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Dramatically Changed

Diana J. Hunter | February 01, 2006

Testimonies 

I grew up in a home where we attended church regularly and were taught to live a good, moral life. When I was 10, I became a member of my church. By ...


Accepted By God—Completely Accepted

Wayne Spear | February 01, 2006

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Recently, a man who had been raised in an Eastern Orthodox church told me of how he had come to faith in Christ. He said, “I believed in the Bible, ...


Living in the Grace of God

Rich Ganz | February 01, 2006

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Several years ago I debated a Chasidic Jew who taught history at a Yeshiva. We continued our debate more informally for about a year, writing to each ...


God Wouldn’t Let Me Go

Shih-hua Yang | January 01, 2006

Testimonies 

Ever since I was little, I have had trouble remembering things. I used to think maybe my life was too ordinary to be worth remembering. Little did I ...


Train Travel, Heaters, and Pride

Stacie Shopp | January 01, 2006

Testimonies 

It started with a phone call. Katya needed me. She was getting married in a month (Russians will do that kind of thing) and needed help with the ...


A Beautiful Life

Laurie Filson | January 01, 2006

Testimonies 

She walks with a long cane outstretched before her. The tip lightly grazes the floor feeling for any obstacles. Her pretty blue eyes stare straight ...


Reviews

January 01, 2006

Reviews 

THE FRACTURE OF FAITH: Recovering Belief of the Gospel in a Postmodern World, by Douglas Vickers, Christian Focus, 2000. Reviewed by Verne ...


Why Talk About Solas in the 21st Century?

January 01, 2006

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Sola Fide: The Erosion of the Chief Article Justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. This is the article by which ...


By Faith Alone!

Verne Rosenberger | January 01, 2006

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What happened in the life of Martin Luther, nearly 500 years ago, was a personal discovery of the meaning of faith that had been lost in the Medieval ...


Why Talk About Solas in the 21st Century?

December 08, 2005

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About nine years ago, an organization called the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (www.alliancenet.org) held its first major meeting of evangelical ...


Reviews

December 08, 2005

Reviews 

The Reformation _______________________ Calvin: A Biography, by Bernard Cottret, translated by M. Wallace McDonald, Eerdmans, 2000. Reviewed by RPTS ...


Meet Synod’s Board of Trustees

Steve McMahan | December 08, 2005

Agency Features /  Finance /  Synod 

The mere mention of finances often causes eyes to glaze over at Synod, and we suspect that financial articles are quickly skimmed or skipped by all ...


Hearing the Sound of Truth

Tom Reid | December 08, 2005

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Whatever God wants to communicate to mankind must be communicated through our five senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, or sound. In medieval Roman ...


Christ in the Center

Ken Orr | December 08, 2005

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We put our heads down and plow through the day. Big responsibilities, little chores, and many interruptions keep us busy. Before we know it, a week ...


A True Reformation Within Me

Don Pastor | December 08, 2005

Testimonies 

I was raised in a home with five other siblings (three boys in one bed) by unbelieving parents, and I do not recall ever hearing a biblical ...


A Letter from Japan

Patricia Boyle | December 08, 2005

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

I hope you will indulge your Women’s Missionary Fellowship (WMF) editor as I recount my experiences as the newest RPCNA missionary. I am not aware ...


The RP Home As I See It

Nadziega McMillan | November 06, 2005

Agency Features /  RP Home 

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon describes old age: Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, Or the golden bowl is broken, ...


Robert Hemphill

November 06, 2005

Agency Features /  RP Home 

Stepping into Bob Hemphill’s room at the RP Home is like stepping into an art gallery. All four walls are filled top to bottom with artwork. But ...


Remembering Neil Postman

Arthur W. Hunt III | November 06, 2005

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

“He was basically a secular Jew, and I am basically a conservative Christian, but he taught me more than almost any Christian I can think of (C. S. ...


From Last Resort To Top Priority

November 06, 2005

Theme Articles 

When I was growing up I planned to go anywhere but Geneva,” Ken Smith says candidly from the Geneva College president’s office where he has come ...