I wrote this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Six),” for the October 15, 2010, CGG Weekly. “Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” —Psalm 34:14 From I Peter 2:19-24, we could make a convincing theological argument that Christian suffering is our fight against evil because we receive the slings …
This essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Five),” appeared in CGG Weekly on October 8, 2010. “. . . who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously . . ..” —I Peter 2:23 Luke …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Four),” on September 17, 2010. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” —Jeremiah 17:9 Jesus, speaking in Mark 7 about defilement originating within us, lists several of the evils He wants us to overcome …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Three),” on September 10, 2010. “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” —Matthew 7:11 When we …
I wrote this essay, “Evil Is Real (Part Two),” for CGG Weekly on September 3, 2010. “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.” —Romans 7:19 It is amazing to realize how blunt God is in His …
This essay, originally titled “Has Humanity Reached Total Depravity (Part Three),” was first published in CGG Weekly on August 14, 2020. “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” —Matthew 24:37 Remember the old Lay’s Potato Chips commercials on American …
This essay was originally published as “Has Humanity Reached Total Depravity? (Part One)” in the CGG Weekly of July 31, 2020. “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” —Genesis …
I wrote this Random Bible Verse comment on July 13, 2013. The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand. —Proverbs 12:7 This proverb stands at the end of a short section, beginning in verse 5, illustrating the progression of the sinful person …
