A version of this essay, “Christ as Righteous Judge,” ran in CGG Weekly on May 4, 2012. “The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” —Ruth 2:12 The book of Ruth contains multiple analogies or …
This essay, “The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Six),” was published in CGG Weekly on February 11, 2011. “‘You have put all things in subjection under his feet.’ For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do …
I wrote this essay, “Wisdom for the Young (Part Four),”for the November 12, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.” —Proverbs 15:21 Proverbs 15:21 makes an interesting comment on the subject of foolishness: “Folly is joy to him who is destitute of …
This essay was first published as “Making the Cut (Part One)” in the CGG Weekly of July 19, 2019. “LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?” —Psalm 15:1 Golf is hard. It may seem easy enough to imagine hitting a little, white ball …
Originally published as a CGG Weekly essay, “A Virtuous Woman,” on May 25, 2018. “I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.” —Ruth 3:11 Ruth the Moabitess had done everything her mother-in-law, Naomi, had instructed …
This essay was originally titled “Are You Zealous? (Part Three)” and published in the CGG Weekly of March 2, 2018. Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.” —John 2:17 Christian zeal is an interest, an earnest desire, and a pursuit of …
This essay was first published on February 16, 2018, as a CGG Weekly essay, “Are You Zealous? (Part One).” “But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.” —Galatians 4:18 On a physical, secular level, Theodore Roosevelt embodied …
