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Brief Notes, January 2010

January 01, 2010

News /  Congregational News 

Births Bower, Ella Jane, to Sam and Shanna Bower, Aug. 28. (College Hill [Beaver Falls, Pa.] RPC) Brown, Charles Isaac, to Pastor Charles and Miriam ...


Around the Church

January 01, 2010

News /  Congregational News 

RPTS and Geneva College Announce New Three-and-Three Program Students interested in pursuing seminary after college can save a year of classes and ...


Congregation of the Month: A Colorful History

January 01, 2010

Congregation of the Month 

Oswego RPC Location: Oswego, N.Y. Presbytery: St. Lawrence Membership: 86 communicant; 16 baptized Organized: 1980 Pastor: “Kit” Schwartz ...


‘The Same Commit to Faithful Men’

January 01, 2010

Agency Features /  Seminary 

When Reformed Presbyterians prepared to begin the work of training their ministers in the church’s new seminary in May 1809, no students appeared. ...


Using the Reformed Presbyterian Testimony

December 23, 2009

Theme Articles 

Several years ago when the process of rewriting the Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church began, a pastor on the committee surveyed his ...


Viewpoint: Now and Then

December 23, 2009

Viewpoint 

This month marks the completion of the 125th year of magazine publishing in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. In January we published ...


How Christ Used the Psalms

December 23, 2009

Theme Articles 

I will confine my brief review to Christ’s use of the Psalms as recorded in the four inspired biographies, but I do not mean to imply by this ...


Psalm 80: Turn Us Again

December 23, 2009

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm Category: Lament Central Thought: God is the one who saves us from our troubled state and restores us When you look at the real state of the ...


Setting our Sights on Growth

December 23, 2009

Theme Articles 

Editor’s Note: As we bring to a close our celebration of our 125th year, this issue will feature a few “oldies but goodies.” Here is an article ...


Live and Learn: American Idols

December 23, 2009

Learn & Live 

During my college days, I went to my dorm room one evening to find a group of classmates sitting in a circle on the floor. There was the scent of ...


Kid’s Page: Orphanage Duties

December 23, 2009

Kids Page 

Memory Verse: Psalm 18: 27-29 “You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning: my God turns my darkness into light. With your help I can advance against a ...


Jesus and the Healthcare Debate

December 23, 2009

Theme Articles 

Next week my firm will hold its annual health insurance information meeting. The news won’t be good. Premiums are expected to increase 10-15% after ...


Providence RPC

December 01, 2009

Congregation of the Month 

Location: Brookline Section, Pittsburgh Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Membership: 65 communicant, 39 baptized Organized: 1998. Pastor: Rut ...


Thy Sons and Thy Daughters Come from Afar

November 28, 2009

Agency Features /  Seminary 

Just as John Calvin had been the penman who systematically preserved the doctrines of the Continental Reformers, so William Symington stood at the ...


The Forgotten Doctrine

November 28, 2009

Theme Articles /  Reviews 

Adapted from Michael LeFebvre’s introductory material: W illiam Symington (1795-1862), pastor, scholar and theologian, was ordained to ministry ...


Testimony: In the Lyme Light

November 28, 2009

Theme Articles /  Testimonies 

Sitting in construction traffic, squinting into the June sunlight, I glanced at the time and sighed in relief. Maybe I would be home early. My mind ...


Where is Our God?

November 28, 2009

Psalm of the Month 

*Psalm Category:** Community Lament Central Thought: When circumstances bring us doubts and questions, looking ot God will bring us peace and ...


No Other God

Dennis J. Prutow | November 28, 2009

Learn & Live 

Last time we discussed two principles for understanding the ten commandments. First, God gives His law to us as redeemed people. For Christians, the ...


First and Only in North Carolina

November 28, 2009

Congregation of the Month 

Location: Durham, N.C. Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organized: 1998 Membership: 43 communicant; 23 baptized Pastor: Ian Wise (Deanna) Assistant ...


Viewpoint: An Irish Blessing

November 28, 2009

Viewpoint 

When you mention the name of Renwick Wright in a Reformed Presbyterian gathering, you’re likely to find a lot of people ready to share testimonies ...