I wrote this essay, “Man’s Natural Spirituality,” for the November 11, 2005, issue of CGG Weekly. “But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.” —Job 32:8 It is not uncommon to hear of hardened soldiers—trained to fight, kill, destroy, cuss, and drink—throwing …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Coveting and the Roots of Sin,” on July 30, 2021. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” —Exodus …
This CGG Weekly essay, “What We Don’t Know,” appeared in the November 4, 2005, issue. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” —Hosea 4:6 During its approach to a mooring mast at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey on May 6, 1937, the German dirigible Hindenburg, filled with hydrogen, …
This essay, “Teaching Respect for Property,” was published in CGG Weekly on October 7, 2005. “Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.” —I Corinthians 4:2 It is not difficult to see that Constitutional protections of private property ownership have been eroded over the past several decades, …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Open Mouth, Reveal Heart,” on August 26, 2005. “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.” —II Corinthians 10:3 The news of the week involved the latest verbal blunder of televangelist Pat Robertson. The 700 Club and Christian …
This essay, originally “Apologizing for the Dead,” was published in CGG Weekly on June 17, 2005. “Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead?” —I Corinthians 15:29 On a regular basis, …
I wrote this essay, “The West’s Religion Problem,” for CGG Weekly on May 13, 2005. “If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith, and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.” —I Timothy …
This essay, originally “Eradicating Humanity,” was first published on May 6, 2005, in CGG Weekly. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” —I Peter 5:8 When I am not editing someone else’s writing or writing something of …
