This essay, titled “Coming: A Truly Benevolent Ruler,” was published in CGG Weekly on September 18, 2009. “Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.” —Revelation 19:15 In Mark Twain’s A …
I wrote a version this essay, “A Polluted National Landscape,” for the CGG Weekly on November 3, 2006. “The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints.” —Isaiah 1:5 Church of the Great God is strictly apolitical. We do not endorse any party or any candidates, and we teach …
I wrote this essay, “America’s Imminent Perfect Storm,” for CGG Weekly on May 19, 2006. After fifteen years, the same stormclouds, now darker, swirl about us. “[For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah] the mighty man and the man of war, the …
“And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas’ (which is translated, A Stone).” —John 1:42 Of all the disciples of Jesus Christ, the one that we usually consider to have the most …
This RBV Commentary first saw the light of day on October 5, 2013. “If a ruler pays attention to lies, all his servants become wicked.” —Proverbs 29:12 This proverb is the first of a set of three that runs through verse 14. The general theme concerns the integrity of government, …
