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The Narrow Road in Broad Ripples

Gary Van Keppel | July 08, 2008

Christian Living /  News /  Congregational News 

It is about 9:00 Friday evening as a group of Christians gather at our home for a time of prayer, fellowship and preparation. Young and old are in ...


Passing the Torch to the Next Generation

Heidi Filbert | July 08, 2008

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

Alice Price originally thought it would be a great idea for her 95-year-old mother, Frances Montini, to carry the torch during Geneva College’s ...



To Everything There Is a Season

Dr. William Joseph McFarland | June 08, 2008

Theme Articles 

Stories tell us a lot. In this account of one Reformed Presbyterian family, we are offered glimpses into the struggles and joys of Christians in ...


The Race in the Cherokee Strip

A. J. McFarland | June 08, 2008

Theme Articles 

All minds were centered on the opening of the Cherokee Strip. This land was to be opened by a race. Since Father [J. C. McFarland] had been over this ...


In Life and in Death

Patricia Boyle | June 08, 2008

Agency Features /  Global Missions /  News /  Missions News 

March 15 was a warm spring day under a cloudless sky. The mimosa tree in the yard next to the Okamoto Keiyaku RP Church glowed with the brightest of ...


Book Reviews

June 08, 2008

Reviews 

Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, Hendrickson Classic Biographies. Hardback, 247 pages. Reviewed by Laura Streit, high ...


Analyzing Terrorism

Dr. Tom Copeland | May 08, 2008

Theme Articles 

The editor of the Witness recently sat down with Professor Tom Copeland to discuss his new book on terrorism and the class entitiled “global ...


I See Myself Changing

May 08, 2008

Testimonies 

As a child, I feared many things, one of which was Halloween. On a particularly dark Halloween night, when I was about 5 years old, I made a ...


Confronting World Views with God’s Truth

Grant Van Leuven | May 05, 2008

Agency Features /  Seminary 

“In your heart, you know that God exists, don’t you?” This was the question that a seminary student asked his workout partner last year while ...


Exclusively Yours

Anthony Selvaggio | March 08, 2008

Theme Articles 

*Excerpted from** What the Bible Teaches About Marriage, **© Anthony T. Selvaggio (ISBN 0-85234-634-4). Reprinted by permission of the author and ...


Book Reviews

March 08, 2008

Reviews 

CONTENDING FOR OUR ALL: Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen and J. Gresham Machen, by John Piper, Crossway, ...


The Four C’s of Marriage

Bob and Cheryl Hemphill | March 03, 2008

Theme Articles 

Connection What is it that brings together a man and woman? Love, romance, friendship, commonalities? Often, all of the above. It is so important ...


RP Students Find a Home at Geneva

Jason Panella | March 03, 2008

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

The initial consideration hinged on water. Theresa Gazo had been accepted to several good colleges, including Penn State, Purdue University and Geneva ...


A Bridge in Selma

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

Theme Articles 

This is the story of a small town and a small church denomination that changed history. I’m not speaking of the headline-grabbing kind of change, ...


The Road to Understanding

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

Viewpoint 

There are times when one simply has to admit ignorance. My family and I were enjoying the scenery on a peaceful country highway in Alabama. Mapquest ...


Stories Worth Telling: Three Selma Women

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

Theme Articles /  Interviews 

The Witness interviewed three members of Selma RPC in preparing this issue. Some of their life story is printed in below in their own words, and other ...


Three Selma Women Speak

February 02, 2008

Theme Articles /  Interviews 

Protests Mrs. Brown: [The marching] started with the ministers. The local ministers got together and decided to invite Dr. King here because he had ...


What Has Francis Schaeffer to Do With Al Gore?

Micah Humphreys | January 01, 2008

Theme Articles 

What is a Christian view of nature? Does thinking correctly about creation assist us in answering the doomsday predictions of global warming ...


Being a Missionary’s Mom

Irene Huizing | January 01, 2008

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

It was a January day when our daughter Heather shared with us that she had been asked to consider applying for the Cush4Christ mission in Sudan. ...