Brad Johnston | March 05, 2021
Cherishing those who are developmentally or physically disabled is a critical mission of the church. In some circles we use related terms like ...
Krista K. | March/April 2021 Issue
Bowie, Maryland I threw myself onto my bed and burst into tears. My dad had just announced that we would be moving to Papua New Guinea (PNG), a ...
Bill Roberts | March/April 2021 Issue
In Galatians 5:22-23 we are told that “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and ...
Russ Pulliam | March/April 2021 Issue
Reformed Presbyterians are often taught to think kingdom. The church, from its Scottish roots, has emphasized the doctrine of Christ’s kingship as ...
First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham began when the current pastor, Kent Butterfield, queried the Southern Church Extension Committee of the ...
Why does our modern military have combat helicopters named for the Comanche, Apache, and Kiowa? Who were they to be thus honored? They ...
Caleb McCracken | March/April 2021 Issue
In 1921, a member of the Geneva College Board of Trustees wrote a report to the Reformed Presbyterian Synod that included the news that an engineering ...
Andrew Stewart | March/April 2021 Issue
The psalmist exclaimed, “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” It was no mean task to bring together the warring ...
Drew Gordon | March/April 2021 Issue
If you’re around long enough, people assume you’ve always been there, like the woodwork. That’s true for me and the Reformed Presbyterian ...
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Nathaniel Pockras | March/April 2021 Issue
Editor’s note: Whether you are new to the Reformed Presbyterian Church or a lifetime member, we hope this new column engages you with its brief look ...
James Faris and Noah Bailey | March/April 2021 Issue
During the benediction, should we look at the pastor or should we bow our heads and close our eyes? Good question! It is a scene we know: public ...
Kyle Borg | March/April 2021 Issue
The English Puritan Thomas Doolittle once complained that too many in the church listen to sermons like riddles—with little understanding and a lot ...
Anna Eshelman | March/April 2021 Issue
For over a decade, many Pacific Coast Presbytery youth have looked forward to the annual, end-of-year PacPres Youth Conference. It’s always a time ...
The congregation has benefited from the preaching of our pastor, Charles Brown, as well as from Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary student Ian ...
A concerning issue with the article “The Christian and the COVID Vaccine” (Jan./Feb. 2021) is the polarizing nature of it, especially in a time of ...
Kyle Borg | March/April 2021 Issue
On Apr. 23, 1994, I woke up before the sun. It was Saturday morning, which meant it was the one day of the week I got to tag along with my dad on his ...
The only congregation of the RPCNA in the state of Wyoming is in Laramie, a small city sprawled across a broad valley along Interstate 80 where the ...
Though unfamiliar to some, since at least Augustine it’s commonplace to speak of man’s fourfold state: the state of innocency, the state of ...
Having grown up in the midst of war-torn Iran and in a strictly Muslim family, at age nine Naghmeh Panahi nonetheless heard the Word of God and ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...