Vol 18 Issue 18

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Average Homemaker! I am the Daily Newspaper, and have come to show something of personal interest to you. If you will allow me to step in, I will show you that, for a nominal cost, I will bring to your door each day all the information on the latest murders and thefts, broken homes and lives, accidents and catastrophes that will make your hair stand up straight with fright. In addition, I will promise to keep you informed on all the gossip and slander, vice and debauchery the people around you are committing. I will...

The difficulty of training children is well-nigh proverbial. To this task perhaps more than to any other the telling Dutch proverb is often applied: “The best skippers are those looking on from shore.” And we have perhaps heard the moral story of the man who went to his neighbor, the father of twelve, with a complaint that he could not manage his child and would like some advice. “Oh, but you are at the wrong address,” said the well-blessed parent. “I recommend to you the neighbor across the street.” “But”, said the searcher for advice, “that man has no children...

Every now and then the charge is heard that the leaders in the church ignore the difficulties of the workingman by doing little or nothing to help him solve his peculiar problems in the sphere of labor and industry. At best, so it is said, the influence of the leaders is negative. The worldly unions are criticized by some and condemned by others, the existing Christian Labor Association has either failed to gain their support or has been subjected to their criticism. And all in all, the workingman still faces his problems alone. How much is true of these charges...

In the light of these observations certain perplexing passages in the book of Exodus take on meaning for us. One such passage is the promise which God made to Moses shortly after the arrival of the people of Israel in the wilderness, and which reads in part, “Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him and obey his voice. . . .” (Ex. 23:20-23). This announcement should not cause us to look forward to the appearance in subsequent chapters of a creature-angel...

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Eph. 2:8 For! Let us not overlook this little but significant word! For by grace are ye saved! The conjunction presents the truth here expressed as a reason for something else, an explanation of something that has been mentioned-in the context. It informs us of the fact that this statement does not stand alone, that is not an isolated truth, which one can accept or not accept without much effect for the rest of the contents of his faith; which one...

But the Catechism in this tenth question and answer denies that there is such a principal distinction between God’s attitude toward the wicked in time and in eternity. God does not change. He is not gracious to the wicked in this world, in order to become filled with wrath against him in the next. His wrath is an ever present reality. His just judgment is executed constantly. God cannot wink at sin even for a moment. He punishes all unrighteousness in perfect justice in time as well as in eternity. God’s wrath is even in the prosperity of the wicked....