February 7—Doeg and David Read 1 Sam. 21: 1–7 and 1 Sam. 22: 6–23 Psalm 52’s lengthy heading reads: “To the chief Muscian, Maschil, a Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.” In the passages that we read for […]
Danny pointed at the picture in the library book of Roman armor. “What are those things dangling from the sword belt? They look funny.” “Those are called sporrans.” His mom explained. “They were an important part of the Roman sword belt.” “What do they do?” Danny’s sister Becky leaned forward to see the picture. “Becky, […]
On January 19, 2006 NASA’s New Horizons (NH) space probe was launched with Pluto as its destination. Ironically, the same year NH was launched, Pluto was demoted from its status as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet. A little over a year after launch, cruising at about 36,000 mph, NH swung around Jupiter, […]
It is June 14, 2008, and I am interviewing Mr. Everett VanVoorthuysen [EVV] of Hope Protestant Reformed Church of Redlands, CA. His wife, Audrey Van Voorthuysen [AVV] has also made substantial contributions to this interview. MHH: Mr. VanVoorthuysen, where and when were you born, and who were your parents? EVV: I was born in […]
Gottschalk Servant of God by Connie L. Meyer. Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2015. Hardcover, 147 pages. Author’s Purpose: Gottschalk, Servant of God, is the story of one monk living in the Dark Ages and his stand for the truth no matter the cost. Gottschalk’s study of predestination produced an opposing view on election and reprobation […]
The mail delivery man on a snowy, frigid, winter day, January, 1941, followed the usual delivery route with mail for the day to be placed in a diminutive mailbox at 609 Peace Street, Pella, Iowa. This time the mail was almost too large for the mailbox. It was a brand new magazine, Beacon Lights for […]
Editor’s Note: The text below is an introduction to the book review rubric, which started with the first issue of Beacon Lights, January 1941. Since then the rubric has appeared 253 times. The exact number of books reviewed over the past 75 years is difficult to determine. In many instances of the rubric’s appearance in […]
Editor’s Note: The following article introduces a temporary rubric called A Cloud of Witnesses. The content will include articles on important people and events in the history of the church. At this time we do not know how many articles will be included, since this is a work in progress, but we hope there will […]