Editor's Note: What follows is from an early issue of Christianity Magazine (Volume 3, #4, for April 1986). It was prepared and edited by Ed himself, and includes more about his younger days on the farm – and his own reflections on his old age and death.

So, from more than a third of a century ago, listen and profit! “Through his faith, though he died, he still speaks” (Hebrews 11:4b, ESV). -- GCK

In recent years, the most bone-chilling, foreboding thought tightly caged in the back of my mind has had to do not with nuclear war or heart attacks,…

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After a few weeks study at St. John's University and Abbey, I am impressed by the perceptive Roman Catholic analysis of the weaknesses of Protestantism. They insist that Protestants are pressed between two unacceptable extremes. One extreme grows out of the assumption that man has an individual obligation…

When the twelve spies returned from scouting the Promised Land, they were (unevenly) divided in their outlook. Ten saw the strength of Canaan’s people and said, “We are not able to go up…” Two had faith in God’s promise and said, “We should by all means go up…” (Numbers 13). To put it simply, Joshua and Caleb were winners; the other spies were whiners. And sadly, because Israel paid more attention to the whiners, a whole generation missed out on the promise.

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As Israel prepared to enter Canaan, some of the tribes decided they wanted to settle in the territory east of the Jordan. God permitted this only if they helped the other tribes in the conquest of the entire land. If they did not keep that commitment, Moses warned them, “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).

“Be sure your sin will find you out.” That’s a warning we should all take seriously.

Your sin will find you out…in spite of time. “Because the sentence against an…