I wrote this essay, originally “Connecting the Dots,” for CGG Weekly on October 25, 2002. “Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked to anger the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away …
This essay, published in CGG Weekly on March 22, 2002, was originally titled “Sick and Tired.” “. . . the goodness of God leads you to repentance . . .” —Romans 2:4 In the depths of winter, we often find ourselves literally sick and tired. Sickness is part of the …
This essay appeared in the CGG Weekly the day after 9/11, September 12, 2001. If for no other reason, it is interesting to consider from historical and spiritual viewpoints. The United States of America suffered a savage blow yesterday, September 11, 2001, by an as-yet unknown terrorist group. Two very …
This CGG Weekly essay, “The True Gospel (Part Five),” was first published on August 31, 2001. “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” —Mark 1:15b Jesus’ words in Mark 1:15 come in the form of an urgent command: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” …
This CGG Weekly essay was first published as “Why Preach the Gospel to the World?” on June 26, 2020. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” —Mark 16:15 On a street corner of a crowded city, a young man in threadbare clothes stands on a pine …
This essay was first published in the CGG Weekly as “Refuting a False Proverb” on January 18, 2019. “What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?” —Ezekiel 18:2 Every …
The following first appeared as a CGG Weekly essay on February 23, 2018, titled, “Are You Zealous? (Part Two).” “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.” —Revelation 3:19 In Jesus Christ’s letter to the congregation at Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22), He pulls no …
This piece was originally published on April 6, 2012, as a CGG Weekly essay titled, “Christ, the Way.” “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” —John 14:6 During the Passover service, Church of God ministers always read John 14 in …
