Drive through any residential neighborhood after dark. What do you see? Look through almost every living room window on the street, and you will see a flashing glow. It’s a TV. Most homes have them, and they are turned on more than they are turned off. Go to most restaurants, and you can see about […]
Introduction The speech this morning revolves around one fundamental question. It is a question that each one of you must face honestly and personally. I say honestly because each of you must reckon with the fact that you stand before the living God of heaven and earth. Do not in any way blow this question […]
While the words to “Oh Be Careful Little Eyes” are rather simple in nature, in light of the previous verses of this song, it is easy to see that this song contains some rather profound truths, which we would all be wise to live by. Sadly, some things are more easily said than done; even […]
Young reader, as God’s child, what do you seek in the way of entertainment? What amuses you in your leisure time? Let’s briefly consider what type of entertainment you should seek as you desire to live according to God’s will. When you ask your parents’ permission to do something or go somewhere, and their answer […]
Most of our readers have heard of Augustine (354-430 AD) at some point in their lives. Perhaps your knowledge of him is rather scanty or dim. If you know anything at all about him, it is likely that you have read parts or the whole of his work The Confessions of Saint Augustine. This work […]
When Christians want to know about how they may please God in a certain area of life, there are two places they can go for guidance—the moral law and the life of Christ. Despite what we might initially think, those two sources have much to say on the subject of recreation. All areas of our […]
Without giving overwhelming negatives or a long list of rules, Rev. Spriensma gives four basic principles for entertainment in the young person’s life. As we explore the theme “spiritual youth in a carnal world,” we will look at the areas of entertainment, work, and sex. Perhaps you ask in your mind: What does that have […]
As pointed out in a previous article, Young People, Satan sends forth the wind of false doctrines to keep us from seeking the Kingdom of Heaven and its righteousness. Doing that, he strives to make us drift off the path that brings us to the channel through which we enter that kingdom. But there is […]
Fellow youth in Christ. I have been asked to write on the last part of Question and Answer 105, Lord’s Day 40. ”Also that I hurt not myself, nor willfully expose myself to any danger.” This part of question and answer 105 is under the sixth commandment in the law of God; “Thou shalt not […]
II Timothy 3:1-5 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more […]