Freed from a Lifelong Burden
26. July 2023
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 ...
Archive | July, 2023
Around the Church July 2023
26. July 2023
Quinter, Kan., RPC Matthew Sexton, pastor Our congregation in northwest Kansas recently honored deacon Sam I. Chestnut, who served for 56 years. He ...
Rev. James C. Pennington
26. July 2023
Since 2008, the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) has honored 16 people with the Faithful Servant Award. The annual award recognizes ...
Leaders, the Good and the Bad
26. July 2023
“Spiritual abuse is when a spiritual leader…wields his position of spiritual authority in such a way that he manipulates, domineers, bullies, and ...
Not Where Christ Has Already Been Named
26. July 2023
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 ...
A Model of Prayer
26. July 2023
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 ...
Our 225th Birthday
26. July 2023
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 ...
Do I Need to Know the Church’s Constitution?
26. July 2023
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 ...
The Unseen Hand of God’s Providence
26. July 2023
The doctrine of providence is a central thread weaving through the fabric of the Scriptures. This belief asserts that God ceaselessly sustains and ...
Obadiah
26. July 2023
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 ...
Praying at All Times
26. July 2023
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 ...
New and Crazy-Good
26. July 2023
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 ...
Floy Smith
26. July 2023
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. ...
Verse and Virtue
26. July 2023
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 ...
A New Denomination Is Established
26. July 2023
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 ...
Tough Decisions and the Gospel in Motion
26. July 2023
The week’s morning devotional services were on “Rejoicing in Christ’s Resurrection” from 1 Corinthians 15. Pastor Pete Smith of Covenant ...
Congregation of the Month: Christ RPC
26. July 2023
Location: East Providence, R.I. Presbytery: Atlantic Organization: 2000 Membership: 49 communicant; 21 baptized Pastor: Daniel Howe Website: ...
Pros and Cons of an Efficient Synod
26. July 2023
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 ...