Are you, young people? Do you feel uncomfortable in society and in special meetings which are held in the church? As soon as the meeting begins, do you wish it were over already? Or do you possibly try to find all kinds of excuses for not attending those meetings? Are you “bored to tears”? How […]
It’s Christmas time. Down the dark, silent, snowy streets go groups of young people. Singing softly, they go from one home to another, ring the doorbell, sing a song or two, and depart. In homes throughout the nation, families gather around the piano to sing these songs proclaiming the birth of our Lord and Saviour. […]
Christ was here! Christ shall come again! The meaning and significance of these two simple phrases is tremendous. The first advent realized all the hopes and prayers of the patriarchs for the Saviour whose coming was as the dawning of a new day over against total darkness. His humble birth in Bethlehem’s stable was the […]
The young people of our Creston Church held a Singspiration in their church for the purpose of getting funds to cover the cost of a recorder which they hoped to purchase. This recorder is to be used to bring sermons to the shut-ins and other uses. We were led in singing by Chuck Westra, a […]
Chapter 4 Introductory Note: This chapter stands, of course, in close connection with the preceding one. The apostle Peter preached his second recorded sermon (not very likely only his second sermon, even though others are not recorded), emphasizing that the miracle of the healing of the lame man was a manifestation of the power of […]
The reason I wrote the last article in the Beacon Lights is to call your attention to the important place which the consistory occupies in the midst of the church of God. But I want to stress that the consistory is not something with which we as young people need not be concerned. But, even […]
ITS AUTHOR During the sixteenth century, many severe persecutions were launched against the Protestant Reformers. The strength of the Reformation was tried in its very infancy, and because the movement was born, not of men, but of God, grace was given in abundance to the people of God to faithfully endure this era of […]
In our study of the learning process of animals and human beings, we must be very careful so that we do not relate the two in such a way that we forget the fundamental differences between them. Man is a rational-moral being and as such, he is going to behave differently from the animal. According […]
Once again, the month of December, a month that is so significant in the life of a Christian, is come upon us with its many joys and happiness. Around about us we see everyone hustling and bustling, making plans for the holiday. The business districts are over-crowded with everyone buying gifts for friends and loved […]
Scripture does not record for us the exact date nor the time of the year of Christ’s birth. Nor did the Apostles or the early Church celebrate the birth of Christ. It was the Romish Church, already apostatizing in the early part of the fourth century, A.D., which affixed Christ’s birthday on the twenty-fifth day […]