CGG Weekly published this essay as “Do We See Our Calling?” on May 31, 2024. 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 We are all aware of what the apostle Paul writes …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “The Peculiarities of Atonement,” on September 26, 2014. “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.” …
Please take the time to read Carl R. Trueman’s recent article in First Things, “The Age of Ingratitude.” Mr. Trueman teaches biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, an institute applying the riches of the Judeo-Christian tradition to …
I wrote this essay, “Repentance: The Genuine Article (Part Six),” for CGG Weekly on April 8, 2011. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” —Matthew 3:2 John the Baptist is the first of God’s messengers to address repentance in the New Testament: In those days John the Baptist came preaching …
This essay, “A Telling Juxtaposition,” was written for CGG Weekly on November 28, 2008. “. . . in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” —I Thessalonians 5:18 The fourth Thursday in November, the holiday Americans call Thanksgiving Day, is always followed …
This essay, “‘We Live to the Lord,’” came into the world on February 17, 2006, in CGG Weekly. “For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” —Romans 14:8 How many …
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 …
I wrote this essay on November 18, 2005, when it was published in the CGG Weekly. In 2020, we have even more reason to give God the thanks He deserves. I made a couple of minor edits to make it a little more timely. The Thanksgiving holiday has crept up …
