God promised Abraham a land for his offspring and family. “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river ...
Kit Swartz | May/June 2017 Issue
Introduction Psalms 135 and 136 have numerous connections that make them one of many pairs of psalms in the psalter (e.g., 43–44; 126–127). ...
James Faris | May/June 2017 Issue
William Farel was the spark plug of the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland. He placed his faith in Christ while studying the letters of the ...
Alida McCracken | May/June 2017 Issue
Recently my family had the wonderful opportunity to take a sabbatical and travel abroad. Two years ago my dad turned in an application for the Eli ...
Russ Pulliam | May/June 2017 Issue
“The first to plead his case seems just, until another comes and examines him” (Prov. 18:17). In a majority report, white people came to the ...
Theological Foundations Backpacking Trip (TFB) is a program hosted by the Westminster RPC with the help of other congregations along the front range ...
Gordon Keddie | May/June 2017 Issue
Now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God… to give us a peg in His holy place (Ezra 9:8). It once fell to me to read ...
Location: Quinter, Kan. Presbytery: Midwest Organization: July 1887 Membership: 26 communicant; 5 baptized Pastor: Matthew Sexton Website: ...
Maria Rockhill | March/April 2017 Issue
I crouched at the starting line, poised, every nerve taut. This was it. No turning back. The shimmering heat and starting gun rose slowly, silently ...
Aaron Sams and Gabriel Wingfield | March/April 2017 Issue
Anyone over 30 will remember a time when the household phone was attached to the wall, when messages between school friends were passed discreetly in ...
Dr. Joel S. Ward with Jenny Gleim | March/April 2017 Issue
As one of hundreds of thousands of people at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2017, I was genuinely pleased to be led on the trip ...
Dennis J. Prutow | March/April 2017 Issue
The book of Judges accentuates the people’s need for a king. Ruth promises the coming of the king. The books of Samuel record the king’s arrival. ...
Kit Swartz | March/April 2017 Issue
Psalm 134 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: As we bless God, He blesses us Keywords: the Lord, ...
Barry York | March/April 2017 Issue
The last issue of the Witness reminded readers that 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses, an event used to ...
Joshua De Jong | March/April 2017 Issue
R.P. Like many of you, I am a covenant child, and I grew up with this acronym so frequently around me that it was practically painted on the back of ...
What does a Yale-educated lawyer in San Francisco have in common with a hillbilly from Appalachia? Probably not a lot. But in the New York Times ...
Duran Perkins | March/April 2017 Issue
Fifty million people live in the Northeast I-95 corridor—one out of every six Americans. Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston incubate ...
Kelli Trexler | March/April 2017 Issue
I grew up in Tennessee on 200 acres of farmland that has been in my family for over 100 years. My father still farms this acreage as a hobby, raising ...
Daniel and Esther Howe | March/April 2017 Issue
In the dramatic opening of his book, Nehemiah, a trusted official in the Persian Empire, receives news of Jerusalem from Jewish travelers: “The ...
Adam and Anne Niess | March/April 2017 Issue
What are some of the unique blessings and challenges of parenting young kids? Young children are both cute and funny. They mispronounce words and ...
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 ...