Luke 23:44 “And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.” That darkness was the speech of God at the cross. God’s voice prevailed over the land for three long hours. That speech of God was devoid of love and grace. It was God’s […]
The Beacon Lights Staff asked me to write an article on death, and they included a list of questions that they would like answered in the article. Because of the importance of the questions and the length required to answer them, I have chosen to answer them in a question and answer format. The first […]
John and Mary are engaged. They have been going steady for some time, have developed a growing appreciation and love for each other, have prayed that the Lord would make plain to them whether they were meant for each other and have settled whatever differences there were between them in regard to their religious principles, […]
In the beginning, God created that creature called time. God is a God that is eternal, but in order that His creatures might have an orderly life, God created time. As David wrote: time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away. That stream is the stream of life which begins at conception and […]
Although the words “polemics” and “polemicist” are bad words in our day, nevertheless, the faithful servant of God must engage in polemics and be a polemicist if he is to be faithful to the cause of Christ in the world. The Scriptures enjoin this calling upon us, although telling us that we must always give […]
Has it ever occurred to you that you are adopted? No, I am not talking just to those who are not the natural children of their earthly parents, but to all God’s children. God, our Heavenly Father, had adopted us to be His children. What a blessed comfort to us who were not His natural […]
While reading the October,1977 issue of The Readers Digest, I came across an article entitled, “The Mad Mad World of Rock ‘n’ Records”. A rather interesting account of the modern-day record business. I say interesting because of the facts which that article presented about this worldly entertainment. The author begins his article by saying: “It […]
The barrier of winter has lifted, As April silences have been awakened, In earnest, nature awaits this new season, Portraying a still quality, God has given. Flowers of ardent growth and passion. Daintily increase their natural beauty, Showing the similitude of a painted picture, The blossoms sprout in an elegant way. The mighty […]
In the year 1000 A.D., thousands of so called “Christians” fled to the hills of their countries. The reason for this was because they believed that Christ was coming in the year 1000 A.D. Some historians believe that there will be a repeat performance of this in the year 2000 A.D. We who hold the […]