekly on January 28, 2011. “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.” —Matthew 10:29 For decades, economists have been debating …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Beating the Rat Race (Part Two),” on June 4, 2010. “Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.” —Psalm 4:4 Our society runs at a frantic pace. Being so enmeshed in it, we often find it …
