In his November 6, 2024, article, “A Sobering Mercy,” Joel M. Ellis contemplates Donald J. Trump’s election from the perspective of biblical types and lands on Jehu as the scriptural equivalent. God called upon Jehu, like Trump, not a godly man, to “drain the swamp” during his day, but His …
This essay, “Business as Usual,” first appeared in CGG Weekly on December 8, 2006. “Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals.’” —Amos 2:6 …
This essay appeared in CGG Weekly as “The Frustrations of Good Men” on June 2, 2006. “. . . and the Lord said to [the angel], “Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations …
This essay, “Coming Home to Roost,” appeared in CGG Weekly on November 25, 2005. “A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; he loves to oppress. —Hosea 12:7 How should one describe the news that the world’s largest automaker and the United States’ biggest corporation, General Motors (GM), will …
I wrote this essay, originally “Connecting the Dots,” for CGG Weekly on October 25, 2002. “Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked to anger the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away …
This essay first appeared in the CGG Weekly as “Has Humanity Reached Total Depravity? (Part Two)” on August 7, 2020. “And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, ‘I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart …
This essay was originally published as “Has Humanity Reached Total Depravity? (Part One)” in the CGG Weekly of July 31, 2020. “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” —Genesis …
This essay was first published in the CGG Weekly as “Making the Cut (Part Five)” on August 16, 2019. “In whose eyes a vile person is despised, But he honors those who fear the LORD; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;” —Psalm 15:4 In the …
