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RBV: Deuteronomy 30:19

Richard Ritenbaugh February 10, 2023 February 10, 2023

CGG Weekly publish this essay, “One Choice,” on February 10, 2023. “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” —Deuteronomy 30:19 Western civilization is fixated …

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Little Choices

Richard Ritenbaugh December 30, 2016 December 30, 2016

This CGG Weekly essay first appeared on October 19, 2012. Before the political left hijacked the term choice, its philosophical meaning was “an individual’s freedom to determine the moral course of his own life.” This is, of course, what theologians and philosophers call “free moral agency” or “free will.” God …

A Little About Me

Richard Ritenbaugh

Born a Yinzer (Pittsburgh, PA), I have spent significant time in Southern California; Columbia, SC; Chicago, IL; and now the real Queen City, Charlotte, NC, home to my family since 1992. I have been married to my wife Beth since 1989, and we have four adult children: Courtney (and her husband, Kyle), Johnny (and his wife, Brittany), Jarod, and Aric, and now four granddaughters: Lily, Eden, Olivia, and Elara! As pastor of Church of the Great God, I spend much of my time writing, editing, and speaking. I am an admirer of J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, as well as an avid fan of Pittsburgh and Carolina sports teams.

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