CGG Weekly published this essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Six),” on February 26, 2010. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife . . ..” —Genesis 2:24a-b Moses writes in Genesis 2:24, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to …
Originally “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Four),” this essay was published in CGG Weekly on February 12, 2010. “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table.” —Psalm 128:3 Psalm 128 illustrates how properly honoring and working …
I wrote this essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Two),” on January 29, 2010, for CGG Weekly. “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” —Matthew 19:6 We tend to look at our lives in a very physical manner, …
This essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part One),” appeared in CGG Weekly on January 22, 2010. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” —Genesis 1:27 In the United States, marriage has been under assault for many years, at least …
This essay, “Why Bother With Fathers?” appeared in the June 19, 2009, issue of CGG Weekly. “They were like well-fed lusty stallions; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.” —Jeremiah 5:8 American singer/songwriter Billy Joel, 60, is getting divorced—again. He and his third wife, former Top Chef host Katie Lee, …
This CGG Weekly essay, “Purify Your Hearts,” was published on July 9, 2021. “You shall not commit adultery.” —Exodus 20:14 To talk about adultery these days is to risk ridicule. Back in 1976, then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter faced public scorn when—in a Playboy magazine interview no less—he agreed with Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:28, …
In an interview on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, former President Jimmy Carter waded into the current American cultural and political debate on homosexuality. For a devout Baptist and a self-proclaimed “born-again Christian,” the 90-year old Carter made an astounding statement when HuffPost Live host Mark Lamont Hill asked him whether …
