Dear Editor, Let me express my appreciation for your efforts as editor-in-chief of the Beacon Lights magazine. I am used to seeing fine Christian reading and scholarship within its pages. However, I am somewhat dismayed with the editorial you printed in the August/September 1993 issue (White Men Can’t Jump). I am convinced that it was […]
I was asked to review the young people’s mass meeting speech given by Rev. Spriensma on February 14, 1993. The topic of Rev. Spriensma’s speech was “Keeping Our Bodies Pure.” The text used was I Cor. 6:18 “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth […]
In the dark of the night when I was lonely and sad I sought the Lord but to me it seemed He wasn’t there and I grew afraid that maybe I had overstepped the limit and sinned against His holy name so much that He could never again forgive me. So I hung my head […]
You are most likely quite aware of the big three television evils: sex, violence, and profanity. No Christian should voluntarily sit in an easy chair and watch such things. But even if you watch only the “good” things like the news, sports, family sitcoms, or whatever, you may still be influenced by worldly philosophies. If […]
In this country unemployment is on the rise. Many see the current economy with a dark view. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find and hold a job with which one can support a family. Although there are less high school students graduating each spring college campuses have swelled due to more students from these […]
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30. The emphasis of this speech will be on the positive. We will strive to determine what the Bible means when it speaks of a “soul winner.” We have assumptions, namely those of the Reformed faith which […]
Measbro Dyke Church is a small independent church situated in a town called Barnsley, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. Barnsley is approximately 180 miles north of London and has a population of 240,000 people. Unfortunately, not many of these people seem to attend church – although the two or three charismatic churches in […]
The purpose of this article is threefold. First, to give readers a brief overview of the process of adoption from the perspective of couples who have adopted. Second, to present factors and issues with which parents of adopted children have to concern themselves. And, finally, to discuss the Scriptural references to adoption, both natural adoptions […]
April 1, 1992- White Men Can’t Jump. I saw that movie. I saw it at Studio 28 in Wyoming, MI. There was nothing special about the movie itself. It was hilarious, but it didn’t win an Oscar. It was exciting, but not more than any other. It wasn’t even the only movie I’ve seen; there […]
August 1 Ruth 4:13-22 We do not know anything about the birth of David except for the names of his father and his father’s relatives. We only know of a few of the women in his family, and the most well-known of these were not even Israelites. The little we know shows us clear […]