A mirror reflects with accurate clarity the object sin its proximity; also, it reflects light and shines as if it were that light itself. A child also reflects.  He reflects the moral, spiritual, and intellectual life of his home and family.  In many respects he is better than a mirror; he is more than a […]

We live in an age in which science seems to advance with the speed of light.  Man has not only “aimed at the moon,” a phrase formerly denoting, derisively, a ridiculous and impossible aspiration, but he has actually hit it with radar beams, rockets and television cameras.  Next he confidently expects within a decade to […]

Christian education and particularly Protestant Reformed Christian education is a work of grace.  Protestant Reformed Christian education is naturally impossible and is only possible in the way of faith which is a gift of almighty God.  Education in the Protestant Reformed Christian Schools of America is a gift of our covenant-keeping God. Christian education is […]

Its Exhibition The view of the decree of election presented in the last three installments is not only the most acceptable, but the correct one, not because it happens to agree with our opinion, but because it is most in harmony with Scripture.  Divine election is that act of God according to which He chose […]

At this time Beacon Lights presents the second half of Prof. H. Hanko’s lecture, sponsored by the P.R. High School Circle, at Hope P.R. Church. We have noticed in our former article in the Beacon Lights that Protestant Reformed education has a unique basis.  We turn now to a consideration of the fact that Protestant […]

 “Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesying.  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil.” I Thessalonians 5:19-22 There is a great danger that evil manifests itself in the midst of spiritual gifts in the church of God in the world.  From all such evil we must keep […]