CGG Weekly published a version of this essay, “The Work of the Firstfruits,” on April 20, 2012. “. . . and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field . . .” —Exodus 23:16 Leviticus 23:9-21 covers God’s instructions concerning making the wavesheaf offering, …
Take a few moments to read this insightful article, “Three Different Ways to Dismiss Divine Commands” by Alan Shlemon, a speaker and writer for Stands to Reason, a Christian apologetics website. There’s a temptation in all of us to dismiss prescriptions and prohibitions in Scripture. After all, God is asking …
CGG Weekly published a version of this essay, “The False Morality of Compassion,” on September 7, 2012. “Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’” —Mark 1:41 A crude dichotomy exists in people’s perceptions of America’s two …
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ~Herman Melville
This essay, “Spiritual Gifts: Unity, Edification, and Order,” appeared in CGG Weekly on July 29, 2022. “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.” —I Corinthians 12:1 The members of the early Corinthian church held a keen interest in spiritual gifts. The congregation’s founder, the apostle …
I wrote this essay, “Spiritual Gifts, an Overview,” for CGG Weekly on July 22, 2022. “But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.” —I Corinthians 7:7 Jesus Christ launched His church with a bang on the Pentecost after His resurrection. As Head of …
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, “Raising Our Conception of the Resurrection,” for CGG Weekly on April 29, 2011. “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him . . .” —Romans 6:8 The day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:10-11) is the …
