David J. Reese | March 01, 2005
Our Reformed forefathers said that the doctrine of justification is “the main hinge on which religion turns” (Calvin, Institutes, 3.2.1). Yet ...
Steve McMahan | March 01, 2005
After peaking at an all-time high of $355 thousand in 2000, contributions to the Reformed Presbyterian Mission and Ministry fund (RPM&M) declined ...
Bruce C. Stewart | February 01, 2005
In my view, state lotteries have paved the way for great increases in legalized gambling. They have promoted the notion of beating the odds, they have ...
Drew and Lynne Gordon | February 01, 2005
Quick. You’re online chatting with a friend about what your church thinks about justification by faith. What does the RP Testimony say? What does ...
Interview by Drew Gordon | January 01, 2005
Rut Etheridge has traveled a long road from his birthplace in Massachusetts, to his teen years in Indiana, to college in Ohio, where he met his wife, ...
Betty Burger | January 01, 2005
On an average Lord’s Day morning at a traditional New England grange hall in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, a small but faithful band of four ...
William Edgar | December 10, 2004
Four years ago in a sermon, I made a few critical comments about Ted Tripp’s book, Shepherding a Child’s Heart. Since then, I’ve gotten ongoing ...
December 10, 2004
Theology Standing Forth: The Collected Writings of Roger Nicole, by Roger Nicole, published by Fearn, Ross-shire, Mentor, 2002. Hardback, 492 pp., ...
Wade and Barb Mann | December 10, 2004
We eagerly anticipate the birth of our new little one, and when the day finally arrives we feel like it is Christmas. What a wonderful package we have ...
July 25, 2002
In almost conversational style, the author has characterized and explained for today’s readers one of the most difficult OT books. Her ...
Gordon J. Keddie | July 01, 2002
What will heaven be like? We have seen already seen something of what we called “the geography of glory”—what heaven will look like (Rev. ...
Gordon J. Keddie | June 03, 2002
What is heaven like? In cartoons and TV ads, it is usually a very old and ethereal place. If it has any land, it looks a bit like the North Pole—all ...
Stan Copeland | June 03, 2002
You’re one sick puppy. How did you become a Covenanter pastor?” The tired old stewardess opened the decrepit airliner’s cabin door. ...
Vince Ward | June 03, 2002
“Cush will submit to God” (Ps. 68:31). The ancient people of Cush (Kush), at times called Ethiopia, once stretched out their hands in worship ...
R. Andrew Myers | May 20, 2002
As a young man, I spent several years studying French in high school. By God’s grace, soon after my conversion to Christ at a college in North ...
Gordon J. Keddie | May 20, 2002
One of the most searching challenges in the Bible is undoubtedly Solomon’s charge to young people in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. He ...
William D. Black | May 13, 2002
It has been said that the worst thing about going to the doctor is that you have to take off your clothes. In this situation we tolerate something we ...
Dennis J. Prutow | May 13, 2002
Introduction The Apostle Paul writes the fledgling minister, Timothy. He has several concerns as this young minister labors in Ephesus. He’s ...
Rebecca Williams | April 17, 2002
Christina Huwalt loves what she does. “I’ve always enjoyed spending time with kids. Loving them and being there for them has been a passion for a ...
Norman M. Carson | April 10, 2002
My experience of September 11 would probably compare best with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. The assassinations of John F. ...
The only congregation of the RPCNA in the state of Wyoming is in Laramie, a small city sprawled across a broad valley along Interstate 80 where the ...
Though unfamiliar to some, since at least Augustine it’s commonplace to speak of man’s fourfold state: the state of innocency, the state of ...
Having grown up in the midst of war-torn Iran and in a strictly Muslim family, at age nine Naghmeh Panahi nonetheless heard the Word of God and ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...