December 9 Read Job 13 Job continues with his speech in reply to Zophar.  Most of this part of his discourse is directed at God.  Job vacillates between one who trusts in God and one who blames him for his problems.  Notice his strong word of faith in verse 15.  Even if God would cause […]

Genesis 10 and 11 cover about 300 years of history after the flood.  In these chapters God, as it were, paints the background and sketches the general outline of the coming history.  God gives his church a glimpse and a taste of the glorious and wonderful portrait of Christ and his plan for the church.  […]

Readers of the Beacon Lights are sinner saints living in a fallen world.  As such, we constantly encounter philosophies and ideas that are contrary to the truths revealed to us in Scripture.  And as saints who have consciously aligned ourselves with a church that confesses historic, Reformed Christianity, we must be aware of these worldviews […]

There is a gift that you possess— you cannot take or leave.   Though some will say they may refuse such gold on them to cleave.   What? Refuse this gift? How can that be? This gift is one God gives!   In each his own dear child he breathes a bond that joins and […]

In the previous articles on the antithesis we defined its meaning, pointed out its manifestation in the world and especially within the church, and showed that the cross of Christ preached is its source. We now turn to the basis of the antithesis. How do we know what the thesis and the antithesis are? How […]

Do you love caring for people? Are you interested in science and health care? Do you want a rewarding and flexible vocation choice? Nursing may be right for you.  Nursing is the fastest-growing occupation in the United States. Nurses make up the majority of the healthcare industry, and that number is going up, with 581,500 […]

Book Review: Lady Jane Grey   Our Christian heritage is a precious heritage.   It is a heritage of suffering and sacrifice of God’s elect children to bring about his glory and his purpose. This heritage is not well known either by us or by our children.  Good Christian literature is very hard to find, especially literature that brings […]

What is science? In light of present day evolutionism, one finds the term difficult to define. Those who deny creation and stand for evolutionism do so in the name of science. The French zoologist Pierre Grasse said the following regarding the disorder of modern science in regard to evolution: The probability of dust carried by […]