Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
29. January 2020
Imprisoned in Rome and anticipating his death in the near future, the Apostle Paul offers his parting counsel to his younger colleague in 2 Timothy 4. ...
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The Woman on the Bus
26. July 2019
With anticipation and apprehension, I stepped onto a Greyhound bound for Harrisburg, Pa. Entrenched in work and social spheres that surrounded me with ...
How the Deacons Supported My Family
23. May 2019
The work of deacons is spiritual service as well as administrative. According to the RPCNA Constitution, the first duty of deacons is “to maintain ...
Worth Standing Up For
21. January 2019
How do you learn about God’s grace? Most often, you learn through reading the Bible or hearing it preached, but you also learn through godly people. ...
Preparing and Equipping
14. May 2018
On most weekdays during the school year, a group of older teens makes the Christian education wing of Grace Presbyterian Church in Woodstock, Ont., a ...
New Site for Fellowship for Reformed/Presbyterian Singles
30. March 2018
Recently an online platform was created for Reformed/Presbyterian singles to meet: the NAPARC Singles Facebook group. Only adult, single NAPARC (North ...
Do You Ever Feel You ‘Haven’t a Prayer’?
17. January 2018
In May, I sent the completed manuscript of my recent book, Prayers of the Bible, to our denominational publisher, Crown & Covenant Publications.1 ...
How Can a Young Man Keep His Way Pure?
15. November 2017
If God saved the chief of sinners (1 Tim. 1:15) and used him in mighty ways, can He not do the same with you? If the power of God is made perfect in ...
Do You Write to Prisoners?
07. August 2017
Perhaps you know the refreshment of perceiving someone’s eagerness for growth in faith—perhaps that person has even asked you to come alongside ...
A Peg in His Holy Place
24. May 2017
Now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God… to give us a peg in His holy place (Ezra 9:8). It once fell to me to read ...
Tech, Tweets, and Tattoos
08. March 2017
Anyone over 30 will remember a time when the household phone was attached to the wall, when messages between school friends were passed discreetly in ...
One Lasting Gift
16. September 2016
For over 30 years, the RPCNA has benefited from the Cecil J. S. MacLaughlin Trust Fund. The income for 2015 from Mrs. MacLaughlin’s trust fund to ...
What the Reformed Presbyterian Conference Means to Me
26. August 2016
My husband and I came into the Reformed Presbyterian denomination by way of the Oswego, N.Y., RPC in 1985. Since that time, we have enjoyed several ...
Being Welcome Somewhere
13. May 2016
How did your hospitality start? Our hospitality together began when we were members First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, Calif. Our ...
The Relics of a Titus 2 Man
13. May 2016
The disappearance of the Indiana University (IU) paddle had been a mystery for several years. Jenny, Dave Long’s beloved wife and ministry partner, ...
Sport or Sabbath?
02. March 2016
Why do you think it’s important to honor the Lord’s Day by forgoing team and league sports—even if your children have committed to the ...
Graciously Accepting Hospitality
04. January 2016
Venkatesh (Venky) and his wife, Sarmishta (Shammi), are members of Second Reformed Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Ind. They are from Bangalore, ...
Wealth, Poverty, and a Big Family
15. July 2015
Tom and Rosemarie Mangan didn’t plan any war on poverty. They just love their 10 children, who otherwise might seem statistically destined for ...
Dogma and the Family Dog
06. May 2015
In A Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare portrays the frustration of parents deceived by their twin children’s deliberate identity switching. As ...
Reaching Out by Making New Friends
02. June 2014
What would you guess is the largest unreached people group in the world? Muslims? The Chinese? Would you be surprised to learn that it is the ...