To the Editor of Beacon Lights, In the February issue of Beacon Lights there appeared an article written under the heading “A Christian’s Responsibility toward the Environment” by Neva Doezema. The title alone made us curious to read. It sounded familiar language. After reading it, we wondered how an article like this could appear in […]

We, along with the world, place an extreme amount of importance on the degree of success that we achieve in our lives. It is not all that unusual for one to come across accounts of different individuals who have started with nothing and through what seems to be a combination of skill and good luck […]

It used to be called a blessed event. Now one wonders. True, children are still born. Our hospitals have “delivery rooms” and the newspapers still report marriages, births, and deaths as usual. Yet, the fact remains that the average size of a household is below three for the first time in American history. The reason […]

All of us have been given names by our parents. As babies we were not aware of the name or the thought or agony which some of our parents went through to give us our names. Some of us were named after relatives, usually a parent or grandparent, while others of us received names taken […]

The truth over against an error has to do with “the Strait Gate and the Narrow Way.” This is treated in Matthew 7:13, 14, where the word of God states, “Enter ye in the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which […]

This article is written as a response to the article which was written in the December issue of the Beacon Lights entitled “Definition of Christmas.” That article began with the question, “Who needs a definition of Christmas?” After reading the article, I felt it necessary to present what I believe in the true definition of […]