Has it ever struck you how often our New Year’s resolutions mirror those made by the world? “I am going to eat healthy and lose weight this year!” “This year I am going to commit to exercising at least three times a week!” There are things we commit to doing and any number of things […]
“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.” Titus 2:6 Sobriety of mind is a virtue that the Scripture exhorts upon all believers. In the book of Titus the Scriptures say, to young and old, to office bearer and layman, to male and female, “be sober minded.” Titus 1:8 says that a bishop must be […]
On the outside, New Year’s Day is just like any other day. Why then do we celebrate it? For many, it is just an excuse for a day off work, and for the majority of the world around us, New Year’s is an excuse to party and drink excessively, but for others like us, it […]
Happy new year” from the Beacon Lights staff to our readers in Christ. We do not merely wish and desire your happiness, but on the basis of God’s covenant faithfulness we are assured that you will have a happy new year. Though jobs be taken away, fields be barren, health wither, money dwindle, or friends depart we hesitate not to say […]
“Happy New Year” from the Beacon Lights staff to our readers in Christ. We do not merely wish and desire your happiness, but on the basis of God’s covenant faithfulness we are assured that you will have a happy new year. Though jobs be taken away, fields be barren, health wither, money dwindle, or friends […]
“Happy New Year!” ring the words So glibly from our lips. “Have a good day!”— “Have a good year!” Do we mean those quips? I suppose that in our minds We wish the brother well, Hoping that in peace and safety He this year may dwell. And […]
It’s that time again! Time for those traditional New Year’s Resolutions! We get a new start, a clean slate, a fresh beginning! This year we’re going to do things right! Now is the time when we resolve how we will live our lives in the coming year. These resolutions may range from quitting smoking, drinking […]
“The LORD is my shepherd I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Yes, another year has become history, never to return. The pages of the time-space of three hundred sixty-five days are written full. Seemingly man wrote these pages, but really it was the work of the firm and guiding hand of our Father in heaven; […]
As another New Year has begun, we reflect on the past year, and wonder about the New Year ahead. For some, depending on their view of life, the past year was termed “progress.” Others are happy to be rid of the old year because of past frustrations. We must understand that the New Year will […]
Happy New Year! Those three words we spoke to many people at the beginning of this new year and rightly so. After all, it is another year, 1979, and we certainly want that year to be a happy one for those we love. Yet, you know that the world around us says the same thing […]