Banking in Jesus’ Stead
01. November 2010
Robert R. Lavelle was a Reformed Presbyterian in heart. The poverty-fighting Pittsburgh banker died at age 95 on July 4. He kept his membership in a ...
Archive | November, 2010
A Long-Term Commitment to Caring
01. November 2010
“There should be no poor among you. For in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, He will richly bless you” ...
Brief Notes: November 2010
01. November 2010
Births Hodson, Sophia Anne, Sept. 23, to Dale and JoAnne Hodson. She weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz., and was 20 ” long. (Orlando, Fla., RPC) Tumbry, Titus ...
Counting the Days
01. November 2010
Psalm 90 Psalm Category: Song of Lament Central Thought: Ponder your short life, that the Lord might give you a wise heart. I’m counting the ...
Having a Heavenly Congregational Meeting
01. November 2010
The annual business meetings of churches used to have a bad reputation. Many viewed these as a benign yet boring slog through boilerplate reports on ...
In Memoriam: Paul D. McElhinney
01. November 2010
Paul D. McElhinney died Mar. 15, 2010, at Mercy Hospital hospice in Iowa City, Iowa, having attained the age of 78 years, 9 months and 9 days. He was ...
Learning the Community Outreach Lifestyle
01. November 2010
As I drove through the urban blight of my hometown of Wilkinsburg on a midsummer day, I was overwhelmed. Our congregation had been reaching out to the ...
In Memoriam: David M. Carson
01. November 2010
David Melville Carson went to be with the Lord on Aug. 5, 2010, at the Reformed Presbyterian Home in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born Jan. 30, 1922, in ...
Newscan, Nov. 2010
01. November 2010
Conservatives Make Historic Gains In Congress The effects of Nov. 2’s conservative “tsunami” are still being analyzed. From the U.S. Congress ...
Practicing for Heaven
01. November 2010
I’ve probably sat through 100 congregational meetings in my life. Gordon Keddie’s article on that topic (p. 6) caused me to muse a while on ...
Prayer Calendat for December 2010
01. November 2010
Keep in prayer Southfield, Mich., RPC’s ministry to students at Lawrence Technological University. Uphold the young people of Minneola, Kan., RPC ...
Prayers Answered…and Dreams Realized!
01. November 2010
Memory Verse For the Lord is good, and His love endures forever; His faithfulness endures through all generations!—Psalm 100:5 Dear ...
The Implications of Adultery
01. November 2010
On the positive side of the seventh commandment, God requires sexual relations within marriage. “The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and ...