CGG Weekly republished this essay as “The American Faith” on July 5, 2024 (previously published on the same date in 2002). “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ . . .” —Philippians 3:20 Unlike any other country, America …
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 …
I wrote this essay, “The West’s Religion Problem,” for CGG Weekly on May 13, 2005. “If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith, and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.” —I Timothy …
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 essay, originally “Who Gets Jesus’ Vote?” was published in the CGG Weekly on August 20, 2004. “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is …
This CGG Weekly essay, written in the style of C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, was published on December 5, 2003. Dear Bollix, Just a short note to congratulate you on the wonderful job you are doing overseeing the American religious landscape. When I appointed you to the position of Religious Confounder …
Originally “We Persuade Men,” this CGG Weekly essay first appeared on July 12, 2002. “Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. . . .” —II Corinthians 5:11 The apostle Paul writes in II Corinthians 5:9-11: Therefore we make it our aim . . . to be well pleasing …
