I wrote this essay, “Balls and Strikes,” for the CGG Weekly on February 28, 2003. “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” —Judges 21:25 When I awoke this morning, I actually remembered my dream. Since that does not happen …
I wrote this essay, originally titled “The Jewish Testament?” on June 14, 2002, for the CGG Weekly. “But He answered and said, ‘It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”‘” —Matthew 4:4 The Random Bible Verse comment …
This essay, originally titled “Deep Thinkers,” was published in CGG Weekly on January 18, 2002. “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.” —I Corinthians 1:26 A recent article in a respected American magazine tries to …
This essay was published in the CGG Weekly on January 11, 2002. I have a pet peeve: I hate it when people flatly discount the Bible. I should be used to it by now, but it still angers me when I read of supposedly educated people giving the Bible absolutely …
This piece was actually my very first CGG Weekly essay, appearing on August 3, 2001, as “The True Gospel (Part One).” “Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.” —Matthew 1:14 The evangelist Mark begins his recounting of Jesus’ …
Originally published in the CGG Weekly as “How Can We Trust the Bible?” on November 2, 2018. “The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ‘You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.’” —John 8:13 One of the buzzwords of this generation is “authentic.” Young people, especially, want to live …
This piece, “Truth Revealed to Babes,” was originally published as a CGG Weekly essay on August 16, 2013. “At that time Jesus answered and said, ‘I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to …
This CGG Weekly essay first appeared on October 19, 2012. Before the political left hijacked the term choice, its philosophical meaning was “an individual’s freedom to determine the moral course of his own life.” This is, of course, what theologians and philosophers call “free moral agency” or “free will.” God …
