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Reviews

September 01, 2005

Reviews 

Psalmody SING THE LORD’S SONG: Biblical Psalms in Worship, by John W. Keddie, Crown & Covenant, 2003. Paperback, 74 pp., $6. Reviewed by David ...


Sudan: Land of Opportunity

Heather Huizing | September 01, 2005

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

As I perused the latest news about Africa as reported on the internet, headlines spoke of military action, government inaction, corruption, genocide, ...


The Lessons of Tragedy

Gordon J. Keddie | September 01, 2005

Theme Articles 

There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and ...


Trying to Control God

Julie Holderman | August 08, 2005

Testimonies 

Before God saved me, I was an arrogant, self-reliant woman. I had grown up believing I could do anything I wanted to do, and so I set out to do it. My ...


Marching As To War

Gordon J. Keddie | August 08, 2005

Theme Articles 

Sam Boyle, the late, great RP missionary to China and Japan, told me a story about a visitor to the Midwest. The visitor asked his host about the ...


News to Synod from the RPCNA’s Seven Presbyteries

August 08, 2005

Theme Articles /  News /  Congregational News 

Alleghenies Merger between the Geneva and First Beaver Falls congregations 2 new RP mission works—Purcelville, Va., and Gibsonia, Pa. Eastvale is ...


Transition and Affirmation

August 08, 2005

Theme Articles 

Major transitions at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary drew significant attention during the 2005 Synod of the RPCNA. This short Synod ...



The Youth Ministries Committee of Synod

Will McChesney | July 05, 2005

Agency Features 

The Youth Ministries Committee of Synod (YMCS) was commissioned about eight years ago to focus on youth ministry in the denomination, a responsibility ...


Shortcuts

Norman Carson | July 05, 2005

Theme Articles 

On that morning in July, I woke up really early. Perhaps it was the sound of the Big Thompson River outside my window, although that same ...


A Day When God Was Obvious

July 05, 2005

Testimonies 

“Did you meet the visitor today?” I asked another Reformed Presbyterian. “His name is John Williams.” “No,” she replied. “How did ...


Lessons of Our Mission: Impossible

Beth Bogue | July 05, 2005

Theme Articles 

When the Session in Airdrie told us last spring that we were going to have a mission this year, I learned a new use for the word. Up until that time, ...


RPTS News

June 01, 2005

Agency Features /  Seminary /  News /  Denominational News 

Retirement Dinner A retirement recognition dinner for Dr. Spear and Dr. Robson of the RP Seminary has been scheduled for June 30, the closing day of ...


Losing Everything, Finding Life

Christopher Bogosh | June 01, 2005

Testimonies 

My story begins in a typical, blue-collar home with two well-meaning parents, two brothers, and three sisters. Our home was not a Christian home, and ...


Glasgow Revisited

June 01, 2005

Theme Articles 

Sometimes eyes glaze over as kids listen to a story from our past. This can be deflating for us, the storytellers. We want our stories to pique their ...


Two Men for the Times

Jerry O'Neill | May 01, 2005

Agency Features /  Seminary 

In the fall of 1970, I was a private in the United States Army in advanced infantry training at Fort Ord, Calif. My life was consumed with preparation ...


Lessons Through Pain and Weakness

Katie Long | May 01, 2005

Testimonies 

I just want to be normal,” I whispered to a friend, tears streaming down my face, as we walked down the long hall of Methodist Hospital. This was ...


Learning About the M in My WMF

Patricia Boyle | May 01, 2005

Agency Features 

The RP International Conference last summer provided me with a veritable banquet of food to nourish my faith and spiritual life. One of the many ...


Understanding Justification

David J. Reese | March 01, 2005

Theme Articles 

Approaching the Subject Theology, or the study of doctrine, has fallen on hard times in the church today. Some question the necessity of it. Others ...


Undaunted in Phoenix

Linda Reyburn | March 01, 2005

Agency Features /  Home Missions 

The first-ever Phoenix RP mission team, with 8 members and 1 other attendee, accomplished an amazing amount of work in 16 days (Dec. 29–Jan. 12). ...