Shane Rosenthal provides an exhaustive summary of what the historical record says about Jesus in his latest blog post, “Outside the Gospels, What Can We Really Know About Jesus?” Not only do secular authors verify His existence, but historians also consider other parts of the New Testament to be historical …
Tim Challies offers another good recommendation for parents, “The Parenting Book Too Few Parents Read.” Acknowledging that rearing children in this culture is difficult, Challies encourages parents to tap the wisdom of experts, those who have already displayed success in this area of life. I believe that many parents fail …
“O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our hearts are wide open.” —II Corinthians 6:11 Understanding II Corinthians as a whole requires knowledge of the often-strained relationship between the apostle Paul and the church in Corinth. The city was a crossroads of the pagan Mediterranean culture of the day, …
Taking on the cremation vs. burial debate happening in some Christian circles, Steve Kneale shares his view in “Cremation or burial: why I’m not convinced it matters nearly as much as some think.” Delving into what the Bible itself—not tradition or culture—says on the subject, Kneale concludes it is ambivalent …
Mitch Chase provides another lesson in understanding the New Testament by the Old in his latest article, “Out of Egypt I Called My Son.” By comparing Matthew 2:15 with Hosea 11:1, he explains typological fulfillments of prophecy—that is, a type being fulfilled in an antitype. When you read books about …
“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.” —Revelation 16:13 Revelation 16 contains the seven bowl judgments, what the King James Version called “the vials of …
“There I will provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.”—Genesis 45:11 Joseph, vizier of Pharaoh, whose primary charge was maintaining Egypt during the seven-year famine that ravaged the Near East in his day, …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “The Governors of Judah,” on December 29, 2023. “In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on …
