Joyful Princes in God’s Kingdom

Last time our attention in this department was called to The Proper Weeping and Laughing. Now we do well to delve a bit more deeply into that proper laughing. The reason for this is that the child which our gracious God gave to Abraham and Sarah was called Isaac. And that name "Isaac" means "laughter." We must then also remember and emphasize the fact that our God gave him that name. Abraham and Sarah did not choose that name. Our God told them that his name must be Isaac (Gen. 17:19). Here...