Simply nauseating, isn’t it? Already seven weeks before the holy day of Christmas, we may hear the children of Zion singing: “You better watch out, you better not cry, You better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. He is making a list and checking it twice, He’s going […]
In our previous article on this subject, we wrote primarily of the events of the life of the covenant youth which lead up to the state of marriage, or, the time of courtship. Three thoughts we expressed as “guiding principles” which, if heeded, would contribute to the assurance that one in the pre-marital state would […]
GOD IS GOD! To say less than this is to deny the simple but comprehensive revelation of this otherwise inexpressible truth. To say more than this is to philosophically impose our own foolish limitations upon the Infinite One and thereby destroy the truth. Let us, therefore, leave our confession in this simple form, the very […]
This speech was given by Rev. G. Vanden Berg at the Mass Meeting of Aug. 18, 1967, of the Protestant Reformed Young People’s Convention held in Hull, Iowa. Delegates, visitors and friends: I am very grateful to you, for more than one reason, for the privilege and opportunity of addressing you at your twenty-seventh […]
To the south and west of the city of Chicago lies the village of Oak Lawn, a suburb which, during the past fifteen years, has more than tripled in area and increased in population from 3,300 to its present 47,000. Within the heart of this village we find a small Protestant Reformed congregation that was […]
Dear Editor: May I have a few lines in Beacon Light’s Open Forum to comment briefly on two articles appearing in the August-September issue? The first article is entitled “Sober Discernment”, written by Rev. H. Veldman. Without indulging in the discussion of the subject matter of this article and refraining from commenting on the article […]
Deliverance Through Judgment: III. Destruction by Water (Chapter 7) The first part of this chapter (vss. 1-10) records the final instructions of God to Noah just a week before the flood came. Again, the obedience of Noah is marked (vs. 5) as he brought into the ark those appointed unto salvation and so all things […]
Deliverance Through Judgment The Pre-deluvian Conditions Genesis 6:1-8 These verses relate the amazing truth concerning the total depravity of man and the rapid development of sin during the first sixteen hundred and fifty years. Contrary to the notion contained in the common grace theory that God restrains sin in the unregenerate, this passage demonstrates […]
“Never marry but for love; but see that thou loves what is lovely”. W.Penn “Mothers, who force their daughters into interested marriage are worse than the Ammonites, who sacrificed their children to Molech, – the latter undergoing a speedy death; the former suffering years of torture, but too frequently leading to the same result.” […]
The caption of this article refers to the brief but lucid story of Demas recorded in II Timothy 4:10. The brevity of the story is such that we can relate it unabbreviated on this page. It reads like this: “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica.” The […]