In his November 6, 2024, article, “A Sobering Mercy,” Joel M. Ellis contemplates Donald J. Trump’s election from the perspective of biblical types and lands on Jehu as the scriptural equivalent. God called upon Jehu, like Trump, not a godly man, to “drain the swamp” during his day, but His …
Seth Lewis writes about “God’s providential provision for his children” in his latest post, “A Sycamore Tree, a Car Crash, and God’s Provision.” We never know how God has prepared the way for us to overcome and produce fruit, even amidst a terrible trial. [I]mmediate interventions are marvellous. They should …
CGG Weekly republished this essay as “The American Faith” on July 5, 2024 (previously published on the same date in 2002). “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ . . .” —Philippians 3:20 Unlike any other country, America …
CGG Weekly published this essay as “Beware of Unbelief” on June 14, 2024. “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.” —Hebrews 3:12 We live in an anti-God world. Cultural commentators routinely call our society “post-Christian.” Among many groups, …
CGG Weekly published this essay as “Do We See Our Calling?” on May 31, 2024. For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. —I Corinthians 1:26 We are all aware of what the apostle Paul writes …
I wrote this essay, “The Prophecy in Psalm 22,” for CGG Weekly on April 19, 2024. “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?” — Psalm 22:1 Most people who are familiar with the Old …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “God Has Not Called the Atheist,” on March 9, 2024. “And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.” —Acts 13:48 I recently had a social media encounter with three authors whose works I have read extensively. They reacted to a C.S. Lewis …
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 …
