Counting It All Joy
05. March 2024
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness” (Jas. ...
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Eternity in the Heart
05. March 2024
You need to come right away; something is wrong with Nancy,” a young Ed Blackwood heard over the phone, less than a month before his wedding day. ...
Learning to Be Godly Leaders
05. March 2024
“Attention! At a close interval, dress right, dress! Ready two…Hand, Salute!” “On my honor, I will do my best to serve God and my ...
Congregation of the Month: All Saints RPC
05. March 2024
Location: Irvine, Calif. Presbytery: Pacific Coast Organization: Oct. 17, 2016 Membership: 11 communicant; 0 baptized Pastor: Hsing Tang Website: ...
Why Are RPs Where They Are?
05. March 2024
Reformed Presbyterian churches exist in several countries worldwide: but why? Why do we exist in some countries, and not in others? We can divide ...
Help for My Prayer Life
05. March 2024
This is a great question, and I can relate. As a little boy, I enjoyed prayer times in worship. Everyone went quiet and still. I would close my eyes ...
Betrayal in Eden
05. March 2024
In the annals of human history, two events exhibit the lowest point for humanity: the atrocities of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the fall of ...
Answering the One Big Question
05. March 2024
Why does a good God permit evil in His world? This is the one question that has occupied mankind since the garden of Eden. Many poets, playwrights, ...
We’re Not Here to Have Fun
05. March 2024
My mother-in-law, Nancy Hutmire, was known for her humor. People who met her just once or who knew her well frequently reminded us. Typically it was ...
From Ohio to the Pacific
10. January 2024
For the first several decades that RP settlements existed in America, there were very few ministers; so the work of the church was performed almost ...
More Alone than Ever
10. January 2024
For nearly a decade, the hit TV show Cheers opened with a theme song celebrating the sense of security that comes from having a place “where ...
Much Given, Much Required
10. January 2024
Good things come with great responsibility. Jesus said, “To whom much is given, much is required” (Luke 12:48). When a young person gets her first ...
Nahum
10. January 2024
In seventh grade, my history class was asked to name all the presidents of the United States. We got all but one, Millard Fillmore. Not only could we ...
Devotion Through Transition
10. January 2024
The path of the Christian life is not as clear as many of us would hope. Today, the world is constantly pulling us in every direction and pressuring ...
Truffles in the Hoosier Heartland?
10. January 2024
When my wife, Debi, and I began attending a Reformed Presbyterian church 27 years ago, we noticed the culture there was, among other things, one where ...
Congregation of the Month: Higashisuma RPC
10. January 2024
Location: Kobe, Japan Presbytery: Japan Organization: 1960 Membership: 59 communicant; 22 baptized Pastor: Sumito Sakai Website: ...
The In-Your-Face Abortion Rhetoric
10. January 2024
Once it was common to see the bumper sticker, “Abortion is not health care.” But over time, pro-abortion forces have turned the tables on ...
What Does a Moderator Do?
22. November 2023
At some point in your life, you will likely be asked to run a meeting. This may be for your Girl Scout or Trail Life troop, your student government ...
God’s Providence and Angels
22. November 2023
As a boy, I remember reading Frank Peretti’s novel This Present Darkness. My youthful imagination was inundated by this work of fiction that ...
Bad News and Very Good News
22. November 2023
I have some bad news, and some good news. Which do you want to hear first? This is the way that I softly break the fall whenever I have to tell a ...