Yes! With this one-word answer, public confession of faith is made. When this “yes” is declared by a young person standing in front of the congregation during a worship service, a vow is taken. A promise is made before God and the congregation. Promising to do something before God is worthy of serious consideration because […]
When you read the word “fasting,” what do you think? Maybe you think, “I have never given fasting much thought.” Or maybe you say fearfully, “How can I go without food for a day or longer?” In our food-loving society, fasting may seem almost impossible. But it is not. Let us be encouraged from scripture […]
What will be the best thing about heaven? I did not take a survey of the young people of our churches or of professing Christians. If I were to poll people from many different churches a plethora of answers would be given. Some might say the best thing about heaven will be seeing their husband, […]
Many of us flew to the convention, and for many of those who flew this was the first time that you remembered flying. If you sat in a window seat (or even if you did not), maybe you had the same experience I did—you wanted to look out the window because you do not have […]
What will our eternal home look like? Will we enter through pearly gates and walk on streets of gold? Will it be dazzlingly beautiful with the decoration of all kinds of shiny, precious stones? Some of the old hymns about heaven speak of the beauty of heaven in such terms. After all, we do read […]
During the last few months of my grandfather’s life, I distinctly remember that there was only one thing he really wanted to talk about. Before these last months he enjoyed talking about family trees, serving in the army during World War II, gardening, and the things going on in our lives. In the last months […]
Time is money. If you have a job, you understand what this means because you are probably paid by the hour. When you want to buy something, you may look at that purchase from the perspective of how long you must work to pay for it – an hour to buy a few Gatorades, six […]
Introduction Why do you pick out and buy the clothes that you wear? When you picked out a bathing suit this spring, why did you pick one and not another? Did you pick one because of how it makes your body look or because you were more concerned about modesty? Does the way you dress […]
We often have a tendency to think of Sunday activities as a list of do’s and don’ts instead of looking at the reasons why we should or should not do certain things. It is very easy for us to go through the motions on Sunday. Temptations surround us on every side. Some of us have […]
In the middle of the cows, pigs, corn, and manure of northwest Iowa lies the beautiful 45-acre campus of Dordt College. Dordt is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, a growing city of about 5000. Dordt has approximately 1100 students, some of whom have come from many different countries, such as Nigeria, The Netherlands, Canada, Honduras, […]