Many of the moral signs of the last perilous times are with us today, among which we may note false teachers, who are at once “deceivers and being deceived” (2 Tim. 3:13). While undermining the faith of the saints, they seem able to persuade themselves that they are building it up. Thus the higher critics, […]
In years past, most Protestant churches in the U.S.A. were fairly small, numbering one hundred to three hundred or less in their congregations, according to Time (August 5, 1991). But now a new phenomenon is taking place in the proliferation of superchurches or megachurches. There are now forty-three Protestant congregations which number five thousand or […]
The leaves of autumn teach us, that when our time to exit comes, we should do it aflame for God. During the time of the Reformation there were thousands of martyrdoms. Amidst this throng of worthies few displayed their colors as brilliantly as did Michael Sattler (1490-1527). He stands out as an unforgettable witness in […]
We have a growing reverence for the aged. It ever was and is a characteristic of Jewish religious life to honor the aged. It is a touching and beautiful sight to view one in the sunset of life, waiting at the brink of the river for the parting of the waves. The heart yet brave; […]
The middle-aged might complain with some justice that the Church makes no special provision for them. The lambs of the flock are well shepherded; the problems of youth we are never allowed to forget. Old age receives the consideration it deserves; but those who have reached middle life are largely left to their own resources, […]
In Mark 2, we see four men bearing a fifth to the Lord for help. Notice how they dealt with the obstacles they encountered on the way. Nothing deterred their resolute determination to accomplish their task, namely, to bring a needy soul to Christ. The very first wall was the crowd, the press. This would […]
There are no Methuselahs among men today. Even those who live the longest are junior to Jacob, who at the age of a hundred and thirty declared that his years had been few (Gen. 47:9). There are many, however, who in the language of the Bible, are “well stricken in years.” We can say with […]
I began life as a “throw away” child in an orphanage one cold, winter night, the 12th of February, 1944. It was in the stockyard town of South St. Paul, Minnesota. My “given” name was Leonard Allen Boe (aka. Leonard Allen Stenstrom). There are only unanswered questions to fill in the missing pieces of my […]
Individually, they would have been startling enough. But juxtaposed, as they were, on pages one and three of our daily newspaper made them absolutely shocking. The front page article couldn’t help but stir up joy in every Christian’s heart. “BELIEVERS?” asked the headline. With a dateline from Moscow, the piece began: “After more than 70 […]