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The Four C’s of Marriage

Bob and Cheryl Hemphill | March 03, 2008

Theme Articles 

Connection What is it that brings together a man and woman? Love, romance, friendship, commonalities? Often, all of the above. It is so important ...


RP Students Find a Home at Geneva

Jason Panella | March 03, 2008

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

The initial consideration hinged on water. Theresa Gazo had been accepted to several good colleges, including Penn State, Purdue University and Geneva ...


Praise for Different Occasions

Dennis J. Prutow | March 03, 2008

Learn & Live 

Psalm 150 enjoins praise on various occasions. My argument is that it does not command the use of instrumental music in our regular, stated meetings ...


Eastvale Alive!

March 03, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

Eastvale RPC Location: Eastvale, Pa. *Presbytery: *Alleghenies Organization date: Jan. 1886 Membership: 34 communicant; 10 baptized Pastor: Micah ...


Around the Church

March 03, 2008

News /  Congregational News 

First RPC of Grand Rapids Hosts Evangelism Conference On Feb. 2, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary hosted the First Reformed Presbyterian ...


The Rock That Is Higher Than I

February 18, 2008

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 61 Psalm Category: Individual Lament Central Thought: When our troubles are too large to handle, God’s shelter and assurance are always at ...


A Bridge in Selma

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

Theme Articles 

This is the story of a small town and a small church denomination that changed history. I’m not speaking of the headline-grabbing kind of change, ...


The Road to Understanding

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

Viewpoint 

There are times when one simply has to admit ignorance. My family and I were enjoying the scenery on a peaceful country highway in Alabama. Mapquest ...


Stories Worth Telling: Three Selma Women

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

Theme Articles /  Interviews 

The Witness interviewed three members of Selma RPC in preparing this issue. Some of their life story is printed in below in their own words, and other ...


Three Selma Women Speak

February 02, 2008

Theme Articles /  Interviews 

Protests Mrs. Brown: [The marching] started with the ministers. The local ministers got together and decided to invite Dr. King here because he had ...


From Southern Mission to Selma RPC

February 02, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

Selma RPC Location: Selma, Ala. Presbytery: Great Lakes–Gulf Organized: May 21, 1875 Membership: 40 Pastor: Thomas Gray The Reformed ...


King of the Nations

C. J. Williams | January 10, 2008

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 60 Psalm Category: Community Lament Central Thought: Success should bring godly reflection. The title of this psalm places it in the context ...


What Is a Psalm?

Dennis J. Prutow | January 01, 2008

Learn & Live 

The Greek word psallo means “to play on a stringed instrument, to play the harp.” The Greek word for “psalm” refers to “a striking the ...


What Has Francis Schaeffer to Do With Al Gore?

Micah Humphreys | January 01, 2008

Theme Articles 

What is a Christian view of nature? Does thinking correctly about creation assist us in answering the doomsday predictions of global warming ...


Raising the Blue Banner in West Michigan

Ray B. Lanning and Nathan P. Eshelman | January 01, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

History The First RPC of Grand Rapids is new to the RPCNA but has a history of seven years of worship and witness as a congregation of the Associate ...


Prayer

Virginia McBurney | January 01, 2008

Kids Page 

A lot of people wonder how to pray. The disciples of Jesus wondered that too. One day they asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. The answer that ...


Global Warming

E. Calvin Beisner | January 01, 2008

In a documentary aired Aug. 23 by CNN entitled God’s Warriors, Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of ...


From Esoteric to Urgent

Bill Edgar | January 01, 2008

Before sitting down to write this response to the final column of De Regno Christi, I pulled an old volume off a shelf. Sam Boyle gave the book to me ...


Christ’s Two Kingdoms Administered

William H. Chellis | January 01, 2008

A Fond Farewell This month we conclude the De Regno Christi series in the Reformed Presbyterian Witness with a final look at the Protestant doctrine ...


Bulhorns and Light Bulbs

Drew Gordon | January 01, 2008

Viewpoint 

This morning as I drew my first tantalizing sips of coffee, I listened to Sen. Barack Obama tell a newscaster what he meant when he said that ...