This CGG Weekly essay, “Do You Believe—Really Believe?” first appeared on April 22, 2005. “Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.” —Matthew 15:6 The death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI made the Catholic Church—and the Catholic …
This Random Bible Verse comment was excerpted from “How Jesus Reacts to Sin,” an essay I wrote for the CGG Weekly on October 25, 2013. “And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.’” —John 8:11 Consider that this woman caught in adultery is indeed …
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 …
