This essay was published as “Does God Forbid All Images?” in the June 4, 2021, issue of the CGG Weekly. “You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in …
This CGG Weekly essay was first published on May 28, 2021, as “Identifying Our Idols.” “You shall have no other gods before Me.” —Exodus 20:3 Idolatry. It is not a subject that we think about a great deal in this secular world. The word itself suffers abuse in the modern …
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 …
A stroll through just about any cathedral in Europe, not to mention many a church just about anywhere in the world, would bring to the eye the sight of perhaps a handful or even dozens of images of God and Christ, as imagined by painters, glaziers, and sculptors down through …
