Fellowship of Reformed Churches
27. November 2023
The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) met Nov. 14–16 in Providence, R.I. This 48th annual meeting was hosted by the ...
Archive | November, 2023
Against My Inclination
22. November 2023
At age 11, I said in my heart that there is no God. Having been born in Communist East Germany on Oct. 7, 1976, I was taught from early childhood that ...
Hear, O Israel!
22. November 2023
Our God is a God who hears us, and He has created us in His image to hear Him (Ps. 65:2; 85:8). In the life of faith, much depends on hearing. Saving ...
Review of 2023 Books
22. November 2023
Sabbath keeping has become unpopular. For some, the fourth commandment can conjure up images of boredom or sitting in church all day. Rhode Island ...
A Household Established by a Household of Faith
22. November 2023
The Scripture reveals that getting old was not supposed to happen. Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, all of us are getting old (Gen. 2:17, 3:19). Adam ...
The Joy of Giving
22. November 2023
When we think about the duty of giving, we may be tempted to think first of ourselves: what good givers we are, how we fail, or how we desire to ...
What Does a Moderator Do?
22. November 2023
At some point in your life, you will likely be asked to run a meeting. This may be for your Girl Scout or Trail Life troop, your student government ...
God’s Providence and Angels
22. November 2023
As a boy, I remember reading Frank Peretti’s novel This Present Darkness. My youthful imagination was inundated by this work of fiction that ...
Bad News and Very Good News
22. November 2023
I have some bad news, and some good news. Which do you want to hear first? This is the way that I softly break the fall whenever I have to tell a ...
RPs in Minnesota
22. November 2023
The RPCNA has no congregations in the northern Great Plains or northern Great Lakes regions. But did you know that there were once churches in ...
An Unexpected Turn of Events
22. November 2023
Churches located near military bases know the challenges of serving military families. Long separations from family, multiple moves, unpredictable ...
Willa Copland
22. November 2023
Early Years: The Pain of Alcoholism In 1941, when Willa Copland was four, she remembers playing at the end of the road at the cattle farm her father ...
Know What Time It Is
22. November 2023
In October, Rosaria Butterfield discussed her new book with the Witness editor. Dr. Butterfield is the author of Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely ...
Working in the Secular Field of Art as a Christian
22. November 2023
Inspiration My earliest memory of wanting to become an artist came when posing for the Pulitzer Prize winning artist, Aileen Ortlip Shea. At age ...
Congregation of the Month: Atlanta RPC
22. November 2023
Location: Atlanta, Ga. Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organization: 2019 Membership: 12 communicant; 2 baptized Pastor: Frank J. Smith Website: ...
This Is Your Wake-Up Call
22. November 2023
When you are on a business trip, harried by transfers from planes to trains to automobiles, you try to get the best sleep you can in a strange bed in ...