This essay, “Christian Obedience,” was first published as a CGG Weekly essay on June 20, 2014. “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” —John 14:15 It is commonly thought—if not commonly taught—that obedience plays little part in New Testament Christianity. People are urged, “Believe in Jesus Christ, and you will …
“Calvary supplied the most solemn and awe-inspiring display of God’s hatred of sin that time or eternity will ever furnish.” —A.W. Pink
I wrote this essay, “Raising Our Conception of the Resurrection,” for CGG Weekly on April 29, 2011. “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him . . .” —Romans 6:8 The day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:10-11) is the …
I wrote this essay, “Pre-Passover Traditions,” for the March 18, 2022, CGG Weekly. “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.” —I Corinthians 11:28 The life of a Christian revolves around the annual holy days that God instructs His people to observe in …
I wrote this essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Three),” for CGG Weekly on March 26, 2010. “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” —Philippians 1:21 In Part Two, we considered how Jesus Christ viewed death, both His own and that of His close friend, …
This essay appeared in the April 2, 2004, CGG Weekly under the title, “Priceless.” “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” —Romans 5:8 Among the most popular series of advertisements in recent years has been MasterCard’s “Priceless” commercials. …
This essay first appeared in the CGG Weekly of April 18, 2003, as “What Makes This a ‘Good’ Friday?” “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart …
This CGG Weekly essay was first published on December 20, 2002. December 25 is only half a week away, which means by this time next week, the madness—or at least this phase of it—will be over for another year. “Madness” is a purposeful choice of words. It is difficult not …
