November 1997 Issue In last month’s issue, p. 6, the full text of the hymn stanza by Gerhardt Mueller for the Second Sunday in Advent reads: Behold, Daughter of Zion, Salvation now draws near; The Lord will speak His message That all may rightly hear. Grant us a heart with gladness, Shepherd of Israel, dear,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1997/12
The Angels #1 Biblical Characteristics Of Angels Have you noticed the recent interest in angels? There have been magazine articles, books, and a popular television series. We also see the fertile imagination of the writers who are involved. They depict the angels for the purpose of making an interesting story. So that we are not… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Exodus Chapters Thirty-two Through Forty and Numbers Chapters Six Through Twenty-one Idolatry And Rebellion: 40 Years Of Mercy “How could they have been so foolish!” I don’t know how many times this thought has crossed my mind as I’ve studied the Old Testament children of Israel. As I… Read More »Month Archive Read More
3. LUTHER AS TEACHER “From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” — 2 Timothy 3:15. Martin Luther was many things during his lifetime. He was a German peasant, a university student, an Augustinian monk, and a parish pastor.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Dear children, come and sing with me Of Bethlehem and King’s decree, And Joseph up from Galilee With Mary mild. When Caesar, king of high degree, Did move the world with one decree, There came One greater far than he: The LORD of all. In David’s town no place to stay, Except where cattle feed… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* LETTERS AND THE BIBLE READING GUIDE While the Spokesman does not have a “Letters to the Editor” column as such, rest assured that the editor does at times receive letters. Some of these letters react to and/or question the content of what appears in an editorial or another article; others express appreciation for what… Read More »Month Archive Read More
SAVED BY A CHILD On a personal level it is not easy. As we still are flesh and blood we daily are contending against ourselves as it were. The war between the old man and the new man is a wearying experience. We are still in the world. In the world we have had and… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Most people are already doing their Christmas shopping. Funny how even Christians get caught up in this. Spending many hundreds on their children and others in a frenzy of . . . giving? Lots of people don’t like it if you talk about it negatively. And they get upset if you talk about Christmas too… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? For many it just doesn’t seem like Christmas without at least a little snow. There is nothing quite like the calm and quiet which descends after a heavy snowfall. A fresh blanket of snow covers everything with dazzling white purity, and creates a sense of peace and well-being.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Wouldn’t a Christmas baby be just sooo precious?!” Parents who are expecting a child in December grow accustomed to hearing this. Certainly a Christmas birth is meaningful to Christian parents, as it should be also for that child. It should be, but for the child growing up with a birthday on or around Christmas, it… Read More »Month Archive Read More