Once there was a great, dark building guarded by a tall, dark creature. A man dressed in white strode to the door and handed the dark creature a bag of gold coins. “That is the exact amount for the ones I come for,” the man in white said as he pushed inside with barely a […]
January 5, 2009 Mr. Terry Elzinga, Zeeland, Michigan MHH: Mr. Elzinga, where and when were you born? TE: I was born in September of 1940, in Borculo, Michigan. MHH: Who were your parents? TE: My parents were Tom and Edith Elzinga. MHH: Where did you grow up? TE: When I was about four months […]
January 8- Read I Chronicles 11 I have a couple quick observations regarding David’s mighty men listed in this chapter. First, I find it interesting that Joab isn’t mentioned, although his brothers, Abishai and Asahel, are. Joab was the leader of David’s army, a man feared by many, yet it appears that his wickedness keeps […]
Has it ever struck you how often our New Year’s resolutions mirror those made by the world? “I am going to eat healthy and lose weight this year!” “This year I am going to commit to exercising at least three times a week!” There are things we commit to doing and any number of things […]
This new year brings a significant change to Beacon Lights magazine. After six years of manning the helm, Mark Hoeksema is retiring as editor. He has provided outstanding guidance to the staff, and the magazine is better for his leadership. Mark, I express a debt of gratitude for your patient instruction over the last six […]
Each era of world history has not only its own notable personalities and events, but also its own leading ideas. These ideas shape every sphere of man’s life in the world so that the religion, ethics, politics, literature, and music of each historical period are all governed by the intellectual side of man. We are […]
About eight years ago, I remember sitting in a restaurant on a date with my wife, discussing a disturbing phenomenon surrounding us. People-watching being a bad habit of ours, we had noticed around us young dating couples, husbands and wives, families with children, sitting around their respective tables, eyes fixated not on each other in […]