This essay, “Jesus, Nathanael, and Jacob’s Ladder,” appeared in CGG Weekly on December 15, 2023. And He said to [Nathanael], “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” —John 1:51 A distinctive facet …
This essay, “Arguments Over Words,” was published in CGG Weekly on May 12, 2006. “. . . he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, . . .” —I Timothy 6:4 During my daily commute to …
This essay first saw the light of day on October 29, 2009, as a CGG Weekly essay, “Can the True Church Be Found?” “. . . on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” —Matthew 16:18 Perhaps the most famous …
This piece was originally published on April 6, 2012, as a CGG Weekly essay titled, “Christ, the Way.” “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” —John 14:6 During the Passover service, Church of God ministers always read John 14 in …
“And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas’ (which is translated, A Stone).” —John 1:42 Of all the disciples of Jesus Christ, the one that we usually consider to have the most …
In an interview on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, former President Jimmy Carter waded into the current American cultural and political debate on homosexuality. For a devout Baptist and a self-proclaimed “born-again Christian,” the 90-year old Carter made an astounding statement when HuffPost Live host Mark Lamont Hill asked him whether …
This Random Bible Verse comment was first published on August 3, 2013. “. . . have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?” —James 2:4 The apostle James begins chapter 2 of his epistle by confronting a problem that frequently rears its head in the …
This Random Bible Verse comment hit the web on March 8, 2013. Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” …
