Bruce C. Stewart | February 01, 2005
In my view, state lotteries have paved the way for great increases in legalized gambling. They have promoted the notion of beating the odds, they have ...
Drew Gordon | February 01, 2005
On the return trip from Yellowstone National Park several years ago, my family and I charted our course through the historic Old West town of ...
Drew and Lynne Gordon | February 01, 2005
Quick. You’re online chatting with a friend about what your church thinks about justification by faith. What does the RP Testimony say? What does ...
Wayne R. Spear | February 01, 2005
The Westminster Confession devotes three chapters to the sacraments. This reflects not only their basic importance but also the fact that they were ...
Dennis J. Prutow | February 01, 2005
We have been connecting dots, so to speak, between the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the last column, we discussed David as a type of ...
Virginia McBurney | February 01, 2005
In Genesis, God cursed the Earth with something His Son, Jesus, later wore on the cross. What is it? Crossword Puzzle J E B B ...
February 01, 2005
Senators Reintroduce Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act On Jan. 26, pro-life lawmakers in the Senate reintroduced the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, a ...
Heidi Filbert | February 01, 2005
On Oct. 28, 1892, 58 members of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in Beaver Falls, Pa., took their certificates of membership and organized the ...
Tedd Tripp and Bill Edgar | February 01, 2005
The December issue of the RP Witness included a review article by RP Pastor Bill Edgar that complimented Tedd Tripp’s popular book on parenting, ...
February 01, 2005
Agreeing with the Reviewer In regard to the parenting methods espoused by Tedd Tripp in his book, Shepherding a Child’s Heart, (see review, ...
Rebekah Troup | February 01, 2005
In John 17:20-21, Jesus prays that His disciples would be one. We are called not only to be unified with people in our individual churches but with ...
February 01, 2005
Geneva (Beaver Falls, Pa.) RPC Bruce Backensto and Keith Black, pastors Following unanimous votes at simultaneous congregational meetings on Dec. ...
January 02, 2005
Psalm Category: Psalm of Lament Central Thought: Psalm 26 reminds us that it is only through the mercy and redeeming love of God that we make it ...
Ray Morton | January 01, 2005
Preston Adams Carson, 78, of Pinckneyville, Ill., was born on June 4, 1926, in Oakdale, Ill. He died Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at Pinckneyville ...
Virginia McBurney | January 01, 2005
Read Psalm 139:7-12. Answer the questions. Then, unscramble the letters below. —What people groups are mentioned? —What does it say about God? ...
Interview by Drew Gordon | January 01, 2005
Rut Etheridge has traveled a long road from his birthplace in Massachusetts, to his teen years in Indiana, to college in Ohio, where he met his wife, ...
Drew Gordon | January 01, 2005
The thing that changes fastest in our world might just be the rapidity of change itself. In such a world, publications are not infrequently born and ...
Betty Burger | January 01, 2005
On an average Lord’s Day morning at a traditional New England grange hall in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, a small but faithful band of four ...
Bekah Troup and Avery Mann | January 01, 2005
Whether it’s the weekly youth meeting, a service project, party, or presbytery youth retreat, we’re familiar with the way RP youth groups are ...
Wayne R. Spear | January 01, 2005
In his introduction to the Reformed Confessions of the 16th Century, Arthur Cochrane wrote, “It is too little known in Presbyterian Churches in the ...
There is never a dull moment around Elaine. She tells stories, she laughs at herself, and she asks you questions that go beyond, “How was your ...
My life is full of play. I work as a professional cellist in Pittsburgh, Pa., and my job is to play all day. But the day quickly shifts from playing ...
Three things stand out about this year’s RPCNA Synod, and they are all the same thing. Synod has a few purposes, but a basic one is serving as ...
Location: San Diego, Calif. Presbytery: Pacific Coast Organization: Mar. 30, 1954 Membership: 37 communicant; 18 baptized Pastor: Vacant Website: ...