When our December issues of the Beacon Lights came in the mail, I handed a copy to one of my sons. A little later, he asked if I agreed with the second to last paragraph of “Augustine on Sex and Marriage” by Mr. Spencer, found on pages 21 & 22. After reading it, I explained […]
This has really happened to a young Christian woman, who was born in The Netherlands, but lives in New Zealand. One afternoon she went to her local general practitioner and during the consultation he said to her, “Nelly, I am not quite happy with what I have seen so far… I don’t want to upset […]
Last month, we looked at the false views concerning the place of women in the Church, and saw that the basic assertion is that it is not, nor ever was, God’s will that woman be in submission. We now continue by looking at the Reformed position. The true Reformed position holds the headship of the […]
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Gen. 2:7 On the sixth day of the creation week God brought forth the highest of all the earthly creatures, and apex of the earthly creation, MAN. Just […]
Dear Monica Ruth, Early this afternoon, your father and I were still unaware that you would be born yet today. We thought your father could easily meet all his goals for today: copy his secretary’s minutes for school board; treat a group of feeder pigs with flu shots; spend an hour hunting with your oldest […]
Think about it. When we send out a missionary, do we bid him farewell with the words, “Now be careful not to get too many converts. If you start a church, limit its membership. Have only a few families . . . .”? We could, you know, with plausible-sounding arguments, have only a few members, […]
There are Christian young women, and sometimes older women, too, who at that point in their lives remain unmarried although many of their peers are either planning marriage or already married or sometimes already have children and are busy about the training of these children. Often the women in this unmarried state face a unique […]
Visit again the scene of a new birth. “A young husband and his wife, after all the exhausting hours of labor are finished, forget the pangs of childbirth in the wonder of viewing their new baby …. A real, living, breathing human person is this baby! Bone of our bones and flesh or our flesh. […]
The ages and ages of repetition cannot dull the beauty and excitement of the common scene. A young husband and his wife, after all the exhausting hours of labor are finished, forget the pangs of childbirth in the wonder of viewing their new baby. A “first” baby maybe holds the most charm and mystery and […]
Dear Rev. Houck: We are writing regarding your article entitled, “Hannah’s Prayer for Motherhood” found in the May issue of the Beacon Lights. We question the spiritual encouragement it has for those who are kept, by God’s will, from having children. We feel there is little comfort in this article for those who have been […]