I wrote this essay, “Are Our Daily Habits Productive?” for the July 26, 2013, CGG Weekly. The economic woes the world has experienced recently have exacerbated the perceived—and often real—gulf between the haves and the have-nots. Earlier this century, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement focused on the super-rich, the top …
I wrote this essay, “The Importance of Parenting,” for the CGG Weekly on July 28, 2006. “And you, fathers [parents], do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” —Ephesians 6:4 Over the past few days, columnist John Derbyshire has …
This essay, “Coming Home to Roost,” appeared in CGG Weekly on November 25, 2005. “A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; he loves to oppress. —Hosea 12:7 How should one describe the news that the world’s largest automaker and the United States’ biggest corporation, General Motors (GM), will …
This essay was first published in the CGG Weekly on March 6, 2020, as “Ditching Tithing? Consider Carefully.” “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.” —Leviticus 27:30 Times are hard. Money is short. …
This Random Bible Verse comment was adapted from the July 26, 2013, CGG Weekly essay, “Are Our Daily Habits Productive?” “Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds . . .” —Proverbs 27:23 The economic uncertainties the world has experienced over the last decade or …
This CGG Weekly essay first appeared on October 19, 2012. Before the political left hijacked the term choice, its philosophical meaning was “an individual’s freedom to determine the moral course of his own life.” This is, of course, what theologians and philosophers call “free moral agency” or “free will.” God …
This Random Bible Verse comment was first published on November 23, 2012. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” —Matthew 6:24 …
