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Christ, Our Only Refuge

October 01, 2002

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm Category: Royal or Enthronement Psalm Key Word: Anointed One (masiah). In the Old Testament people were often inaugurated into significant ...


Choose This Day

September 15, 2002

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm Category: Torah or Wisdom Key Word: Law (torah). “Torah” means instruction or teaching. It is important to remember that torah is more than ...


You Had Better Start Reading, or…

Josh Wilsey | July 01, 2002

Kids Page 

Summer is a great time for many activities you don’t have time for during the school year. You can spend extra time outside, enjoy time with ...


Baptism Points Us to Heaven

Dennis J. Prutow | July 01, 2002

Learn & Live 

Worship is an approach to and entrance into heaven and God’s special, gracious presence. Just as God regulates entrance into heaven, He also ...


How Did the Turtle Get There?

Laura Zimmovan | July 01, 2002

Youth Witness 

On Mar. 1–3, the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pa., had some unusual guests. Around 50 youth from Presbytery of the ...


Photos We Didn’t Snap at Synod

Drew Gordon | July 01, 2002

Viewpoint 

While I am no photographer, I do try to think like one. To capture photos that are of decent quality, I rely on a good digital camera to overcome my ...


A Good Hiding Place

June 10, 2002

Kids Page 

Don’t you love to find a good hiding place? There is a house in Holland with a place you could hide and never be found! The house is very old. ...


Memories of War

Drew Gordon | June 03, 2002

Viewpoint 

I remember playing on the rug as Walter Cronkite or some other newscaster droned through the daily casualty report: 13 killed and 35 wounded today…9 ...


A Tale of Two Camps

Hannah Ray | June 03, 2002

Youth Witness 

Wheeler Mission is an inner-city mission in Indianapolis, Ind. Every summer the mission holds camps 45 minutes south of Indianapolis, at Camp Hunt, ...


Participating in Communion

Dennis J. Prutow | June 03, 2002

Learn & Live 

In past columns, we’ve discussed the fact that God’s people assembled for worship are a piece of heaven. As a worshiping assembly, we are ...


The Difference One Christian Made

Russell B. Pulliam | May 27, 2002

Watchwords 

With lawsuits coming through the courts to seek reparations for slavery, the story of William Wilberforce ought to take on new interest for Americans. ...


The Reformation Grows

May 27, 2002

Kids Page 

Elizabeth’s eyes narrowed as she listened. “A minister from Wittenberg…celebrating Communion in the castle chapel…three ...


Other-Worldly Worship

Dennis J. Prutow | May 20, 2002

Learn & Live 

As you assemble for worship as a corporate body, you are “a holy temple in the Lord” (Eph. 2:21). You “are being built together into ...


How to Listen to Sermons

Stephen Finch | May 13, 2002

Youth Witness 

Have you ever been sitting in a church service and thought, “He’s gone five minutes over his usual time”? There are all sorts of ...


Surprised by Suffering

Drew Gordon | May 06, 2002

Viewpoint 

I woke up with a bad headache today, and it’s still with me. What’s more, my daughter woke up sick. About the only thing I can do that ...


A Mother’s Prayers Are Answered

Carol Wright | April 22, 2002

Kids Page 

One night 1,600 years ago in Carthage, a young man was trying to calm his weeping mother. She had followed him from Tagaste and was determined to stay ...


Heavenly Regulations

Dennis J. Prutow | April 17, 2002

Learn & Live 

We’ve made three points about the people of God gathered for worship. First, God’s people coming together for worship form a New Testament ...


To Obey Is Better

Drew Gordon | April 10, 2002

Viewpoint 

No one doubts that the events of the past year, and particularly those of September 11, are unique in the history of America. Those events are even ...


An Adoption Story

Nick Carson | March 25, 2002

Youth Witness 

In July 2001, my family was informed that my dad and I would be able to travel to Vietnam to adopt my new little brother. We had been anticipating ...


God Provides for Hudson Taylor

Carol Wright | March 25, 2002

Kids Page 

Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China who was born in England about 150 years ago. China is a very large country, but before Mr. Taylor went there, ...