The Wise Woman Abbie Kooienga If you know anything about the book of Proverbs, you know that the book has much to say about the kind of woman to avoid. Then we get to the woman of Proverbs 31. Here is a woman that any Christian girl should aspire to be, and any grown […]
A Woman of Many Names: Judges 4–5 Annica Kuiper For years now, she has listened for the Voice. Sometimes it came out of the whirlwind. Sometimes it came still and small. And sometimes it came with the thunderings of Sinai. In the beginning, it was a quiet Voice. Calling her to do quiet work—speaking, […]
Becoming a Biblically Literate Young Woman Abby VanSolkema Young ladies, how often do you study God’s word? How much time do you spend personally engaging with the actual text of the Bible? It is easy to come up with excuses for not prioritizing personal Bible study. Between work, school, church activities, family commitments, dating, […]
Issue at Hand, April 2020: Wake Up, O Daughter of Zion! Dawn Engelsma The master deceiver is waging war on you under the pretense of a whispered lullaby, a seductive and attractive tune. Can you hear it? Or have your spiritual senses become so dull that you can hardly make out his deadly chords? […]
Young Jon has lived with his parents for twenty-three years. He has been, on the whole, a son of whom they can be properly proud. He has obeyed his parents and matured to take his place in the church and society with sincerity. Now he is about to marry and set up his own Christian […]
One of modern day’s worst impacts on us as Christians is the teaching that emotions are a part of life all by themselves and that we aren’t responsible to control our emotions. Even the world is bit by bit starting to realize how faulty this idea is and to recognize that the way to help […]
Every so often there will be a parent who sends his child off to school with the admonition, “I don’t care what grade you get in reading or in math…but be sure you get an ‘A’ in Bible!” This is inconsistent training. This is what makes other parents react by saying that Bible need not […]
No man is an island.” Every human being is created with an innate need for fellowship. God has created us as covenant creatures with a need for friendship first of all with Himself and then with other people. The contacts we have with others we call our social life, whether those contacts be few or […]
Parents are called by God to train their children in the principles and practice of wisdom. Children must learn the wise way to walk in all areas of life. No area of life is exempt from this training. Money? It must be used wisely! Friendship? It must be formed wisely! School subjects? Labor? Your future […]
We had a sociology class when I was in college in which we spent much time belaboring the question of what is the chief characteristic (we called it mode) of the various institutions in society. Concerning marriage, for instance, what is its chief characteristic? Is it spiritual or biological or psychical or social or what? […]