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Comment: Evidence of a Healthy Church

May 01, 2013

Letters to the Editor 

I enjoyed Jerry O’Neill’s article, “What is a Healthy Church,” together with Barry York’s piece on caring for the needy (March/April ...


Congregation of the Month: Elkhart, Ind., RPC

May 01, 2013

Congregation of the Month 

On a Foundation of Prayer…in ‘Michiana’ Location: Elkhart, Indiana Organized: 2000 Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Members: 37 communicant; 12 ...


Context Is King

Dennis J. Prutow | May 01, 2013

Learn & Live 

We call our approach to the Bible a Spirit-illumined, God-centered, grammatical, historical, and theological interpretation. We began this topic in ...


Praise the Practical God!

May 01, 2013

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 111 Psalm Category: Public praises to God Central Thought: Our God does wonderful works worthy of praise! Key Word: Works The theme of ...


The Sermon

May 01, 2013

Kids Page 

“So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” —Romans 10:17 What is a sermon? The sermon is a message based on a ...


The Amazing, Shrinking RP Church

May 01, 2013

Viewpoint 

At times, summer conferences or Synod meetings seem timeless. One feels a connection with history, with previous generations. But when you read ...


How to Be a King

March 01, 2013

Viewpoint 

While at Patrick Henry College, where Reformed Presbyterian author Rosaria Butterfield was interviewed by WORLD editor Marvin Olasky with an audience ...


Reaching Out to the Inner City

March 01, 2013

Congregation of the Month 

Syracuse RPC Location: Syracuse, N.Y. Organized: 1849 Members: 90 communicant; 25 baptized Pastor: Andrew Schep Website: ...


King Jesus

Ian Wise | March 01, 2013

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 110 Psalm Category: Royal Psalm Central Thought: The same Jesus who came to die for us is now reigning over all things for His glory and our ...


How to Interpret the Bible

Dennis J. Prutow | March 01, 2013

Learn & Live 

What we believe about the Bible guides how we interpret the Bible. We believe God inspires the Bible. “All Scripture is inspired [breathed out] by ...


RP Student Develops Software, Wins Award

March 01, 2013

Youth Witness 

Geolocation is the process of determining where a photo or video was taken. Counter terrorism, environmental monitoring, disaster relief and robot ...


Training the Internet Generation

March 01, 2013

Gentle Reformation 

As a freshman at Purdue University in fall 1995, I experienced the internet for the first time. The university had just installed Netscape browsers in ...


Prayer in Public Worship

March 01, 2013

Kids Page 

Prayer is another part of the worship of God. Usually one person, the minister, leads the worshipers and speaks to God for them. As hearers, we should ...


Fear of Failure

January 31, 2013

Viewpoint 

The secret to successful evangelism and outreach at your church is that there is no secret. We want there to be a secret, a special method, a unique ...



Songs of the Covenant: Accused

Ian Wise | January 31, 2013

Psalm of the Month 

After he had served Northampton Church for 24 years, the congregation voted to dismiss Jonathan Edwards from his ministry among them. He had endured ...


Wake Up!

Dennis J. Prutow | January 31, 2013

Learn & Live 

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. On Jan. 22, 1973, the court legalized abortion in America. Since ...


A Page for Kids

January 31, 2013

Kids Page 

In the Westminster Shorter Catechism we learn that “Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will; in the name ...


Lessons of Life and Death

November 01, 2012

Viewpoint 

Days before my sister Anne died of brain cancer, my wife and I visited with her in the hospice. For several months Anne had had trouble finding the ...


Sterling Kan., RPC

November 01, 2012

Congregation of the Month 

Sterling, Kan., RPC Location: Sterling, Kan. Presbytery: Midwest Organized: 1877 Membership: 75 communicant; 40 baptized Pastor: Joel Wood Web ...