Each year, forty days after the celebration of Easter, the church celebrates Ascension Day, commemorating the ascension of Christ from this earth to His heavenly abode. We have the Easter season behind us. That season is greatly known in the world about us. Whether we know anything of the meaning of that season, is hard […]
“What,” you say, “the next convention! Why, here it is only the month of May, and you are talking about the next convention already?” Yes, that’s right. And that’s because we really have something to talk about. A certain group of young people have been talking about the next convention ever since the last one. […]
That God’s elect have been delivered from the law is the literal teaching of Paul. Romans 7:1-6, “Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the […]
Thus far in our series, we have discussed the place of Catechism and Confession of Faith in the life of the Christian youth as a means to prepare him for his place in the church of Jesus Christ. Although the convention is yet some months away, preparations are being made for it, and the news […]
Words have power! Think of the association brought to mind by such words as “liberty” and “victory.” Some words, in combination with other words, will have a telling effect on the hearers; as, for example, expressions like “iron curtain” and “cold war.” Words are powerful because ideas are conveyed by them. Along with the fact […]
In our last article, we tried to show how worldly music has made its way into the church. We found that there were not only corrupt texts, but also corrupt tunes. Most of these can be attributed to the Arminian so-called “Evangelistic” movement of the late nineteenth century. This, in turn, gave rise to the […]
“Beacon Lights” received the following letter from one of our servicemen readers. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1955 Dear Friends: Well, just a few lines to tell you all hello and to tell you how I’m getting along. I left the States on the 25th of August. By ship it took 12 days to get to […]
During this month of May, the leaders of the automobile industry are gathered together for the purpose of answering a proposal; one that is of great importance at this time, both to the union and to the corporations. In all the news happenings, we hear and read much about this relatively new term in industry, […]