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Archive | September, 2017

Maybe You See It, Maybe You Don’t

30. September 2017

There are a lot of invisible things in the visible church. When we think of a particular congregation, we might think about the impact of its key ...

Elders in the RPCNA

30. September 2017

As a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, you have likely considered the question, what does it mean to be Reformed Presbyter­ian? Perhaps the ...

Why Women Deacons?

30. September 2017

Two NAPARC denominations asked questions of the RPCNA’s Interchurch Committee regarding doctrinal differences, including the practice of women ...

Women Deacons in the RPCNA

30. September 2017

Updated 10/20/17 McKeesport, Pa., seems an unlikely location for an ecclesiastical revolution, but one occurred there in 1888. McKeesport is located ...

Henry Bullinger

30. September 2017

The name of the second-­generation Swiss Reformer Henry Bullinger (Zwingli’s successor in Zurich) is not nearly as well known today as that of ...

Evangelical RPC

29. September 2017

______________________________________________ While as a congregation we have our roots in Scottish Highlanders who came to Toronto many decades ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Reorder

29. September 2017

It is likely the psalmist recently returned to Jerusalem from Babylon, rejoicing to come home (Ps. 126) but feeling devastated by the sight of barren ...

Between Punk Rock and a Hard Place

29. September 2017

I purchased a music CD the summer I was 15. My world was changed, and my life set on a direction that I never would have imagined. The CD was a ...

Vintage Charm in a Land of Cowboys

29. September 2017

Vintage Cowboy Cottage (VCC) is a bed & breakfast (Airbnb style) we started in 2016. Stephanie has always wanted to have a B&B, and, because ...

Service Doesn’t Stop after Retirement

29. September 2017

Rich Johnston is retiring from the pastorate of Second (Indianapolis, Ind.) RPC. Yet, like a lot of retirees, he may be moving into a busier phase of ...

Mobilizing the Saints for Service

29. September 2017

Beware the barrenness of a busy life,” warned Socrates. The words of the ancient Greek philosopher ring as true in our generation as they did in ...

Christ Is Calling Us

29. September 2017

Most likely, you have heard and learned much as a group since you started here a few months ago. You’ve come to realize that we emphasize a number ...

Forty Hours and Focus

27. September 2017

Forty hours a week on a golf course may sound like fun to some people, but it is not always fun. It is forty hours of being out in the elements, ...