Esau and Common Grace

The Rev. J. K. Van Baalen's task is to explain for the benefit of the Sunday School of the Christian Reformed Churches the Sunday School lesson. His expo­sitions appear in The Banner. His comment on the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau (The Banner, Vol. 67, p. 465) reads: "2. And now the miracle of grace occurs. Esau replies to all the humble bowings, and the 'my lord' of Jacob with a good-natured 'my brother'; he laughs the idea out of court that he should accept all those pres­ents. He...