Vol 80 Issue 07

Rev. Slopsema is pastor of First Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. Psalm 146:3-5 The beginning of a new year is an occasion to look forward. From a purely human point of view, the future is very uncertain. We are at war in Afghanistan and...