“But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off arc made nigh in the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition, having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create […]
“Tomorrow morning, early we must go, before the very heavy rains come; the monsoon is ready to break within a few days,” said my husband as he stepped into the room from the front portico. “Remember how I was stalled in the upcountry floods, between two paddy fields, during the last monsoon?” My husband had just […]
Wants to Know How to Make and Keep Friends QUESTION: Will you recommend a book on friendship and courtship? I am in my late teens and have trouble making and keeping friends. Boys date me once or twice and that is the end of it. Sometimes I feel like giving up. I have been a student of […]
FIRST INSTALLMENT* By the theory of evolution men attempt to explain not only the development of the universe, with all that it contains, including organic life and man, but also the origin of all things. Interest in this subject may be said to have been more or less dormant among us for some years or […]
Do you believe that manual training is an essential factor in the education of our children? Then you will agree with the stand of the Christian educator who wrote this article. For a first-hand account of the story behind North Central Association’s dropping of Holland Christian High School from its list of accredited schools read Wilma […]
The Answer of the Social Gospel When the “Social Gospel” first made its appearance in theological circles, the true church heard it, repudiated it, and branded it plainly as liberalism. But today this social Gospel is having an influence on Christian ethics in an alarming way. This is mainly because we live at a time when all […]
Before you lies a Bible. Follow your leader as he reads to you Psalm 116:1–9; then Psalm 73:23–25. 1. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A LIFE IN THREE TENSES The author of Psalm 116 was reliving the past. He had been in peril of losing his life. He says: “The cords of death compassed me, And […]
WITH EMPHASIS ON THE QUESTION: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEATH FOR THE BELIEVER? Read Psalm 39:4–7; Psalm 23:4 1. ITS UNIVERSALITY AND CERTAINTY “Jehovah…let me know how frail I am…Surely every man is mere breath…He heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.” How very true, these words of Psalm 39. And you may […]
WHAT IS IT? Read Psalm 103 1. THE GREAT RIDDLE What is that which in a sense has nothing, yet is more precious than the whole world? That which is larger than the sky and deeper than the ocean, yet has never been seen? That which is able to assert itself most vigorously in the […]
Read John 11:17–26 1. THE QUESTION DEFINED The question at this point is not, “Will the dead live again?” There are those who believe that the dead will indeed live again but deny that the soul survives death! To be sure, this is a strange theory, but it is held by some people. Neither is the […]