I thought of saying: “Drunken fool, You’re on the way to hell!” I thought to give him sharp rebuke A thing or two to tell; I thought I’d say: “Be just like me And all will then be well.” I thought I’d stand on pinnacle. A sermon to him preach; I’d tell that foolish fellow […]

Address delivered by Rev. B. Kok at the Young People’s Mass Meeting held at the Fuller Ave. Church, February 19, 1946. Summary by Alice Reitsma   Remans12:2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, […]

Yes, your slip is showing. Didn’t you notice it when you looked in the mirror? It’s been showing for quite some time and showing more and more every day. You hadn’t noticed it? Are you sure? Hasn’t anyone else told you? Your mother, father, brother or sister? Your pastor? Pastor? Yes! If you are one […]

To lift one’s pen or to raise one’s voice in the midst of a multitude of pens and voices and expect to be heard or even rightly understood appears to be a somewhat futile task. Especially if one chooses to utter thoughts which are contrary to the voice of the majority. (which by the way, […]

We have called your attention to the fact that during the Apostolic Age there was little doctrinal development in the church. The Apostles had spoken infallibly by the power of the Spirit Who was upon them, and their immediate successors, the Apostolic Fathers who were not infallibly guided, merely repeated their teachings with little attempt […]

From among the lowliest and most inconspicuous forms of plant life has come a preparation which has been instrumental in producing wonders in the field of medical science – a small organism found on decaying fruit, cheese, bread, or plant life. When this is observed by the average person, the spoiled food is immediately discarded, […]

Since assuming responsibility for this rebric there has always been some special occasion that invited our attention. We are now at liberty to study the subject as such and inquire, first of all, into some of its basic principles. The subject “Christian Living” is a broad one, broad as life itself, so broad that one […]

“Money”, including various types and their equivalent, was the topic of an article featured in the previous issue of Beacon Lights. We thought we would follow through this time and look at Uncle Sam and “Big Money” It does not seem to alarm people nowadays when they are informed that the National Debt of the […]

Dear Editor: I had always considered after you expressed yourself in Beacon Lights, to write on the matter of a Youth Center, but I was too busy at the time. When the original article appeared I did not form an opinion in my own mind, but I thought about the various things involved in such […]

Dear Fellows: It required considerable grace often, to keep your blood from boiling, when one considers the fact that you fellows were called away from home, went thru all the horrors of the terrible conflict that is just ended; when besides, one remembers all the beautiful talk of freedom for which we were supposed to […]