Psalm 139:13-16 “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in […]
Ingredients: While many of these ingredients cannot be found in pure form in nature, they can be purchased quite reasonably at a good chemistry supply store. 97.5 lb pure oxygen Oxygen is a very abundant element on earth. About 21% of the atmosphere is oxygen, and about 49% of the weight of the earth’s crust […]
This article was written as a 1998 Scholarship essay. If our Christian education is not Scripturally based in every aspect, would we want this kind of education for our covenant children? Isn’t it true that Christian education is preparation for life for the covenant child? What, then, must be my duty as a future teacher […]
The huge machinery growled and shook as it ripped hungrily into the earth tearing out chunks of rock. The rock was crushed and loaded onto an endless string of rail cars that carried it toward a city and into an enormous building with rows of smokestacks billowing putrid smoke. Inside the building, conveyors hastened the […]
Many scientific theories and discoveries have come into existence in the past century. Incredibly advanced technologies such as cloning and the further advancement of evolutionary theory have recently become significantly entangled in the Christian life. Today’s church world has readily embraced these new ideas in an attempt to remain influential and popular with the new-agers […]
God is love. Our love for Him is a primary concern. Our relationship with the living God is awesome and important. But, it is very difficult. So God gave us a way to understand love. In His providential care and love, He did not place us alone in separate little pockets of the human population. […]
“In doubt and temptation, I rest, Lord, in Thee..” Few things have influenced society in the last 400 years more than science. Today our world revolves around scientific achievements and the resulting technology. This edition of the Beacon Lights was written on a digital computer (invented around 1940), printed on a Xerox copier (1960), and […]
This past July, planetary scientists watched excitedly as massive chunks of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the planet Jupiter. The tremendous explosions provided a fantastic display of power and energy, and the scientists busily gathered data to learn more about the distant planet. Many of us may not even have been aware of this event. […]
With so much discussion by the media and the academics, on the problems facing the natural world, it is good to look again at how God encourages His people to trust in Him. We hear of the effects of water and air pollution. You may have asked, do the holes in the ozone layer really […]
This article by Gary Vander Schaaf is the first in a series dealing with how Protestant Reformed Teachers present their subjects from a distinctive point of view. This series was introduced in the November issue. The foundation for science education in the Protestant Reformed schools is found in Genesis 1:28: […]