The human brain and human reasoning cannot fully comprehend the idea of something that has no end and no beginning. God in his three persons is eternal. The expanse of the universe is infinite, even though the mind of man says that there must be an end somewhere. The idea of eternal glory with God, […]

Dear Grandchildren: In this letter I am going to ask you to sit next to me, and we will think about some things of which we do not usually think. First, let us think of the Creation Story, and remember the first sentence, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth’’. We all […]

Once upon a time, there was a young man (there was a young woman also, but I am more familiar with the young man). He was the son of believers; he was baptized; he was raised in a Calvinistic church, which preached that the end of all things is the glory of God; every day, […]

The fire of Hell has been pictured for us in Scripture as ‘fire and brimstone’ and this figure has stood during the ages as the portion of the wicked who are hated by God. A tangible variety of this fire and brimstone has been experienced by many people who live in the vicinity of an […]

Question: “Is it proper for the minister to take communion at both services?  If so, why do not the elders do this also?” Answer: We should consider that there is no rule which tells us that we may not celebrate communion every Sabbath or every time we worship.  The number of times we celebrate communion […]

Among the curse words which are so abundant especially in this day and age one which has “enjoyed” perhaps the most popularity and which apparently lends itself to such a multitude of occasions and circumstances is the word “Hell”.  And, unless you are virtually cloistered in your home and never contact the husk which surrounds […]