This essay, “The Rain Comes Down,” appeared in CGG Weekly on October 24, 2014. “The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand.” —Deuteronomy 28:12 The 2014 Feast of Tabernacles …
This essay, “Christian Obedience,” was first published as a CGG Weekly essay on June 20, 2014. “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” —John 14:15 It is commonly thought—if not commonly taught—that obedience plays little part in New Testament Christianity. People are urged, “Believe in Jesus Christ, and you will …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Hold Tightly to Revelation,” on August 2, 2013. “. . . those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” —Deuteronomy 29:29 The Bible is not against what we might call …
CGG Weekly published a version of this essay, “A Christian’s Information Filter, on December 21, 2012. “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” —Isaiah 8:20 We live in the Information Age. The …
This essay, originally titled “Deep Thinkers,” was published in CGG Weekly on January 18, 2002. “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.” —I Corinthians 1:26 A recent article in a respected American magazine tries to …
This essay, “We Are NOT Alone!” was published in CGG Weekly on September 28, 2001. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me . . ..” —Psalm 23:4 Fans of The X-Files know that the 1990s television …
Originally published in the CGG Weekly as “How Can We Trust the Bible?” on November 2, 2018. “The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ‘You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.’” —John 8:13 One of the buzzwords of this generation is “authentic.” Young people, especially, want to live …
This essay was originally published in the CGG Weekly as “Building on a Perfect Foundation” on October 26, 2018 (republished on October 14, 2022). “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat …
