Some of the most difficult problems faced by medical practitioners today are not strictly medical but ethical. For example, when–if ever–is it right to withhold medical treatment of a terminally ill patient, or even to prescribe medication that will hasten death and thus relieve the pain and distress the patient has endured for “long enough”? […]
Aimee Allison, 22, is a recent Stanford graduate who has applied for a conscientious objector (CO) discharge from the military. Here is her account of her experience in training as recorded in The Plough, May-June, 1992. Bayonet training was one of the earlier things that really deeply disturbed me and set me thinking about the […]
Her father pronounced his surname “sinjun” because he felt it would be a proud thing to call himself “Saint John.” But when we read his life we wonder if any other man in his generation resembled the Apostle John as much. But I fear that the sweetness of that life and ministry will go unappreciated […]
Many a spiritual woman has endured less than adequate ministry in silence. If we agree with the silence of the women, make sure the message of the men is profitable. This was the burden of Paul, when writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to the Corinthians, commanding guidelines in public meetings. Here are […]
On Resurrection Sunday, this year, I was speaking with a beloved servant of the Lord, “What was the biggest need among the Lord’s people at the present time?” I asked. We spoke about the very encouraging crop of youth people in North America, the best I have seen in my lifetime. We discussed the need […]
The Scotland of today was at one time the poorest and most backward nation of Europe, bullied and bantered over by France and England. No one could appreciate the changes in Scotland, spiritually or otherwise without recognizing the Protestant Reformation in Scotland under John Knox, and no one can appreciate that Reformation without recognizing the […]
Genetic engineering is the technology of modifying the genes of an organism to bring about change. Scientists have done this in a sense for millennia through selective breeding to increase crops, create cows that would give more milk and so on. Indeed, Jacob did this more than thirty-five hundred years ago (Gen. 30:41-42). However, it […]
One of her sisters said, “She taught me how to love.” A co-worker at Rest Haven Homes said, “She demonstrated what true faith in God really was.” But as far as I was concerned, Grace taught me, well, grace. Grace J. Pell was co-founder of Gospel Folio Press and Rest Haven Homes in Grand Rapids. […]
Technically, I’m a one-aunt man. My father had one sister, Ellen, who was caught Home as a child, and my mother had only one sister, my dear Aunt Helen. Through the years she has borne more than her share of sorrow with the regal dignity of the King’s daughter that she is. Her countenance reflects […]