From the headquarters of Sword and Shield in the wintry Midwest comes this February edition of the magazine. The arrival of Sword and Shield remains the best reason that I can think of to keep the mailbox propped up all winter after the snowplow blasts it off its post. And I hear that the magazine’s arrival each month is still an exciting event in many households, even a good two and a half years into publication and even if a winter issue occasionally arrives cold and damp and with one corner encrusted in snow. So pull off your mittens, pull on some slippers, and settle in for the February issue. And for those who are minded to burn the magazine instead of reading it, remember to dry it out first.

In this issue there is a wide selection of writers to choose from. The regular rubrics of two editors are in their usual places, while the third editor plans to continue his series in the March issue. Mrs. Connie Meyer continues her excellent series on the law-gospel distinction as it applies to Christian education. Mr. Elijah Roberts addresses brotherly instruction and warning to those Reformed Protestant sympathizers and friends who nevertheless remain members in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Also in this issue are edifying and instructive articles by two Reformed Protestant seminarians, Mr. Tyler Ophoff and Mr. Garrett Varner.

May God speed the truths written herein to your heart and the next issue into your hands.