In Memoriam: Marilyn H. Russell
January 21, 2019
Marilyn H. Russell, age 77, passed peacefully from this life, safe in the arms of her loving Savior, on Aug. 6, 2018. She was born Nov. 27, 1940, in ...
January 21, 2019
Marilyn H. Russell, age 77, passed peacefully from this life, safe in the arms of her loving Savior, on Aug. 6, 2018. She was born Nov. 27, 1940, in ...
Derek Moore | January/February 2019 Issue
I thought I would be able to come up with a reasonably coherent essay to explain my life and faith in Christ, but I was wrong. My search through my ...
Jack White | January/February 2019 Issue
Reformed Presbyterians often think of their denomination as small and unnoticed—a remnant—but committed to the truth. Some may think of psalm ...
Nathan Eshelman | January/February 2019 Issue
An atheist, a Buddhist, and a Jehovah’s Witness walk into a church. What’s the punchline? There isn’t one. It’s no joke. What do we do with a ...
January 21, 2019
Beginning with the March issue, the Witness will feature a new column in this space to answer readers’ questions. Your questions will be submitted ...
Drew Gordon | November 20, 2018
The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) met Nov. 13–15 in West Norriton, Pa. This 44th annual meeting was hosted by the Korean ...
Craig Scott and Adam Kuehner | November/December 2018 Issue
Introduction When you see a man preaching on the street corner, what enters your mind? Common reactions include, Is this really biblical? Aren’t ...
Laura Noell | November/December 2018 Issue
Crumble Coffee & Bakery is in the university town of Bloomington, Ind. Crumble’s original location, opened in 2013, is on the southeast side of ...
Becky Worsham Farrant | November/December 2018 Issue
Jan. 22, 2018 marked the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion through nine months of pregnancy in the ...
R.E. "Dick" Knodel | November/December 2018 Issue
While much critical relief during natural disasters comes from central planning, other help can also be valuable. Creative Christians can do wonders ...
Jim Brown | November/December 2018 Issue
In 2010, a documentary was made that addressed the terrible condition of the public education system in the United States. The theme of the ...
I was born in Ottawa to a Christian home and baptized at the Ottawa RPC. Within a few short years, I moved to Mississauga with my parents and two ...
Angela Kim | November/December 2018 Issue
Our desire to see sinners saved brought us together. Our story began when the Lord called Eden (Schaefer) Kim to serve at a local pregnancy center. ...
James Faris | November/December 2018 Issue
How should the pastor practice discipleship? What should congregations expect from their pastors? Jesus is the chief Shepherd, and, in the Great ...
It is good to journey through the Psalms! This book, written by the president of Asbury Theological Seminary and his wife, reminds us of this truth as ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November/December 2018 Issue
Psalm 100 begins with the call, “Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.” Our versions translate Lord in all caps to indicate the underlying ...
Kit Swartz | November/December 2018 Issue
Past praise provides present prayer” is the logic of this psalm. David is very intentionally using the praise of Psalm 18 (see 2 Sam. 22) as the ...
Mark Sampson | November/December 2018 Issue
Only a week or so into his new role as associate pastor at the Lafayette, Ind., RPC, Keith Evans got a shock. “Welcome to the ‘Just Beneath,’” ...
November 14, 2018
Rev. Steven F. Miller, age 67, died July 17, 2018, at Brighton Rehabilitation Center in Beaver, Pa., following a three-year battle with ALS. ...
July and August are the peak months of summer activity and provide our families with opportunities for more time together. It’s our practice to halt ...
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 ...