Dear Prof. Hanko, I would find it fruitful to begin a dialogue about your article on acting first published in 1950, lately republished in the March issue of the Beacon Lights. As I wrote this response, I found myself returning again and again to a defense of drama itself, which, as you noted, is not […]
Dear Editor, The first line in the January 2021 issue of Beacon Lights is a question in response to the words of Christ in Matthew 17:17 (O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you?) You ask, “What does a perverse generation look like?” I would […]
I would like to respond to the article “What Does Evangelism Really Look Like?” in the July 2020 issue. I appreciate the enthusiasm for evangelism that Miss Kuiper displayed, particularly on a college campus where the gospel is so despised. It is easy for us to become complacent, since we are so comfortable in our […]
Dear Dewey, I write to you as editor of Beacon Lights with a concern over a statement made in the article on Christian friendship by Elijah Roberts. I have the utmost respect for Elijah and Beacon Lights, so I do not do this lightly. The statement I have an issue with is this: “We are […]
Dear Editor, I want to thank you for your answer to Jeff Andringa in the ”Letters” of the October issue of the Beacon Lights. I agree with you that the decision of Synod 2018 requires further study because differences linger in the churches. You quote a small part of the decision of synod, which reads, […]
Dear Mr. Hoekstra, From a certain perspective, my answer could be very brief. Assurance of salvation belongs to salvation itself, which is by faith alone. Therefore, to say that we enjoy assurance of our salvation by working is to say we are saved by faith and works. When we speak of our justification, namely that […]
LETTER: August 6, 2019 Mr. Engelsma: I write to you regarding the book review printed in the June 2019 issue of the Beacon Lights, Union with Christ: The Way to Know and Enjoy God. In particular, I bring to question two aspects of your review. First, your quote from the book in review, Union […]
April 10, 1956 Mr. Charles Westra Editor, Beacon Lights 1722 Alto Ave., S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan Dear Sir: I have recently seen a copy of your April issue of “Beacon Lights.” One article drew my attention and I could not leave it go without making some comment. This article is entitled “Christian […]
I have this Question. How would you explain Ezekiel 33:11: “As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turneth from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel.” This Scripture […]
Greeting Fellows: Just one letter this time. S.F.C. Elmer Wielenga from Redlands. Present address, Korea. He sends us the one and only: Dear Friends: I have been in the Army a year and four months, so that it is high time I drop a few lines to the Beacon Lights. I have been in […]