I wrote this essay, “James Cameron’s Lost Integrity,” for CGG Weekly on March 9, 2007. “Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” —Mark 6:3 This past Sunday, the Discovery Channel aired Titanic-producer/director James Cameron’s …
This essay, “The Prayer Conundrum,” first appeared in the CGG Weekly on January 19, 2007. “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.” —Colossians 4:2 To many people, it is a head-scratcher to consider the vagaries of answered prayer—or should I say “unanswered prayer”? That is precisely the …
I wrote this essay, “Hijacking Our Language,” for the January 12, 2007, issue of CGG Weekly. “For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one accord.” —Zephaniah 3:9 The English language is …
I wrote this essay, “Big-Picture Thinking,” for the CGG Weekly on January 5, 2007. “Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself . . .?” —Numbers 16:9 As we flip our Gregorian …
This essay, “Business as Usual,” first appeared in CGG Weekly on December 8, 2006. “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals.’” —Amos 2:6 …
This essay, “Sacred Cows,” appeared in the November 24, 2006, issue of CGG Weekly. “The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.” —Proverbs 15:14 Even though we live in a world deluged by knowledge—after all, our day is known as the …
I wrote a version this essay, “A Polluted National Landscape,” for the CGG Weekly on November 3, 2006. “The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints.” —Isaiah 1:5 Church of the Great God is strictly apolitical. We do not endorse any party or any candidates, and we teach …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Sorry, I Forgot,” on October 27, 2006. “Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: ‘For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.’” —Genesis 41:51 Many readers of this column know that Church of the Great God teaches that the …
