Dennis Prutow | December 01, 2006
Self-control is the final piece of the fruit of the Spirit in Paul’s list (Gal. 5:22-23). It is a virtue. With self-control you have strength or ...
Claudia Britt | December 01, 2006
As we sit outside on a pleasant summer morning, a cool breeze caresses our bare arms. The porch glider sways rhythmically in spite of our combined ...
December 01, 2006
Sculpture It does not avoid the chisel. It blinks a long once, then stares forever without obtrusion or haughty squint. Its chin holds without ...
December 01, 2006
Annunciation The uncreated Word spoke, and all was created. The Lord gave the Word, and all was given— First, your garden home, and every fruit ...
December 01, 2006
White Lake Reformed Presbyterian Church Location: 90 miles northwest of New York City in White Lake, N.Y. Presbytery: Atlantic Organized: ...
December 01, 2006
Fiction Judged by Norman Carson Honorable Mention “Breaking Bread, Breaking Beans” Claudia Britt Poetry Judged by Leslie Goerner First ...
November 10, 2006
Psalm Category: Enthronement Psalm Central Thought: Psalm 47 foreshadows the reunification of humanity that was accomplished in the ascension of King ...
Virginia McBurney | November 01, 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had a bridge that was supposed to go to the North Side from downtown. But for years it extended halfway over the Allegheny ...
November 01, 2006
From July 21–Aug. 12, eighteen Americans invaded the RP Church’s historic homeland for three weeks of history and fellowship. During the first ...
November 01, 2006
Merged Congregation Gets a “New” Name On Oct. 11, the Geneva RP Church, consisting of the former Geneva RPC and First RPC of Beaver Falls, met ...
Russ Pulliam | November 01, 2006
When White House officials compare George Bush to Harry Truman, they hope history will give comfort that is missing in the popularity polls. Bush ...
William H. Chellis | November 01, 2006
The Origin of Civil Power As we continue to discuss the claims of Christ over the nations, let us consider the origins of civil ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November 01, 2006
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,…” (Gal. 5:22-23). Jesus Christ ...
November 01, 2006
Psalter THE PSALMS FOR SINGING: A 21st Century Edition, Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland, 2004. Reviewed by Rev. Tom Reid. The publication of ...
Grant Van Leuven | November 01, 2006
His first submission was rejected by the publisher. “It was artificial; it didn’t work,” said Pastor Anthony Selvaggio, an adjunct professor of ...
Verne and Shirley Rosenberger | November 01, 2006
Her Story When my husband Lester started having TIAs (small strokes) we visited doctors for about a year before an MRI and CAT scan revealed that he ...
November 01, 2006
Lisbon RPC Location: Lisbon, N.Y. Presbytery: St. Lawrence Organization: Sept. 23, 1840 Membership: 32 communicant, 27 baptized Pastor: Steven ...
Drew Gordon | November 01, 2006
After retiring, my father moved to a house in Paradise, Pa., in the heart of “Pennsylvania Dutch Country,” a label descended from a misnomer ...
October 11, 2006
Psalm Category: Song of Zion Central Thought: Psalm 46 reveals the glory of our sovereign God. He is sovereign over both nature and ...
Virginia McBurney and Heidi Filbert | October 01, 2006
On certain Sabbaths, you have probably noticed your parents getting a snack during church. They take a piece of bread and a small glass of juice when ...
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 ...
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 ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...