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The Great Escape

Kit Swartz | July 15, 2015

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 124 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: Deliverance from hopeless trouble Key Words: engulfed, swept, torn; Lord; escaped Psalm ...


The Call of a Librarian

Rebecca Byers | July 15, 2015

Interviews 

He hushed people, once. While working on the second floor of the Westminster Seminary Library, he dropped some books, which made a terrible racket. ...


God’s Grace in God’s Time

David Vance | July 15, 2015

Testimonies 

My father lived for five years with a severe head injury after his accident. Even after he had trouble recognizing his own children, I could say to ...


Four Things God Gave Us

Garrett and Charity Mann | July 13, 2015

Agency Features /  Home Missions 

On the evening of July 27, 2004, Pastor Dave Long preached the convocation sermon at the RP International Conference. He challenged us to consider ...


Blessed with Young People

July 13, 2015

Congregation of the Month 

Christian Heritage RPC Location: Endicott, N.Y. Organized: 2014 Members: 11 communicant; 7 baptized Pastor: Doug Chamberlain Website: ...


Bible Animals: Ant

Rebecca Byers | July 13, 2015

Kids Page 

Ants are mentioned two times in the Bible! The wise king Solomon wrote about them twice. Find out what Solomon says we should learn from ants. A. The ...


Around the Church

July 13, 2015

News /  Congregational News 

College Hill (Beaver Falls, Pa.) RPC Titus Martin and Dean Smith, Pastors     Cheri McChesney’s desire to major in chemical engineering was ...


A Leper’s Mercy

Patrick Stefan | July 13, 2015

News /  Congregational News 

You fell to your knees, wincing as you hit the ground on your open wounds. You felt embarrassed as the surrounding crowd stared. You knew they ...


A Bumpy Path to an Exact Fit

Emily Pihl | July 13, 2015

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

It started with an innocent Facebook post. “Words cannot describe how much I want to go when I see they need an English literacy teacher at Cush ...


No Ordinary Day, No Ordinary Week

June 11, 2015

On the final day of the concurrent synods of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, the ...


‘Roberts Rules of Order’

June 10, 2015

The day began with a joint devotional service with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod. After an opening psalm, Prof. Rick Gamble of the ...


Working Together and Separately

June 09, 2015

“After all this time, it’s still fun,” said Pastor Phil Pockras, retiring moderator of the 2014 Synod, as he pounded the gavel to bring the new ...


Zion’s Only King and Head

Phil Pockras | June 09, 2015

Devotionals /  Agency Features /  Synod 

I. Introduction The Reformed Presbyterian and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synods meet together today for the first time ever! We have been ...


Sweet Songs and Southern Hospitality

June 08, 2015

In a fitting start to this notable week, two Synods of Reformed Presbyterians sang psalms together. The 184th Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian ...


Freud’s Great Category Mistake

Rosaria Butterfield | May 16, 2015

Reviews /  Agency Features /  Publications 

from Chapter 4 of Rosaria Butterfield’s forthcoming book 19th Century Origins and the Power of the History of Ideas The concept of sexual ...



Youth, Travel, and Skype Psalm Sings

Lydia Goerner | May 06, 2015

Youth Witness 

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” (Ps. 133:1). When David wrote Psalm 133, I don’t think he meant that it is only ...


Why We Chose the RP Home

Betty Burger | May 06, 2015

Agency Features /  RP Home 

Doctor, for years you have been encouraging me to put Peggy in a nursing home. I am beginning to think about other arrangements for her, as she is no ...


Where the Spirit of Christ Is Active

Tony Roberts | May 06, 2015

Congregation of the Month 

Columbus, Ind., RPC Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organized: 1978 Members: 94 communicant; 40 baptized Pastor: Andy McCracken Associate Pastor: ...


What’s Keeping You?

Jerry O'Neill | May 06, 2015

Agency Features /  Seminary 

So what’s keeping you from talking to your session about one of the most important decisions you will ever make? What’s keeping you from seeking ...