CGG Weekly published this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Three),” on November 5, 2010. “I said in my heart, ‘Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure’; but surely, this also was vanity.” —Ecclesiastes 2:1 Ecclesiastes 2 records what Solomon experienced when he was a young …
This essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Two),” appeared in the October 29, 2010, issue of CGG Weekly. “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child . . ..” —Proverbs 22:15 Part of the problem that confronts young people today is that they—and frankly, all of society—have a …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part One),” for the October 22, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes …
I wrote this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Six),” for the October 15, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” —Psalm 34:14 From I Peter 2:19-24, we could make a convincing theological argument that Christian suffering is our fight against evil because we receive the slings …
This essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Five),” appeared in CGG Weekly on October 8, 2010. “. . . who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously . . ..” —I Peter 2:23 Luke …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Four),” on September 17, 2010. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” —Jeremiah 17:9 Jesus, speaking in Mark 7 about defilement originating within us, lists several of the evils He wants us to overcome …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Three),” on September 10, 2010. “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” —Matthew 7:11 When we …
I wrote this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Two),” for CGG Weekly on September 3, 2010. “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.” —Romans 7:19 It is amazing to realize how blunt God is in His …
