I wrote this essay, “The West’s Religion Problem,” for CGG Weekly on May 13, 2005. “If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith, and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.” —I Timothy …
This CGG Weekly essay, “Do You Believe—Really Believe?” first appeared on April 22, 2005. “Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.” —Matthew 15:6 The death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI made the Catholic Church—and the Catholic …
This essay was first published on February 28, 2020, as “Skipping Services? Consider Carefully” in the CGG Weekly. “. . . not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” —Hebrews …
As I hustled through an office park on my daily morning walk, a woman arriving for work responded to my “Good morning” with, “Merry Christmas.” I waved politely and walked on. Her well-wishes reminded me that we are deep within the time of the year when such words are thrown …
