Structure and Sovereignty in Daniel 2-7Bible Study/Sermon; Given 2/1/2025
Daniel chapters 2-7 form a chiastic (X shaped) structure. Chapters 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5 are paired and mirrored, reinforcing significant themes.
Where Is Your Heart?
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/24/2025
What is truly important to us? What do we really need versus what do we merely want? Where are our hearts?
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/24/2025
What is truly important to us? What do we really need versus what do we merely want? Where are our hearts?
Mutability and Our Christlike ResponseSermon; Given 1/18/2025
We all change repeatedly throughout the stages of life, as do others, requiring constant adjustment as to how we evaluate and treat others.
The Prayer Conundrum
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/17/2025
Why are some prayers answered and not others? What is prayer's purpose? Since God commands His people to pray, it must have a reasonable, spiritual purpose.
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/17/2025
Why are some prayers answered and not others? What is prayer's purpose? Since God commands His people to pray, it must have a reasonable, spiritual purpose.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Forty): Ecclesiastes 12:1-14Sermon; Given 1/4/2025
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 emphasizes the brevity and the progressively harder difficulties of life and urges youth to seek God before the decline of old age.
The Root of Jesse
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/3/2025
Isaiah 11:1 contains a prophecy about Jesus Christ, calling Him "a rod" rising from "the stem of Jesse." What can an old stump tell us about our Savior?
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/3/2025
Isaiah 11:1 contains a prophecy about Jesus Christ, calling Him "a rod" rising from "the stem of Jesse." What can an old stump tell us about our Savior?
The Biblical New Year
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 12/27/2024
God gave Israel a calendar, including a starting point for the year. He tells Moses simply, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month …
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 12/27/2024
God gave Israel a calendar, including a starting point for the year. He tells Moses simply, "This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month …
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Nine): Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
Sermon; Given 12/14/2024
The fleeting time of youth is a time of strength, exploration, and boundless opportunities, offering the freedom to try new things as well as make mistakes.
Sermon; Given 12/14/2024
The fleeting time of youth is a time of strength, exploration, and boundless opportunities, offering the freedom to try new things as well as make mistakes.
The Ever-Deepening Culture of Death'WorldWatch' Article; Posted 12/11/2024
The culture of death is expanding, with new nations legalizing euthanasia. As progressives increasingly dominate society, respect for human life wanes.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Eight): Ecclesiastes 11:1-8
Sermon; Given 12/7/2024
Solomon counsels us to exercise diligence, work hard, plan for disruptions, obstacles, and roadblocks, spreading risk to work within this futile world.
Sermon; Given 12/7/2024
Solomon counsels us to exercise diligence, work hard, plan for disruptions, obstacles, and roadblocks, spreading risk to work within this futile world.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Seven): Ecclesiastes 10:12-19Sermon; Given 11/23/2024
As teachers, we are all burdened with an unholy tongue, but we need to rule it to produce only holy speech. Ecclesiastes 10 focuses on a leader using gracious speech.
The Seven Churches (Part Ten): What Now?Bible Study (Article); Posted 11/20/2024
The Bible indicates all seven churches of Revelation will exist at the end, but do God's people have hope for a bright future? Will Christ reunite His church?
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Six): Ecclesiastes 10:5-11Sermon; Given 11/16/2024
Cause and effect relationships will always cause multiple metaphorical dominoes to fall. Similarly, sin never occurs in a vacuum but will continue to ripple.
Giving Thanks
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 11/15/2024
The real reason Thanksgiving is not a wildly popular holiday is because Americans do not want to give God any credit for their peace, plenty, and power.
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 11/15/2024
The real reason Thanksgiving is not a wildly popular holiday is because Americans do not want to give God any credit for their peace, plenty, and power.
Jehu: A Type for TodayBible Study/Sermon; Given 11/9/2024
Jehu may have been called to save Israel, but he was impulsive and bloodthirsty. Though he destroyed Baalism, he did not restore true worship of God.
Man's Natural Spirituality
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 11/8/2024
Some people lead remarkable lives of giving and self-sacrifice, yet some Christians struggle to practice God's way. How can worldly people do good things?
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 11/8/2024
Some people lead remarkable lives of giving and self-sacrifice, yet some Christians struggle to practice God's way. How can worldly people do good things?
Passing By in Glory
Sermonette; Given 11/2/2024
Jesus' walking on the water in the pitch-black darkness of early morning, revealing Himself to the disciples, alludes to the time God passed by Moses.
Sermonette; Given 11/2/2024
Jesus' walking on the water in the pitch-black darkness of early morning, revealing Himself to the disciples, alludes to the time God passed by Moses.
Citizens of Heaven
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 11/1/2024
God's people are set apart as citizens of a heavenly nation, the Kingdom of God. They practice a divinely ordered way of life that opposes this evil world.
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 11/1/2024
God's people are set apart as citizens of a heavenly nation, the Kingdom of God. They practice a divinely ordered way of life that opposes this evil world.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Five): Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:4Sermon; Given 10/26/2024
Explore Genesis 1:31 and Ecclesiastes 9-10: the fall from innocence, wisdom's limits in a flawed world, and guidance on handling folly in leadership wisely.