I was born in 1942 in Wyoming, Michigan. My parents are George Bekkering and Julia Woodruff. My parents are divorced and are both remarried. I lived in Byron Center, Michigan until I was eight years old at which time my family moved to Howard City, Michigan, where I lived for the next ten years. During […]

I. Introduction A. Have you ever heard of Dispensationalism, the Rapture or The Thousand Year Reign of Christ in Jerusalem?  These are concepts that are part of the Dispensational Pre-millennialism that we are going to deal with. B. Even if you don’t know much about pre-millennialism that does not mean that this error is far […]

This is a rather sober lesson in the life of David. We see David, that great man of God, staggering under the heavy hand of God’s chastisement because of his own sin. Yet we see in David the grace of God in Christ Jesus. The beauty of grace is humility and submission to God’s way. […]

I. Introduction A.  Godly young people must be careful and serious in all of their life. 1. This is true especially in dating and marriage. 2. Dating is serious because it is the usual means that one uses to find the right wife or husband. B. This subject is a good one for our Convention. […]

Larry was a Christian. He was a junior at the Christian high school supported by his church. Larry had a part time job at a hardware store so he could have some spending money and so that he could help pay part of his tuition. Larry had worked at the hardware store for about a […]

I.   The Importance of Friends. A.  God has created us in such a way that we need friends. 1.  Friendship is a reflection of the covenant relationship of God. a.  Within Himself God enjoys the bond of perfect friendship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. b.  God’s people enjoy the bond of God’s friendship […]

We live in a day of easy “how to’s”: how to do this and how to do that. But we often find that the things that are presented as easy either are not, or that they are not worth doing. Nothing good comes easy. Satan’s lie is always — the easy way or short cuts. […]

The passage that I want to call your attention to is found in Luke 21:34-36. “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them […]

Would you please take time to answer the following questions?   What make of car or truck do you think is best? What is your opinion on teen age drinking? Do you prefer urban or rural living? Does the janitor of your church do a good job? What political party do you think is best? […]

Soon it will be Christmas and we are already in the midst of the rush to buy gifts for everyone. Stop with me and let us consider this subject for a while. Do you have a problem with our custom of gift giving? Now I do not mean the problem of not knowing what to […]