Roughly 100 of them stared back at us in that old, hot chapel at the Indiana State Prison. Their faces each told a story, a sobering story that was a mystery to the beholders. The thought crossed my mind as I looked out over the crowd, “How many of these faces were the last thing […]
There is nothing more beautiful in the whole world than the grace of God. God’s grace! Grace that takes hold of a man, a man who is dead in sin, and revives him; grace that takes the spiritually deformed and refashions him in image of Jesus Christ; grace that takes an ugly sinner and beautifies […]
December 25, 1933 Dear Diary, It is Christmas today. Pa and Ma gave me this diary. I was surprised. I didn’t think there would be any gifts this year. Pa has little work. Hardly anyone in the city has work. Pa had some socks that Ma couldn’t mend anymore. Martha got a doll made out […]
* Reprinted from the Standard Bearer, vol. 47, pp. 255- 257. They were neighbors. In fact, they had lived next door to each other for over forty years. It could be said that they got along quite well, even during those years when the children did the usual damage to lawns and gardens—and to an […]
Today the sun may never shine. Today the clouds may darken the sky; But I’ve learned that this day is not really mine, And that I’ve no reason to ask God why. For life brings trials and hardships and tears But with it comes joy and blessed peace. If there’s one thing I’ve learned […]
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. I would like to share with you how the grace of God can redeem a lost soul. A man I know was a fitness instructor working in a large health club in Indiana. He was raised Roman […]
“And…put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him.” (Colossians 3:10) God created man as a mold which His image alone could fill. Man, distinct from the animals, by virtue of his creation, is adapted to be an image bearer. Man’s rational moral nature makes him […]
The truth of salvation by grace alone is central to the understanding of Scriptural doctrine. Our churches adhere to this principle, and do not skimp in teaching it from the pulpit, in Sunday School, catechism, bible study groups, and Young Peoples’ groups. The Georgetown Young People were given the opportunity to visit Houston in order […]
There are differences between the Church of God and the world, which can be seen as believers walk the antithetical life here on the earth. More specifically, we as Protestant Reformed youth see many differences between us and the church world as a whole. There are distinctions taking the form of doctrines and also distinctions […]
What I intend to bring out in this article is the fruit of a couple of discussions we had in the last year or two in the Redlands Y.P. Society. The question simply stated in straight-forward terms was, how do we explain to people what we believe? What should we tell people, especially young people […]