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Fear of Failure

January 31, 2013

Viewpoint 

The secret to successful evangelism and outreach at your church is that there is no secret. We want there to be a secret, a special method, a unique ...



Forget Not all His Benefits

January 31, 2013

Testimonies 

Growing up in the Methodist church, I heard and believed the gospel, yet I chose to live my life as if I didn’t. After college, I moved to Kansas ...


Songs of the Covenant: Accused

Ian Wise | January 31, 2013

Psalm of the Month 

After he had served Northampton Church for 24 years, the congregation voted to dismiss Jonathan Edwards from his ministry among them. He had endured ...


Wake Up!

Dennis J. Prutow | January 31, 2013

Learn & Live 

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. On Jan. 22, 1973, the court legalized abortion in America. Since ...


Tri-Lakes Church Plant

January 31, 2013

Agency Features /  Home Missions 

Two years ago, Springs (Colorado Springs, Colo.) RPC issued a call to me as associate pastor to labor in the gospel ministry. The main thrust of the ...



Book Reviews

January 31, 2013

Reviews 

Meet the Puritans—With a Guide to Modern Reprints, by Joel R. Beeke and Randall J. Pederson Reformation Heritage, 2006. Hardback, 898 pp., ...


In Memoriam, Edgar Clark Copeland

January 31, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Edgar Clark Copeland was born Aug. 10, 1915, on a farm near Idana, Clay County, Kansas, to Bernard Clark and Margaret Elizabeth (Ewing) Copeland. He ...


Scottish Conventicle

January 31, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Margaret Wilson was a fugitive by the time she was 18. Her crime? Worshiping freely in defiance of the king. On May 11, 1685, the Scotswoman was ...


Around the Church

January 31, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Ridgefield park, N.J., RPC J. Bruce Martin, pastor The congregation continued its involvement in the town’s annual Independence Day parade. On ...


Brief Notes for Jan./Feb. 2013

January 31, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Births Filson, Shane Alexander, Nov. 27, to Eric and Alissa Filson. Joins sister Allegra. (Second [Indianapolis, Ind.] RPC) Modro, Karolina Elise ...


A Page for Kids

January 31, 2013

Kids Page 

In the Westminster Shorter Catechism we learn that “Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will; in the name ...


Evangelism is a Team Effort

January 31, 2013

Theme Articles 

When it comes to a churchwide evangelistic strategy, I have always been guided and motivated by two principles. Part of the local church’s energies ...


Promoting Evangelism in Your Church

Harry Metzger | January 31, 2013

Theme Articles 

The book Out of the Salt Shaker and into the World begins with these words: “Christians and non-Christians have something in common: we’re both ...