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Latest Issue Preview for May 2020

Life on a Mission Field

According to God’s good pleasure, he has placed each of his elect saints in different circumstances in life, and as the children of a missionary, we have been given the opportunity to experience living among another nationality in another country from which God also gathers his elect people... [read full article] // Author: Irene & Rosalyn Smit

 

Latest Issue Preview for July 2019

A Feast Unlike Any Other

... It’s the finality of death that is so scary. It means the end of so many things: no more fishing, bike rides, or birthday cakes. No more working in the yard on Saturday or playing catch behind the house. Mom or Dad will not be there for your wedding, or to see your first baby get baptized.

We think to ourselves: it shouldn’t be this way. This is too hard, too painful.

But it is this way—death is a reality for some now, but for all of us someday.

You may still ask, however, why? Is all of this pain and suffering really necessary? Can’t there be an easier way? [read full article] // Author: 

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

You might have heard in history class of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. You might know that he was a brilliant Civil War general. But did you know that he loved God? Did you know that he sought to keep the sabbath day holy in thankfulness for his salvation? On Sundays during the war, he worshipped with his men, inviting local pastors to preach to them. Regarding what he did after the services, one historian says, “No place existed in his Sunday schedule for labor, newspapers, or secular conversation.” He had so much he could be doing as a top general in the Civil War, but he wanted to think about Jesus on Sunday. Do we have the same view of the sabbath day? [read full article] // Author: 

Latest Issue Preview for June 2019

The Issue at Hand

Young person, have you ever been very ashamed of yourself for something you did? ... Have you ever buried your head in your pillow at night and cried, and knew you should pray, say something!, but you just couldn’t? “I am going to try to say something to the one who knows everything that I’ve done” ... You feel alone. Who could you ever go to for help with this? You feel alone, but you aren’t. You are united to Jesus Christ, and he is closer to you than anyone else ever could be. [read full article] // Author: 

United to Christ: The Believer’s New Identity

... the question that you as a Christian young person who is united to Christ need to face is not simply, “Who am I?” Chasing this question will send you down the path to an empty, vain life. Who you are, simply in yourself is nothing. For example, who you are is not related to the things you have or do not have. Maybe you are rich. Maybe you have many friends. Maybe you are very smart. None of these things matter if you are not in Christ. The Christian does not put his trust in his things or his abilities. Rather, the Christian puts all of his confidence in Christ because he is in Christ.

Instead of asking yourself, “Who am I?”, ask yourself, “Who am I in Christ?” If you make the confession that you are “in Christ,” then you must identify yourself with Christ and not the foolishness with which the world invites you to identify. [read full article] // Author: