“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, originally titled “Is British-Israelism Racist?” on February 4, 2005. “‘You are My witnesses,’ says the LORD, ‘and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He.’” —Isaiah 43:10 A fairly common accusation leveled at believers …
This essay, originally titled “Great Expectations,” was published in the CGG Weekly on September 21, 2001. “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will …
The following CGG Weekly essay was originally titled “Thanks for Everything” and was published on November 27, 2020. “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” —I Thessalonians 5:18 Thanksgiving Day is already diminishing in the rearview mirror, perhaps even all but …
This essay was first published in the CGG Weekly on March 6, 2020, as “Ditching Tithing? Consider Carefully.” “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.” —Leviticus 27:30 Times are hard. Money is short. …
This essay was first published in the CGG Weekly as “Hannah’s Thanksgiving” on November 27, 2019. “And Hannah prayed and said: ‘My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.’” —I Samuel 2:1 In the …
“We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.”
~C.H. Spurgeon
