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Those Who Don’t Learn from History

August 11, 2009

Viewpoint 

One of my recent tasks as editorial assistant was to excerpt Crown & Covenant Publications’ new book, Political Danger, by James R. Willson, for ...


The Emerging Church (Part 4 of 4)

August 11, 2009

Theme Articles /  Series 

Though it feels to you like months have passed, it has only been a day since you learned of your friend’s “Emergent” faith. Yet these hours have ...


That the World May Know

August 11, 2009

Kids Page 

Memory Verse: “This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3). When Jesus was in ...


Political Danger: Excerpts

August 11, 2009

Theme Articles /  Reviews 

RP Pastor James R. WiIlson is more than slightly ahead of his time, as seen in the following excerpts from his book, Political Danger. From “Essay ...


No Country for Hairy Men

August 11, 2009

God’s Word in Your World 

I can just imagine that marketing meeting at the Gillette Company. A group of well-dressed young urban professionals are seated around a mahogany ...


From Defeat to Victory

Gordon J. Keddie | August 11, 2009

Psalm of the Month 

*Psalm 76** Psalm Category: Song of Zion Central Thought: God will gloriously turn every defeat into victory, all the way to heaven. C.H. Spurgeon ...


Comment

August 11, 2009

Letters to the Editor 

Long-Term Effects I wanted to respond to the letter in the last RP Witness which indicated that we as a denomination (through RP Global Missions) ...


Beastly Power

August 11, 2009

Learn & Live 

The Book of Revelation presents a false trinity: the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. Revelation 12:3 introduces the dragon. “Then another ...


Around the Church

August 11, 2009

News /  Congregational News 

LIGHT IN THE FOREST The Hetherton, Mich., RPC began as a congregation in the woods of northern Michigan in 1902. To support the small group of ...


‘God’s Great Deeds’ in the RP Synod

July 01, 2009

Agency Features /  Synod 

There is something markedly noble when the church’s teachers and preachers convene in one place to confer on her collective confession, witness, and ...


Revival on the Great Plains

July 01, 2009

Agency Features /  Home Missions 

Tell us about one of the best-kept secrets in mission efforts going on in Midwest Presbytery in western Kansas. What is it called and when did it ...


Presbyterian Comfort

July 01, 2009

Viewpoint 

I find it fascinating to hear people’s first impressions of a Synod meeting. Some find Synods enthralling and amazing; others find them bewildering ...


Judge Over All

July 01, 2009

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 75 Psalm Category: Communal song of gratitude Central Thought: All people should remember that God is judge, and His judgment is a cause of ...


Comment

July 01, 2009

Letters to the Editor 

Too Short-Term? You had a recent article (March/April issue) on short-term missions. Though some good comes from “short-term missions,” I wonder ...


Blessing in the Valley

July 01, 2009

Congregation of the Month 

Grace RPC Location: State College, Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Organized: 1985 Membership: 75 communicant; 42 baptized Pastor: David ...


Around the Church

July 01, 2009

News /  Congregational News 

Geneva College Opens New Entranceway Geneva College has not had a main entrance to its campus since the college opened its doors in 1848. That ...


Your God Reigns

Dennis J. Prutow | July 01, 2009

Learn & Live 

The basic message the church must embrace is in Isaiah 52:7: “How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces ...


Who and What Grows Spiritually?

July 01, 2009

Kids Page 

Each spring, my husband and I plant a garden to enjoy the vegetables fresh in summer and to can and freeze for winter. Where we plant carrots, we find ...


The Emerging Church (Part 3 of 4)

July 01, 2009

Series 

As your long, coffee-infused conversation about the Emergent Church Movement (ECM), and your friend’s affinity for it draws to a close, the agitated ...


Soloists Around Us

July 01, 2009

Reviews 

The Soloist tells the story of a Los Angeles homeless man, staying pretty close to the true story. The film counts the cost of helping a homeless ...