In his August 2, 2023, article, “Acts 2 & the Tongues Controversy,” Shane Rosenthal explores what Luke actually says in reporting on the astounding miracle of language on that first Pentecost in ad 31. What occurred that day does not support what the Pentecostal movement claims. . . . in …
I wrote this essay, “Can We Trust Luke?” for the July 28, 2023, CGG Weekly. “. . . it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus . . .” —Luke 1:3 …
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 …
Tim Challies, writing in his post, “If Satan Took Up Marriage Counseling,” provides thirteen pieces of “advice” that the Devil might give were he a marriage counselor. They sound oddly like what this world pushes on the subject. If Satan took up marriage counseling, he would want people to believe …
In his July 6 article, “He Made Them Male and Female,” Mitch Case argues from the first two chapters of Genesis that God’s design of human bodies as male and female is a fundamental, necessary part of our existence. Today’s “heartbreaking confusion” over gender will have long-term damaging ramifications. When …
In “Why Did Ruth Enter Boaz’s Tent in the Middle of the Night? (Ruth 3),” Mary Willson Hannah tackles some of the difficult questions surrounding Ruth’s venture to Boaz’ threshing floor to propose marriage. We can rest assured that, as types of greater, righteous actors, their actions were culturally and …
In his recent post, “Stop Calling Faithfulness a Sacrifice,” Stephen Kneale offers a counter-argument to a common attitude toward living the Christian life. Jesus tells His disciples in Luke 17:10 that, having obeyed God’s commands, we are still “unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.” As …
In his recent article, “Why do our Bibles contain these books and not others?” Tony Watkins provides an overview of how the Bible’s 66 books came to be included within its covers. We can be confident that these are the books God wanted to be preserved through the ages. The …
