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Around the Church

December 01, 2008

News /  Congregational News 

Westminster, Colo., RPC The congregation continues its pastoral search. Over 30 different pastors have come to preach since Pastor Bob Hemphill ...


2008 Miles and Benchmarks

December 01, 2008

News /  World News 

A World Waiting To Be Born: International News The world is in a state of paradox. Violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere is ...


Why I Hunt

November 21, 2008

Christian Living 

Millions of Americans and Canadians take to the woods during hunting season. For some, hunting is a nostalgic tradition. For others, hunting means ...


What’s a Denomination?

November 21, 2008

Agency Features /  Finance 

What is a denomination? People will answer this question in a variety of ways. Perhaps members of varying denominations will answer it differently. ...


Tree of Life

November 21, 2008

Learn & Live 

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 ...


PETA and the Professor

November 21, 2008

Viewpoint 

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 ...


Great Is Your Faithfulness

November 21, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

College Hill RPC Location: Beaver Falls, Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Organized: July 1, 1896 Membership: 232 communicant; 70 ...


Every Life a Story: Thomas Richard Hutcheson

November 21, 2008

Interviews 

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 ...


Early Days of a Denominational Ministry

November 21, 2008

Agency Features /  RP Home 

In 1890, a member of the Wilkinsburg Reformed Presbyterian Church lost her hand. Unable to work and therefore unable to support herself, she applied ...


Believe

November 21, 2008

Kids Page 

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 ...


Around the Church

November 21, 2008

News /  Congregational News 

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 ...


A Call to Shepherds

November 12, 2008

Agency Features /  Seminary 

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 ...


Window to the New Testament

C.J. Williams | November 10, 2008

Psalm of the Month 

As we have seen in previous months, the themes of suffering and persecution form a strain of messianic imagery in the Psalms, reflected particularly ...


A Church Among the Unchurched

October 11, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

Kita-Suzurandai RP Mission Station Location: Kobe, Japan Presbytery: Japan Membership: 20 communicants; 2 baptized Pastor (domestic missionary of ...


Standing Out from the Crowd

October 08, 2008

Viewpoint 

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 ...


Emails from Julie

October 08, 2008

Theme Articles 

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 ...


Life and Death Attitudes

October 08, 2008

Learn & Live 

Romans 8:6 sets forth a simple contrast. “The mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace” (NASB). The word ...


Former Senators as Presidents

October 08, 2008

Watchwords 

Governors make better presidents. U.S. senators don’t do so well in the highest political office, most of the time. This theory can work for ...


Finding Home on College Hill

October 08, 2008

Christian Living 

Like any denomination, the face of the RPCNA is as diverse as its members. With countless stories and memories, they bring their testimonies of ...


Comparing Noah and Jesus

October 08, 2008

Kids Page 

During Noah’s time, God offered a way to save people from dying in the flood. Nobody but Noah’s family believed that God would save them. If they ...