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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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


To a Generation That Seeks Him

Phil Pockras | September 11, 2015

Testimonies 

Tracing my family’s history for the last century and more, I was struck how Providence worked through seemingly chance things to bring a Christian ...


Their Joy in Giving

Trustees of Synod | September 11, 2015

Agency Features /  Finance 

Many Scriptures show the principles of giving. One that stands out is, “Each one must give as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under ...


The Restoration of a Black Metal Christian

Jerry Foltz | September 11, 2015

Testimonies 

The Foltz home is a place of refuge. It’s a place where those who have nowhere else to turn can come to recover, be restored, and find repentance. ...


More Than My Major

Holly Vizino and Caleb McCracken | September 09, 2015

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

When a Doylestown, Ohio, native was looking for the college that would be her best fit, she was certain about two things. She knew that she wanted to ...


The Galileo Myth

Reuben Bredenhof | September 09, 2015

Theme Articles 

As we grow up, receiving instruction at home and at school, we hear many stories that are enduringly imprinted on our minds. Even years later, an ...


Wealth, Poverty, and a Big Family

Russ Pulliam | July 15, 2015

Christian Living 

Tom and Rosemarie Mangan didn’t plan any war on poverty. They just love their 10 children, who otherwise might seem statistically destined for ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


Out of the Congo

Clement Shabani | May 06, 2015

Testimonies 

I was born in Kamituga, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in April 1965. I grew up in a family of 10 children; I was the ...