God’s Covenant with Noah– Genesis 9:1 -17 God had performed a mighty, earth-shaking act in destroying the world with the flood. The fountains of the deep were broken and the windows of heaven were opened. Cresting the heaving sea was an ark adorned with God’s precious creatures. With waters abated, Noah offered the clean animals […]
Everyone has problems. Some are large and important since they are of far-reaching consequence; others are relatively trivial. Such are also the problems of your missionary. It is not really a matter of anxious concern that we have such problems, nor should we feel that something strange has befallen us. Above all, we should not […]
The history of the Church of Christ here on earth is the history of men. Foremost in the controversy that raged in the defense of the Reformed faith over-against the heresy of Arminianism appears the figure of Jacobus Arminius. He more than any other is associated with the error that was condemned by the national […]
“For none of us liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ both died and rose, and revived, that He might […]
The Book of Exodus, chapter 15, verses 22 through 26, records for us the history of Israel at Marah. This was Israel’s first stop on their journey out of Egypt into the land of Canaan. It was here at Marah that Israel asked the question: “What shall we drink?” At first glance the question seems […]
Late Sunday night, Aug. 18, was a busy time for the thirty young people who were preparing to leave Grand Rapids on the Edgerton bus. Last minute activities included collection of bus fare, well wishes (and admonitions) from parents, and a short talk by Rev. C. Hanko. Amidst the waves and noise of the onlookers […]
Now that my tour in the military service is near completion, I would like to have a little space in the Beacon Lights to give the readers a glimpse of the experiences of a serviceman. Although these experiences will not be new to everyone, perhaps they will be of some instruction to our readers. After […]