Kyle Borg | March/April 2021 Issue
The English Puritan Thomas Doolittle once complained that too many in the church listen to sermons like riddles—with little understanding and a lot ...
Anna Eshelman | March/April 2021 Issue
For over a decade, many Pacific Coast Presbytery youth have looked forward to the annual, end-of-year PacPres Youth Conference. It’s always a time ...
A concerning issue with the article “The Christian and the COVID Vaccine” (Jan./Feb. 2021) is the polarizing nature of it, especially in a time of ...
Kyle Borg | March/April 2021 Issue
On Apr. 23, 1994, I woke up before the sun. It was Saturday morning, which meant it was the one day of the week I got to tag along with my dad on his ...
When the first Covenanter forefathers of the Lisbon RP Church came up the St. Lawrence River from Ireland in 1819, folklore says they were bound for ...
Joel E. Wood | January/February 2021 Issue
“The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without ...
Drew Gordon | January/February 2021 Issue
Author Margaret Atwood said, “A word plus a word plus a word is power.” Seldom has that been demonstrated more prominently than with last year’s ...
Nathan Eshelman | January/February 2021 Issue
When I was a student of theology, on the way to a presbytery meeting, my pastor and I were stopped by airport security because his baggage was ...
Keith Evans | January/February 2021 Issue
As I send off students from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, the one nugget I leave with them from a counseling perspective is, ...
James Faris and Noah Bailey | November/December 2020 Issue
Over the years I have heard several stories from credible people about haunted buildings and other supernatural behavior. Recently a non-Christian ...
Shawn Anderson and Nathan Eshelman | November/December 2020 Issue
Parents often tell their children to listen: Listen to what I am saying. Are you hearing what I am saying to you? Are you listening? The Westminster ...
Andrew Kerr | November/December 2020 Issue
During the pandemic, I have grown some red hot chilies. Much to my surprise, and to the consternation of my wife, every seed germinated. The plants ...
The first three Covenanter families from eastern Iowa arrived in 1854, picking out homesteads and settling several miles south of what is now Clarinda ...
Drew Gordon | November/December 2020 Issue
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9). So important is peacemaking that it is highlighted by Christ as one ...
Audrey McMahan | November/December 2020 Issue
Due to the COVID-19 shutdown, Jason Thoman had to discontinue many of his usual ministry undertakings. So, he has taken advantage of opportunities to ...
Jonathan Parnell | November/December 2020 Issue
I was sitting at a table with two other trained Christian conciliators listening to a room full of church leaders try to describe the situation at ...
Joel Hart | September/October 2020 Issue
Made with real fruit. Bursting with fruity flavor. Fruit in every bite. Advertising slogans repeatedly reveal one simple truth: fruitfulness is ...
Kyle Borg | September/October 2020 Issue
How do I know that God exists? That is an important question, and it is one that every Christian should be able to answer. Sadly, many are poorly ...
Amanda McCracken | September/October 2020 Issue
Moving across the world is something that few people have the opportunity to experience, but I have recently been challenged and privileged to be one ...
Vanessa Le | September/October 2020 Issue
As parents in the 21st Century, we get bombarded from all sides on how to raise our kids: “Do this, don’t do that.” In the secular world, it’s ...