Mark Sampson | May/June 2021 Issue
His loud voice boomed across the airport’s departure lounge as he argued in very, shall I say, colorful language on the phone. As he approached the ...
Barry York | May/June 2021 Issue
Editor’s note: We are pleased to offer this new regular feature, written by different faculty members of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological ...
Denise Morrow | May/June 2021 Issue
On a warm June day nearly 20 years ago, my husband, Sam, and I stood before our family and friends promising to love and cherish each other until ...
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Abby Archer | May/June 2021 Issue
1820, John and Thomas Moore completed the lengthy journey from South Carolina to Bloomington, Ind. These Christians left the southern state where ...
An RP Pastor's Wife | May/June 2021 Issue
“Did you think the pastorate was going to be this hard?” My husband and I were lunching at the RP International Conference with another pastor ...
Bob Hemphill | May 10, 2021
Here is an excerpt from the newly released book in the Windmill Pete series by Rev. Bob Hemphill. This fiction series is “designed for adventurers ...
Nathaniel Pockras | April 01, 2021
We’re familiar with the Reformed Presbyterian Witness today, but what do we know about previous RPCNA magazines? Several short-lived periodicals in ...
Brad Johnston | March 05, 2021
Cherishing those who are developmentally or physically disabled is a critical mission of the church. In some circles we use related terms like ...
Krista K. | March/April 2021 Issue
Bowie, Maryland I threw myself onto my bed and burst into tears. My dad had just announced that we would be moving to Papua New Guinea (PNG), a ...
Bill Roberts | March/April 2021 Issue
In Galatians 5:22-23 we are told that “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and ...
Russ Pulliam | March/April 2021 Issue
Reformed Presbyterians are often taught to think kingdom. The church, from its Scottish roots, has emphasized the doctrine of Christ’s kingship as ...
First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham began when the current pastor, Kent Butterfield, queried the Southern Church Extension Committee of the ...
Why does our modern military have combat helicopters named for the Comanche, Apache, and Kiowa? Who were they to be thus honored? They ...
Caleb McCracken | March/April 2021 Issue
In 1921, a member of the Geneva College Board of Trustees wrote a report to the Reformed Presbyterian Synod that included the news that an engineering ...
Andrew Stewart | March/April 2021 Issue
The psalmist exclaimed, “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” It was no mean task to bring together the warring ...
Drew Gordon | March/April 2021 Issue
If you’re around long enough, people assume you’ve always been there, like the woodwork. That’s true for me and the Reformed Presbyterian ...
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Nathaniel Pockras | March/April 2021 Issue
Editor’s note: Whether you are new to the Reformed Presbyterian Church or a lifetime member, we hope this new column engages you with its brief look ...
James Faris and Noah Bailey | March/April 2021 Issue
During the benediction, should we look at the pastor or should we bow our heads and close our eyes? Good question! It is a scene we know: public ...
Kyle Borg | March/April 2021 Issue
The English Puritan Thomas Doolittle once complained that too many in the church listen to sermons like riddles—with little understanding and a lot ...
Anna Eshelman | March/April 2021 Issue
For over a decade, many Pacific Coast Presbytery youth have looked forward to the annual, end-of-year PacPres Youth Conference. It’s always a time ...
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 ...