Preaching Is Not a Performing Art
David Whitla | March/April 2024 Issue
The Prophet Ezekiel had a tough ministry. He had been ministering to the exiles from Judah in the land of Babylon for seven long years, and, as God ...
David Whitla | March/April 2024 Issue
The Prophet Ezekiel had a tough ministry. He had been ministering to the exiles from Judah in the land of Babylon for seven long years, and, as God ...
Drew Gordon | March/April 2024 Issue
My mother-in-law, Nancy Hutmire, was known for her humor. People who met her just once or who knew her well frequently reminded us. Typically it was ...
Sandra Barton | January/February 2024 Issue
I was raised in a small town where there was a lot of camaraderie. Parents watched out for each other’s children, and stay-at-home moms chatted over ...
Orlando, Fla., RPC Nathan Eshelman, pastor During the Sunday school recess from summer classes, the church leadership decided to introduce a series ...
Zakari Ward and Natalie Dohms | January/February 2024 Issue
Christians in the US join a March for Life each January. As Christians and citizens of Canada, we are responsible to remind our own government of the ...
Bob Hemphill has good memories of growing up in Beaver Falls, Pa., in the 1950s and 1960s. Those memories will come back for Geneva alumni if they ...
David Weir | January/February 2024 Issue
Gene Wilfred Spear was born on Aug. 14, 1927, to Maurice B. and Edna Carls Spear. He was born at home on their dairy farm in Berryton, Kan., near ...
Christopher Wright | January/February 2024 Issue
The story proper of the book of Ruth begins in verse 6, with Naomi in a desperate situation, overwhelmed with grief and loneliness and financially ...
Nathaniel Pockras | January/February 2024 Issue
For the first several decades that RP settlements existed in America, there were very few ministers; so the work of the church was performed almost ...
Noah Bailey and Pete Smith | January/February 2024 Issue
For nearly a decade, the hit TV show Cheers opened with a theme song celebrating the sense of security that comes from having a place “where ...
Nathan Eshelman | January/February 2024 Issue
Good things come with great responsibility. Jesus said, “To whom much is given, much is required” (Luke 12:48). When a young person gets her first ...
Kyle Sims | January/February 2024 Issue
In seventh grade, my history class was asked to name all the presidents of the United States. We got all but one, Millard Fillmore. Not only could we ...
Alice Odom | January/February 2024 Issue
The path of the Christian life is not as clear as many of us would hope. Today, the world is constantly pulling us in every direction and pressuring ...
Heather H. | January/February 2024 Issue
We used to have to wait months to hear back from the board,” one former Reformed Presbyterian missionary shared with me as she reflected on what was ...
Richard C. Gamble | January/February 2024 Issue
Reformed Presbyterians maintain a tradition of strong theological distinctives. Those distinctives include psalm singing and the mediatorial kingship ...
Drew Poplin | January/February 2024 Issue
Introduction In a passage that greatly informs the missionary prayers of the church, we read, “After these things the Lord appointed seventy others ...
Heidi Bechtold and Tori Sturm | January/February 2024 Issue
The Woman Belinda, you’ve been such a fierce encourager to our family,” said Heidi as we interviewed Belinda Fyfe on a Thursday evening. Someone ...
Wes Burton | January/February 2024 Issue
When my wife, Debi, and I began attending a Reformed Presbyterian church 27 years ago, we noticed the culture there was, among other things, one where ...
Sumito Sakai | January/February 2024 Issue
Location: Kobe, Japan Presbytery: Japan Organization: 1960 Membership: 59 communicant; 22 baptized Pastor: Sumito Sakai Website: ...
Drew Gordon | January/February 2024 Issue
Once it was common to see the bumper sticker, “Abortion is not health care.” But over time, pro-abortion forces have turned the tables on ...
Location: Elkins Park, Pa. Presbytery: Atlantic Organization: 1851 Membership: 53 communicant; 23 baptized Pastor: John Edgar Website: ...
The work of the Home Mission Board is often understood as just assisting presbyteries in the work of church planting. While this is one of the primary ...
I made my way past Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and down Chandler Street. The smell of fresh corn dogs, tamales, and beer settled with the fading ...
If you go to our website, receive a newsletter, or visit us on social media, you may have noticed the new logo for the Reformed Presbyterian ...