In “Why Did Ruth Enter Boaz’s Tent in the Middle of the Night? (Ruth 3),” Mary Willson Hannah tackles some of the difficult questions surrounding Ruth’s venture to Boaz’ threshing floor to propose marriage. We can rest assured that, as types of greater, righteous actors, their actions were culturally and …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part Three),” on March 18, 2011. Say to them: “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Five),” for CGG Weekly on November 26, 2010. “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD . . .” —Isaiah 51:1 How does a young person seek God? Some people, having grown up in certain evangelical circles, …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Four),”for the November 12, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.” —Proverbs 15:21 Proverbs 15:21 makes an interesting comment on the subject of foolishness: “Folly is joy to him who is destitute of …
