February 01, 2014
Psalm 115 Psalm Category: Public praises to God Central Thought: The Lord alone is worthy of ultimate trust and praise. Keywords: idols (vv. 4-8, ...
February 01, 2014
Metaphors are implied comparisons. When Jesus says, “I am the true vine,” He compares Himself to a fruit-bearing plant (John 15:1). Jesus then ...
February 01, 2014
The Bible says that “The FEAR of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” What does that mean? Some people might think that when the Bible talks ...
December 01, 2013
Tucson RP Mission Church Location: Tucson, Ariz. Presbytery: Pacific Coast Membership: 11 communicants; 14 adherents Pastor: Jason Ryce Our Brief ...
December 01, 2013
The agonizing cries, which could only proceed from the most tortured of human souls, pierced the silence of my imagination. I could almost smell the ...
December 01, 2013
Psalm 114 Psalm Category: Public praise to God. Central Thought: God delivers both from and to. Key Words: tremble (v. 7); skip (vv. 4,6) The ...
Dennis J. Prutow | December 01, 2013
Remember these basic definitions and rules regarding similes and parables? Similes are formal comparisons. Parables are extended similes. If a parable ...
December 01, 2013
Memorize “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor. 11:26). Learn • ...
October 01, 2013
Though I didn’t watch this year’s Emmy Awards show, I know it was controversial. The show changed the way it memorializes TV stars and staff who ...
October 01, 2013
FULTON, N.Y., RPC Location: Fulton, N.Y. Organized: 1994 Presbytery: St. Lawrence Members: 23 communicant; 19 baptized Pastor: Nicholas ...
October 01, 2013
Some people in the church seem to have the spiritual gift of discouragement. It seems that all they ever do is discourage others. Truthfully, we are ...
October 01, 2013
Psalm 113 Psalm Category: Public praise to God Central Thought: The God who is lifted up is also the God who lifts up. Key word: Praise (vv. 1, 3, ...
Dennis J. Prutow | October 01, 2013
Last time we discussed that metaphors are implied comparisons. Psalm 100:3 declares, “We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” Note the ...
October 01, 2013
Memory Verse “When I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt” (Ex. ...
July 01, 2013
The devastating dust storms of the Dust Bowl era of U.S. history were caused, in large part, by the mechanized plowing of vast ranges of prairie grass ...
July 01, 2013
Psalm 112 Psalm Category: Public Praise to God Central Thought: Man, made in the image of God, does wonderful works worthy of praise! Key Word: ...
July 01, 2013
Tusca Area RPC Location: Beaver, Pa. Membership: 37 communicant, 16 baptized Organized: 1965 Pastor: Dr. Jonathan Watt Tusca Area RP Church is an ...
July 01, 2013
According to Psalm 47, we are to sing the praise of the Lord “with skillfulness.” I will leave the musical instruction side of that commandment, ...
Dennis J. Prutow | July 01, 2013
Metaphors are implied comparisons. For example, Jesus says, “I am the door” (John 10:9). Jesus is not saying He is an actual door with well-oiled ...
July 01, 2013
Memorize Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matt. ...
The only congregation of the RPCNA in the state of Wyoming is in Laramie, a small city sprawled across a broad valley along Interstate 80 where the ...
Though unfamiliar to some, since at least Augustine it’s commonplace to speak of man’s fourfold state: the state of innocency, the state of ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...
Having grown up in the midst of war-torn Iran and in a strictly Muslim family, at age nine Naghmeh Panahi nonetheless heard the Word of God and ...