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Flanking Maneuvers

December 16, 2010

Viewpoint 

In the first Gulf War, my brother Tom drove bomb-laden trucks across the desert at high speeds to deliver them to a forward, secret base of ...



God’s Grace in My Life

December 16, 2010

Theme Articles /  Testimonies 

In God’s providence, I was born in a Christian home, the fifth child of my parents. My sister Gisela was the third child. My mother and father had ...


Even from My Youth

December 16, 2010

Theme Articles /  Testimonies 

I was born in Germany, the third of six children, and grew up in Frielinghausen, a small village in the Rhineland. My father was of a very old ...


Coming Home Safely

Gordon J. Keddie | December 16, 2010

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm Category: Wisdom Psalm Central Thought: God so loves His people that He will bring them home through all their trials to enjoy His salvation in ...


Behind the Headlines in 2010

December 16, 2010

Theme Articles /  News /  World News 

Editor’s note: Secular headlines about news of interest to Christians can be helpful to believers, but the stories often ignore the underlying ...


Behind the Headlines in 2010

December 16, 2010

Theme Articles /  News /  World News 

Editor’s note: Secular headlines about news of interest to Christians can be helpful to believers, but the stories often ignore the underlying ...


Airline Security and God’s Law

December 16, 2010

Learn & Live 

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be ...


Active Service in the Denomination

December 16, 2010

Congregation of the Month 

Location: Abington, Pa. Presbytery: Atlantic Organization: Founded in 1851 as the Third Church of the Covenanters of Philadelphia Membership: 34 ...



Banking in Jesus’ Stead

November 01, 2010

Watchwords 

Robert R. Lavelle was a Reformed Presbyterian in heart. The poverty-fighting Pittsburgh banker died at age 95 on July 4. He kept his membership in a ...


A Long-Term Commitment to Caring

November 01, 2010

Agency Features /  RP Home 

“There should be no poor among you. For in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, He will richly bless you” ...


Brief Notes: November 2010

November 01, 2010

News /  Congregational News 

Births Hodson, Sophia Anne, Sept. 23, to Dale and JoAnne Hodson. She weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz., and was 20 ” long. (Orlando, Fla., RPC) Tumbry, Titus ...


Counting the Days

Gordon J. Keddie | November 01, 2010

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 90 Psalm Category: Song of Lament Central Thought: Ponder your short life, that the Lord might give you a wise heart. I’m counting the ...


Having a Heavenly Congregational Meeting

Gordon J. Keddie | November 01, 2010

Theme Articles 

The annual business meetings of churches used to have a bad reputation. Many viewed these as a benign yet boring slog through boilerplate reports on ...


In Memoriam: Paul D. McElhinney

November 01, 2010

News /  Congregational News 

Paul D. McElhinney died Mar. 15, 2010, at Mercy Hospital hospice in Iowa City, Iowa, having attained the age of 78 years, 9 months and 9 days. He was ...


Learning the Community Outreach Lifestyle

November 01, 2010

Theme Articles 

As I drove through the urban blight of my hometown of Wilkinsburg on a midsummer day, I was overwhelmed. Our congregation had been reaching out to the ...


In Memoriam: David M. Carson

November 01, 2010

News /  Congregational News 

David Melville Carson went to be with the Lord on Aug. 5, 2010, at the Reformed Presbyterian Home in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born Jan. 30, 1922, in ...


Newscan, Nov. 2010

November 01, 2010

News /  World News 

Conservatives Make Historic Gains In Congress The effects of Nov. 2’s conservative “tsunami” are still being analyzed. From the U.S. Congress ...


Practicing for Heaven

November 01, 2010

Viewpoint 

I’ve probably sat through 100 congregational meetings in my life. Gordon Keddie’s article on that topic (p. 6) caused me to muse a while on ...