Around the Church June 2002
10. June 2002
Synod of Greek Evangelical Church in Cyprus Holds Historic Meeting A quarter of a century ago, the last RPCNA missionaries left Cyprus. They said ...
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A Good Hiding Place
10. June 2002
Don’t you love to find a good hiding place? There is a house in Holland with a place you could hide and never be found! The house is very old. ...
No More Sea: The Geography of Glory
03. June 2002
What is heaven like? In cartoons and TV ads, it is usually a very old and ethereal place. If it has any land, it looks a bit like the North Pole—all ...
A Soldier’s Calling
03. June 2002
You’re one sick puppy. How did you become a Covenanter pastor?” The tired old stewardess opened the decrepit airliner’s cabin door. ...
Memories of War
03. June 2002
I remember playing on the rug as Walter Cronkite or some other newscaster droned through the daily casualty report: 13 killed and 35 wounded today…9 ...
Getting There is Almost Half the Fun
03. June 2002
Now that all my kids are past the preschool years, they no longer ask, “Are we there yet?” nor do they cry uncontrollably to get out of ...
Ministering to Cush
03. June 2002
“Cush will submit to God” (Ps. 68:31). The ancient people of Cush (Kush), at times called Ethiopia, once stretched out their hands in worship ...
A Tale of Two Camps
03. June 2002
Wheeler Mission is an inner-city mission in Indianapolis, Ind. Every summer the mission holds camps 45 minutes south of Indianapolis, at Camp Hunt, ...
Participating in Communion
03. June 2002
In past columns, we’ve discussed the fact that God’s people assembled for worship are a piece of heaven. As a worshiping assembly, we are ...
As the Gate Swings
03. June 2002
With the increase in summer activity, my father decided that his two-year-old grandson needed a gate to enclose the backyard deck. The deck was a ...