In “The Problem with Proverbs,” Peter Krol writes about the unique practicality of the book of Proverbs, which invests it with peculiar problems. He shows how the book is arranged, with the final two-thirds based on the initial third and its godly worldview. The two cannot be separated. What a …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part One),” for the October 22, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes …
This essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Four),” appeared in the April 2, 2010, edition of CGG Weekly. “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” —Ecclesiastes 12:7 This world views death as more than just an …
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 this essay, “A Time for War,” on April 5, 2002, for the CGG Weekly. “. . . A time of war, and a time of peace.” —Ecclesiastes 3:8 However one reads the book of Ecclesiastes, it must be admitted that Solomon’s conclusions are spot-on in terms of human reality. …
This essay was first published in the CGG Weekly as “A Pattern of Persecution” on February 1, 2019. “But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.” —Galatians 4:29 Wise Solomon comments in Ecclesiastes …
“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of the LORD your God, as He has said to you.” —I Chronicles 22:11 David is getting old, and his years of staying one step ahead of Saul, his innumerable battles and campaigns against foes …
“Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.” —Proverbs 28:6 Throughout his writings, Solomon had a penchant for using proverbial comparisons of the “better is” or “better than” variety (see, for instance, Proverbs 8:11; 12:9; 15:16-17; 16:32; 27:5; Ecclesiastes 7:1-3, 5; …
