I wrote this essay, “The World’s Need for Atonement,” for CGG Weekly on September 25, 2009. “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.” —Deuteronomy 32:43 This …
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 …
