In this issue of the Beacon Lights are printed the discussion group topics for the 1987 Convention. We plan to conduct discussion groups quite differently this year from the way in which they have been conducted in the past. Our intention is to make the discussion groups a more meaningful part of the Convention. Here’s […]

The frenzied mob, ferocious, fearing nought, Pressed closer, shouting for the life they sought, And raised their voices like a mighty flood, “On us and on our children be His blood.” The scarlet stains, on that spike-studded cross Where hung the bleeding body, with each toss Of pain re-echoed that rebellious cry Until it reached […]

Dear Grandchildren:   You all have friends, and some of them are mutual (shared) friends. Your personal friend in Edmonton cannot be a mutual friend of one who lives in Redlands, unless that friendship was made while you were at your Convention. You all have enemies, and sometimes they might be mutual enemies. What I […]

Jimmy Baker, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts and Jimmy Swaggart’s recent capture of headlines, threatening to either die or expose something they hadn’t already exposed. National news coverage and editorials written weekly for the last six months. It is time now, I think, for us to comment and compare. The church today is known to the […]

In His wisdom God gave us in Christ righteousness and sanctification. And that, young people, is why He moved Paul to write in I Corinthians 1:30, “But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who of God was made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.” Did you notice that redemption is also […]