I wrote this essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part Two),” for CGG Weekly on March 11, 2011. “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.” —II Corinthians 7:10 While people can make positive changes in their lives, true repentance—the kind …
This essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part One),” first appeared in CGG Weekly on March 4, 2011. “He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” —I John 2:4 In most American presidential campaigns, candidates for that …
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 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. …
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, published in CGG Weekly on March 22, 2002, was originally titled “Sick and Tired.” “. . . the goodness of God leads you to repentance . . .” —Romans 2:4 In the depths of winter, we often find ourselves literally sick and tired. Sickness is part of the …
The following CGG Weekly essay was originally titled “Thanks for Everything” and was published on November 27, 2020. “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” —I Thessalonians 5:18 Thanksgiving Day is already diminishing in the rearview mirror, perhaps even all but …
This Random Bible Verse made its first appearance on June 1, 2013. “Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.” —Proverbs 13:6 This verse seems like a fairly straightforward statement of a truth repeated in various ways dozens, if not hundreds, of times throughout the book …
