“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of the LORD your God, as He has said to you.” —I Chronicles 22:11 David is getting old, and his years of staying one step ahead of Saul, his innumerable battles and campaigns against foes …
We live in a self-indulgent age. Advertisers tell us to pamper ourselves and get all that we can as soon as we can. Politicians promise high-cost “freebies” that only a few years ago required years of hard work and sacrifice to procure. Many people think nothing of going thousands of …
“Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: ‘Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself . . .’” —Acts 24:10 The apostle Paul found himself in the custody of …
“Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.” —Proverbs 28:6 Throughout his writings, Solomon had a penchant for using proverbial comparisons of the “better is” or “better than” variety (see, for instance, Proverbs 8:11; 12:9; 15:16-17; 16:32; 27:5; Ecclesiastes 7:1-3, 5; …
This essay first saw the light of day on October 29, 2009, as a CGG Weekly essay, “Can the True Church Be Found?” “. . . on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” —Matthew 16:18 Perhaps the most famous …
This RBV Comment was excerpted from a CGG Weekly essay, “Where Is Your Heart?” published on December 31, 2010. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” —Luke 12:34 Where are our hearts? An individual or a family may budget its resources for necessities: food, energy, rent …
This piece was originally published on April 6, 2012, as a CGG Weekly essay titled, “Christ, the Way.” “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” —John 14:6 During the Passover service, Church of God ministers always read John 14 in …
“And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas’ (which is translated, A Stone).” —John 1:42 Of all the disciples of Jesus Christ, the one that we usually consider to have the most …
