Editorial November/December 1999 Volume 34, Number 6 Awareness of the impending computer glitch, when computers might shut down because they don’t know how to calculate the year 2000–is becoming increasingly noticeable as more and more people talk about stockpiling food and water and the basic staples of life. While the apocalypse may not materialize...
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Editorial September/October, 1999 Volume 34, Number 5 The capital punishment debate continues. When dealing with the issue, the media often focuses on cases involving heinous crimes, and as a result, the debates can be very emotional. Humanitarians of whatever.faith (or of no faith) argue that capital punishment has no place in an enlightened society....
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Editorial May/June, 1999 Volume 34, Number 3 Several years ago we published an article entitled, “Whatever Happened to Hell?” The current issue will focus on the theme, “What Will Heaven Be Like?” Craig Alan Myers speaks about the faithful church here in this world, and then about rewards in the world to come. People...
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Editorial March/April, 1999 Volume 34, Number 2 It is necessary to be reminded again of basic New Testament teaching for the Christian. The Sermon on the Mount is not rigid law, but rather is a description of the believer’s life in following Jesus Christ. The Sermon is for Christians, not pagans. “Our Lord never...
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Editorial January/February, 1999 Volume 34, Number 1 After having served at a number of Church of the Brethren National Youth Conferences, I had concluded that it was time for a younger person to replace me as a representative of the BRF point of view. But when the invitation came to lead the morning devotions...
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Editorial November/December, 1998 Volume 33, Number 6 As we approach the Thanksgiving and Christmas season–the singing of hymns of praise (at Thanksgiving) and the singing of carols celebrating Christ’s birth (at Christmas)–remind us of the importance of music in a broader sense. One of the beautiful things which God created is music, but like...
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Editorial September/October, 1998 Volume 33, Number 5 Euthanasia is a term we hear more frequently today. The word is derived from two Greek words–one meaning “well” and the other meaning “death” — and so the word “euthanasia” has come to mean “an easy or painless death.” In current usage, euthanasia refers to the practice...
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Editorial July/August, 1998 Volume 33, Number 4 When we read the book of Philippians, we get the impression that on the whole, a spirit of unity seemed to characterize the church in that city. The problems in the church at Philippi seem to be minor. The book describes joyous Christian experience. The key verse...
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Editorial May/June, 1998 Volume 33, Number 3 In 1989, Annual Conference approved a missions theology and guidelines paper which encouraged us to missions, and reminded us that the Church of the Brethren is to be a “global church.” A query came before the 1990 Annual Conference in Milwaukee, asking the Church of the Brethren...
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Editorial March/April, 1998 Volume 33, Number 2 The theme for the 1998 Church of the Brethren Annual Conference centers around the word “faithfulness.” Faithfulness implies a loyal devotion to one’s duty and an undeviating allegiance to a cause. As a disciple of Christ, we have entered into a covenant with God and confessed our...
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