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 …
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 …
CGG Weekly publish this essay, “One Choice,” on February 10, 2023. “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” —Deuteronomy 30:19 Western civilization is fixated …
This essay, “A Swift End,” appeared in CGG Weekly on May 29, 2015. “So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!” —Matthew 24:33 This world is a horrible place. The planet on which we live along with more than seven billion other …
This essay, “How Human Nature Came to Be,” was published originally in the CGG Weekly on May 23, 2014. “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.” —Romans 1:28 …
A version of this essay, “Christ as Redeemer,” ran in CGG Weekly on May 11, 2012. “Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.” —Ruth 3:18 The book of Ruth’s Boaz …
This essay, “Rehearsing God’s Plan,” appeared in CGG Weekly on March 23, 2012. “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.” —Exodus 12:2 The biblical sacred year begins in early spring on the Hebrew calendar, as God tells Moses …
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 …
