By James E. Bordwine, taken from the December, 1991 issue of The Messenger.
Who could have guessed that a few lazy flakes would have turned into such a heavy snowfall? As Roger peered out the liv
Men's Ministries
Ho! Ho! What?
By Mike Rasmussen, taken from the December, 1991 issue of The Messenger.
Nick and Nelda (not their real names) resigned from Christmas. It had become, to them, a materialistic rodent race. No more decoration. No more buying or giving presents. What’s more, any presents sent to them will be sent back. Nick and Nelda have the right to dropkick Christmas traditions, God has not commanded us to observe Christmas. But, if we do, how should we observe it?
God likes events that help people to focus on Him. We learn this from the Old Testament. God commanded His people to observe three religious festi
Kidnapped! Survival In the Shadow of Death
By Debra Evans. It was night, August 19,1991. Leroy White pulled his van up to a neighborhood convenience store just as he had hundreds of times before. He quickly walked over to his wife Deborah and their fifteen-year-old son Jason, waiting for him by the gasoline pump. Minutes earlier, Leroy had arrived home from a committee meeting when the phone rang. It was Deborah asking him to bring some cash to the conve
There’s No Such Thing As An Ex-Grandparent
By Dr. Thomas Whiteman. “Mom…, tell Dad to pick up the other phone extension. I’ve got something I’ve got to tell you.” All over America, people are hear
Vacations: A Gift of Grace
By Glen Van Andel. In his well-known play Our Town, Thornton Wilder describes how Emily, a woman who died in childbirth, is allowed to return to earth to spend one day with her family. She chooses to do so on her twelfth birthday, fully expecting it to be a day filled with rich memories and happy experiences.
But as the play unfolds, Emily becomes more and more frustrated with her family’s lack of interest in and sensitivity to the impor
Tattered Tom Versus Snow White: Two Gospels
By James Sauer. In the latter half of the 19th Century, the American Unitarian cleric and author, Horatio Alger, penned over 120 books for boys. The various series-Ragged Dick, Luck and Pluck, and Tattered Tom-were optimistic sagas of young bootblacks and newspaper boys whose virtues and gumption allowed them to rise from their humble ori