Patricia Boyle | July/August 2023 Issue
One day while working at Geneva College (1997–2000), I stopped in the bookstore and bought What Is So Amazing about Grace? by Philip Yancey. Reading ...
Quinter, Kan., RPC Matthew Sexton, pastor Our congregation in northwest Kansas recently honored deacon Sam I. Chestnut, who served for 56 years. He ...
Louise Turmenne | July/August 2023 Issue
Since 2008, the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) has honored 16 people with the Faithful Servant Award. The annual award recognizes ...
“Spiritual abuse is when a spiritual leader…wields his position of spiritual authority in such a way that he manipulates, domineers, bullies, and ...
Ryan Hemphill | July/August 2023 Issue
Introduction Years ago, four friends and I decided to skydive for our 21st birthdays. I heard from others more than once, “Why would you jump ...
Jeff Stivason | July/August 2023 Issue
Often people associate the book of 2 Thessalonians with some aspect of the second coming of Christ, and they should. The opening chapter contains a ...
Nathaniel Pockras | July/August 2023 Issue
This year is the 225th anniversary of the refounding of the Reformed Presbytery in America. Arguably that event more than any other marks the founding ...
Noah Bailey and Pete Smith | July/August 2023 Issue
You likely know the Reformed Presbyterian Church has a particular understanding of the public worship of God. You might also know the church has a ...
Shawn Anderson | July/August 2023 Issue
The doctrine of providence is a central thread weaving through the fabric of the Scriptures. This belief asserts that God ceaselessly sustains and ...
C. Lee Hutchings | July/August 2023 Issue
Every family knows to some extent the pain and reality of conflict. However, the children of the patriarch Isaac and Rebekah not only started a family ...
Theodora Brown | July/August 2023 Issue
Prayer is one of the most special privileges we have as Christians. Because of Christ’s sacrifice, we are allowed to talk to the Creator of the ...
Heather H. | July/August 2023 Issue
Things have been crazy this year, but in the best possible ways. It’s May as I type this, and, so far this year, RP Global Missions board members ...
Evelyn Kruis | July/August 2023 Issue
Ken Smith is a man who knows Jesus personally and deeply; and, if you ever get an opportunity to hear him pray, you will know this truth for yourself. ...
Drew Poplin | July/August 2023 Issue
The judicious reader may appreciate the irony that the beauty of poetry is here defended with the logic of prose. But, just as an awe-inspiring ...
Harry Metzger | July/August 2023 Issue
To borrow from the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” When, on ...
Drew Gordon and Brad Johnston | July/August 2023 Issue
The week’s morning devotional services were on “Rejoicing in Christ’s Resurrection” from 1 Corinthians 15. Pastor Pete Smith of Covenant ...
Michael Howarth | July/August 2023 Issue
Location: East Providence, R.I. Presbytery: Atlantic Organization: 2000 Membership: 49 communicant; 21 baptized Pastor: Daniel Howe Website: ...
Drew Gordon | July/August 2023 Issue
It’s dangerous to daydream at Synod. If you miss a sentence here or there, you can lose track of the flow of discussion or even be thinking of the ...
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 ...