December 05, 2008
The year 2008 really was different. While it’s customary to retrospect at this time of year, 2008 was an especially good year for seeing trends. In ...
December 05, 2008
On Oct. 23-25, the North Hills RPC in Pittsburgh, Pa., sponsored a series of events featuring Dr. Walt Mueller, well-known speaker on youth culture ...
December 01, 2008
Psalm 70 Psalm Category: Individual Lament Central Thought: As we face various kinds of opposition, we take heart in calling out to God, rejoicing ...
December 01, 2008
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham, Eerdmans, 2006. Reviewed by Pastor Bill Edgar. Nine books have shaped my understanding of the ...
December 01, 2008
Westminster, Colo., RPC The congregation continues its pastoral search. Over 30 different pastors have come to preach since Pastor Bob Hemphill ...
December 01, 2008
A World Waiting To Be Born: International News The world is in a state of paradox. Violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere is ...
November 21, 2008
Millions of Americans and Canadians take to the woods during hunting season. For some, hunting is a nostalgic tradition. For others, hunting means ...
November 21, 2008
What is a denomination? People will answer this question in a variety of ways. Perhaps members of varying denominations will answer it differently. ...
November 21, 2008
Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the ...
November 21, 2008
Prof. C. J. Williams’ article in this issue, “Why I Hunt,” has been in our manuscript file since the end of last year’s hunting season. In the ...
November 21, 2008
College Hill RPC Location: Beaver Falls, Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Organized: July 1, 1896 Membership: 232 communicant; 70 ...
November 21, 2008
Not long ago, an author from Kansas heard of a retired pastor who she thought had a story worth telling. She featured him on her blog site as the ...
November 21, 2008
In 1890, a member of the Wilkinsburg Reformed Presbyterian Church lost her hand. Unable to work and therefore unable to support herself, she applied ...
November 21, 2008
Memory: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.” (Acts 16:31) Think of the strangest thing that ever happened to you. Then ...
November 21, 2008
Quinter, Kan, RPC Steven Work, pastor The fall season is giving some good weather days for working on the exterior of the church building. Some ...
November 12, 2008
Jesus and the apostles were returning from a time of ministry, in which there had been “many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as ...
C.J. Williams | November 10, 2008
As we have seen in previous months, the themes of suffering and persecution form a strain of messianic imagery in the Psalms, reflected particularly ...
October 11, 2008
Kita-Suzurandai RP Mission Station Location: Kobe, Japan Presbytery: Japan Membership: 20 communicants; 2 baptized Pastor (domestic missionary of ...
October 08, 2008
In one of her poignant emails, Julie Pilling referred to the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Challenged by the king to worship him ...
October 08, 2008
These are excerpts of Julie Pilling’s emails to her family, friends, and prayer warriors. For sake of space, much detail was omitted, including some ...
The only congregation of the RPCNA in the state of Wyoming is in Laramie, a small city sprawled across a broad valley along Interstate 80 where the ...
Though unfamiliar to some, since at least Augustine it’s commonplace to speak of man’s fourfold state: the state of innocency, the state of ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...
Having grown up in the midst of war-torn Iran and in a strictly Muslim family, at age nine Naghmeh Panahi nonetheless heard the Word of God and ...