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 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 essay was first published on March 16, 2018, as a CGG Weekly essay, “Are You Zealous? (Part Five).” “. . . not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord . . .” —Romans 12:11 The apostle Paul was so grateful for God’s calling—despite his having persecuted the …
This Random Bible Verse comment was originally published as “Are You Zealous? (Part Four)” in the March 9, 2018, issue of the CGG Weekly. “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.” —John 9:4 It …
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 …
The following first appeared as a CGG Weekly essay on February 23, 2018, titled, “Are You Zealous? (Part Two).” “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.” —Revelation 3:19 In Jesus Christ’s letter to the congregation at Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22), He pulls no …
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 …
I originally posted this Random Bible Verse comment on November 17, 2013. Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? —Psalm 139:21 The psalmist, King David, makes a claim that the modern Westerner, steeped in the feel-goodism …
