These letters stand for the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and is an organization of the United Nations. Since its inception in 1946 the UN has added to itself an impressive list of organizations. I have before me a list of eleven specialized agencies which were set up upon the basis of their […]
There are many common expressions which illustrate the idea of the word conform and the idea of conformity. An example is the expression “When in Rome, do as the Romans.” The words conformed and transformed, set in juxtaposition are derived from the Scriptures, Rom. 12:2. The negative position is here given as an admonition against […]
What is mission work, and what are the means employed? Are we doing all we can in both instances? These and many other questions are being asked by our young people, and various are the answers. Let us pause a few moments to see what our mandate is that was given us by the King […]
HI FELLAS! Here we go once again. At long last and after many pleas, the letters are starting to roll in. We’ve reached the point now where we are getting one or more every month and to us on the BL staff, that is very encouraging. You really had us worried there for a little […]
The following letter addressed to the Editor, Mr. S. De Young was referred to me for an answer. The letter reads as follows: “Dear Editor: We have often discussed the use of tobacco. The ones that do not favor its use usually give the reasons that it is not healthful, and that it is sinful. […]
LESSON 49 “With What Body do They Come?” I Cor. 15:35-44 It is perhaps the skeptic asking: if there is a resurrection, what kind of bodies will men have as Philosophers now as the Sadducees then, ridiculed the idea of a resurrection by such questions. Paul ushers the question to the front (vs. 35). […]
As we have seen according to Genesis 3:17-19 our daily labor is burdened with a curse which God has pronounced: Cursed be the ground for man’s sake. The application is plainly also to the Christian even though we have been redeemed from the final curse. That this curse embraces also the Christian, the servants of […]
Jesus once said: “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.” These […]
Centuries ago Aristotle described the anatomy and physiology of the seal. (Some species inhabit the neighboring Caspian Sea). The Greeks named a city, Phoceae, in honor of the seal. Possibly, the badger skins used in the tabernacle were actually seal skins found in the Red Sea. The seventeenth century mariners described the small whale-like creatures […]