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The Seed of Sycamore

November 02, 2015

Congregation of the Month 

Marion RPC Location: Marion, Ind. Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organization: 2015 Pastor: Jason Camery Web site: marionrpc.org The history of ...


The Doctor’s Daughter

Susannah Gorden | November 02, 2015

Theme Articles 

Judge’s comments: Well written, poignant, well paced. The details are nice, lovely. As a vignette, this works beautifully, although the story lover ...


Babel

Andrew Schep | November 02, 2015

Theme Articles 

Judge’s comments: Fine treatment of the biblical account. In the prosperity of words, you ask for certainty; all I’ve got is what I heard from ...


The Wind Continues

Kathryn Stegall | November 02, 2015

Theme Articles 

< p>Judge’s comments: I commend you on this difficult treatment of the OT verse. Time spent at that or this remains a hollow cry ...


The Christian Crutch

Henry Patterson | November 02, 2015

Theme Articles 

Judge’s comments: Short, pithy, clever. It keeps close to its lovely metaphor throughout…until the end when the metaphor is suddenly dropped in ...


Sermon Notes for Psalm 8

Andrew Schep | November 02, 2015

Theme Articles 

< p>Judge’s comments: Best free verse entry; particularly strong concluding envoy. My computer glows with the claim of a science teacher: that ...


REmaker Work Conference

Mark Sampson | November 02, 2015

Agency Features /  Seminary 

When you live in an older house, there tend to be a lot of things that go wrong. When that house is a large mansion built in the late 1800s, this is ...


Pray for Revival

Kit Swartz | November 02, 2015

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 126 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: The Lord will certainly send revival Key Words: turning, sorrow, joy Psalm 126 is the ...


One Step Forward to Follow the Call

Hao Lu | November 02, 2015

Testimonies 

I was born and raised in China, and I was trained, as most Chinese children of the time, to be an atheist. This training successfully kept me from any ...


Nicole & the Dust Bunny

Virginia McBurney | November 02, 2015

Theme Articles 

It was dark under the bed, and quiet, except for little sneezes. They had trouble breathing in the growing crowd. More and more dust bunnies were ...


Jeroboam’s Political Legacy

Dennis J. Prutow | November 02, 2015

Learn & Live 

There is a growing divide between the so-called political class and the people. The former pays lip service to biblical Christianity while exalting ...


How Does Excellence Happen?

Drew Gordon | November 02, 2015

Viewpoint 

When I saw news photos of the small inland city of Columbia, S.C., floating on two feet of rainfall, it evoked memories. As a 12-year-old I ...


From the Mountaintop

Michaela Williams | November 02, 2015

Youth Witness 

The Theological Foundations Backpacking (TFB) trip is a once-in-a-lifetime, I-will-remember-this-for-as-long-as-I-live experience. You may have seen ...


Flourishing at the RP Home

Rebecca King | November 02, 2015

Agency Features /  RP Home 

Late summer and fall brought an abundance of opportunities for fun and fellowship for the RP Home residents, family, employees, and friends. Though ...


Dogs of the Bible

Rebecca Byers | November 02, 2015

Kids Page 

Dogs are mentioned over 20 times in the Bible! Unlike most dogs in North America, which are cared for as pets, most of the dogs in the Bible were wild ...


Around the Church

November 02, 2015

News /  Congregational News 

Westminster, Colo., RPC Shane Sapp, pastor  On June 13, the Westminster women enjoyed a baby shower for Kim Fox in the home of Alison Wood.  For ...


A Church Full of Priests

Nathan Eshelman | November 02, 2015

Gentle Reformation 

The metaphor of priesthood is a metaphor for privilege, access, and witness on behalf of God. Whether we say the “priesthood of all believers” or ...


2015 Creative Arts Contest

November 02, 2015

< p>The RP Witness staff thank all who participated in the 2015 Creative Arts Contest. We applaud each of our entrants, who entrusted us with ...


When I Consider the Heavens

Drew Gordon | September 11, 2015

Viewpoint 

A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of ...


What’s New from Crown & Covenant Publications?

staff | September 11, 2015

Agency Features /  Publications 

With the release of Rosaria Butterfield’s new book, Openness Unhindered, in July, the number of orders going out the front door sometimes exceeds ...