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Friends and Faithfulness Beyond Senior Year

Katrina Gazo | July 15, 2016

Youth Witness 

Now that it’s over, I can speak from experience. Senior year is weird. It is also a lot of fun: an easier school load (because you’re almost done, ...


Here and There, But Not Everywhere

Drew Gordon | May 13, 2016

Viewpoint 

Most of the year our staff works here at 7408 Penn Avenue, but as the weather warms there are opportunities to work outside the office walls and to ...


Transplanted into the RPCNA

May 13, 2016

Congregation of the Month 

Location: Harrisonburg, Va. Presbytery: Alleghenies Membership: 18 communicant; 24 baptized Pastor: Paul Martin and Tom Reid, regular pulpit ...


The Graduate and the Gap

Taylor Dymond | May 13, 2016

Youth Witness 

You made it! After over a decade of education, complete with countless mathematical calculations and English essays, you are ready to graduate from ...


Leviticus and the Focal Point of Holiness

Dennis J. Prutow | May 13, 2016

Learn & Live 

Exodus ends, “In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month” (40:17). Leviticus continues the story of God’s people ...


Confidence Under Persecution

Kit Swartz | May 13, 2016

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 129 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: Knocked down but not knocked out (see 2 Cor. 4:9) Keywords: persecuted, not prevailed; ...


Are We Called God’s Flock in Error?

James Faris | May 13, 2016

Gentle Reformation 

Perhaps the most historically memorable verse describing God’s people as His flock is Psalm 100:3. Psalters for centuries read, “We are His flock; ...


The Blessings of Faithfulness

Kit Swartz | March 02, 2016

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 128 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: The Lord blesses faithful people keywords: blessed, fear Psalm 128 is the ninth in the ...


Justification and Murder in the Dark

Mirthe Ophoff | March 02, 2016

Youth Witness 

Youth Conference. According to my internet search, a youth conference is a large-scale event held for a few days, and often hosted by Christian ...


Exodus’ Redeemed Covenant Worshiping Community

Dennis J. Prutow | March 01, 2016

Learn & Live 

At the end of Genesis, the sons of Israel are in Egypt and Joseph dies. At the beginning of Exodus, the sons of Israel “increased greatly” (Exod. ...


Dallas, Tex., RPC

March 01, 2016

Congregation of the Month 

Location: Flower Mound, Tex. Presbytery: Midwest Organization Date:  Mar. 6, 2015 Membership: 21 communicant, 17 baptized Pastor: Mark ...


Three New Things

Drew Gordon | January 04, 2016

Viewpoint 

Since it’s the new year, I’m going to write about new things. Three new things. And, for balance, one old thing. New look. The magazine’s ...


What is SWORP?

January 04, 2016

Congregation of the Month 

Southwest Ohio RPC Location: Manson, Ohio Presbytery: Great Lakes - Gulf Organization: Nov. 2015 Membership: 16 communicant; baptized Pastor: ...


The Genesis of the Gospel

Dennis J. Prutow | January 04, 2016

Learn & Live 

Genesis has three main divisions. Genesis 1–11 begins with creation and takes us up to the time of Abraham. Genesis 12–36 zooms in on the stories ...


The Body of Christ

Rich Holdeman | January 04, 2016

Gentle Reformation 

Your body is a conglomeration of trillions of cells working to keep you alive. There are over a hundred distinct types of cells that are coordinated ...


Everything Depends on God

Kit Swartz | January 04, 2016

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 127 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: God is the giver of every good and perfect gift Keywords: house, city, children, labor, ...


Blitzing Sodom

Tim Weir | January 04, 2016

Youth Witness 

When I was 10, I would play pickup tackle football for hours. Since we didn’t have linemen and I was a boy of ample proportions, I was always ...


The Seed of Sycamore

November 02, 2015

Congregation of the Month 

Marion RPC Location: Marion, Ind. Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organization: 2015 Pastor: Jason Camery Web site: marionrpc.org The history of ...


Pray for Revival

Kit Swartz | November 02, 2015

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 126 Psalm Category: Song of Ascents Central Thought: The Lord will certainly send revival Key Words: turning, sorrow, joy Psalm 126 is the ...


Jeroboam’s Political Legacy

Dennis J. Prutow | November 02, 2015

Learn & Live 

There is a growing divide between the so-called political class and the people. The former pays lip service to biblical Christianity while exalting ...