Editor’s Note

Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch humanist and scholar who lived in the late 15th and early 16th century. In 1509 he wrote a satirical piece called In Praise of Folly. Although he made a better satirist than a theologian, in this work he rightfully exposed and ridiculed the excesses of the Roman Catholic Church. In the editorial, I have attempted to set forth wisdom as the proper course for God’s children as opposed to folly, which leads to pain, trouble, and destruction. Beacon Lights is written...