CGG Weekly published this essay as “Beware of Unbelief” on June 14, 2024. “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.” —Hebrews 3:12 We live in an anti-God world. Cultural commentators routinely call our society “post-Christian.” Among many groups, …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Four),” on September 17, 2010. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” —Jeremiah 17:9 Jesus, speaking in Mark 7 about defilement originating within us, lists several of the evils He wants us to overcome …
This essay, originally “Slowly but Surely?” appeared in the June 16, 2006, issue of CGG Weekly. “. . . lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.” —II Corinthians 2:11 Common wisdom posits that given enough time, water runoff can reduce even the …
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 …
Published on July 23, 2021, this CGG Weekly essay was originally titled “The Lack of Love in Lying.” “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” —Exodus 20:16 A vein of dishonesty runs at the heart of the world’s recent troubles. We can easily spot this malignancy in modern …
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 …
This Random Bible Verse comment began life as a CGG Weekly essay, “What Is Truth?” published originally on October 12, 2012. “What is truth?” —John 18:38 The goings-on in this world constantly are constant reminders why a certain quotation from the late novelist Michael Crichton, author of The Andromeda Strain, Timeline, The Great Train Robbery, State …
