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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 ...


Why?

June 09, 2009

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm Category: community lament Central Thought: God may have every right and reason to punish, but He will save His people for His own sake. Psalm ...


Twittering Ourselves to Death?

June 02, 2009

God’s Word in Your World 

Let me begin with an admission. I’ve got an iPod. I use email voraciously. My books are sold online. So I am no Luddite who believes that technology ...


The Emerging Church (Part 2 of 4)

Rut Etheridge | June 02, 2009

Series 

Imagine that you are back with your Christian friend, talking in the hall after the theology class you’re taking. You inquire again about the ...