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New Year’s Challenge

December 08, 2008

Learn & Live 

Here is a challenge for the coming year. Look at the Psalms and the singing of the Psalms in a new light. In so doing, trust the Lord to use this ...


Necessary Food

December 08, 2008

Kids Page 

Memory: “I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the Words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” —Job ...


Expanding to Campus and Community

December 08, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

Bloomington RPC Location: Bloomington, Indiana Presbytery: Great Lakes–Gulf Organized: October 10, 1821 Membership: 77 communicant, 45 ...


Change for Whose Sake?

December 05, 2008

Viewpoint 

The year 2008 really was different. While it’s customary to retrospect at this time of year, 2008 was an especially good year for seeing trends. In ...


Let God Be Magnified!

December 01, 2008

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 70 Psalm Category: Individual Lament Central Thought: As we face various kinds of opposition, we take heart in calling out to God, rejoicing ...


Tree of Life

November 21, 2008

Learn & Live 

Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the ...


PETA and the Professor

November 21, 2008

Viewpoint 

Prof. C. J. Williams’ article in this issue, “Why I Hunt,” has been in our manuscript file since the end of last year’s hunting season. In the ...


Great Is Your Faithfulness

November 21, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

College Hill RPC Location: Beaver Falls, Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Organized: July 1, 1896 Membership: 232 communicant; 70 ...


Believe

November 21, 2008

Kids Page 

Memory: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.” (Acts 16:31) Think of the strangest thing that ever happened to you. Then ...


Window to the New Testament

C.J. Williams | November 10, 2008

Psalm of the Month 

As we have seen in previous months, the themes of suffering and persecution form a strain of messianic imagery in the Psalms, reflected particularly ...


A Church Among the Unchurched

October 11, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

Kita-Suzurandai RP Mission Station Location: Kobe, Japan Presbytery: Japan Membership: 20 communicants; 2 baptized Pastor (domestic missionary of ...


Standing Out from the Crowd

October 08, 2008

Viewpoint 

In one of her poignant emails, Julie Pilling referred to the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Challenged by the king to worship him ...


Life and Death Attitudes

October 08, 2008

Learn & Live 

Romans 8:6 sets forth a simple contrast. “The mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace” (NASB). The word ...


Former Senators as Presidents

October 08, 2008

Watchwords 

Governors make better presidents. U.S. senators don’t do so well in the highest political office, most of the time. This theory can work for ...


Comparing Noah and Jesus

October 08, 2008

Kids Page 

During Noah’s time, God offered a way to save people from dying in the flood. Nobody but Noah’s family believed that God would save them. If they ...


An RP Presence Near New York City

Richard B. Weir | October 07, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

Ridgefield Park RPC Location: Ridgefield Park, N. J. Presbytery: Atlantic Organized: 1797 Membership: 30 communicant; 6 baptized Pastor: J. Bruce ...


Ascended to Victory

October 01, 2008

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 68 Psalm Category: Community Song of Gratitude Central Thought: God is to be praised for what He has done, what He is doing, and what He will ...


United in Southern California

September 09, 2008

Congregation of the Month 

San Diego RPC Location: San Diego, Calif. Presbytery: Pacific Coast Organized: Mar. 30, 1954 Membership: 22 communicant; 13 baptized Pastor: D. ...


Two Unlikely Candidates and the Cultural Shift

Russ Pulliam | September 09, 2008

Watchwords 

Shelby Steele thinks that Barack Obama needs to figure out who he really is. In contrast, a cross-cultural researcher and author, Ruth Van Reken, ...


Extremist RPs

Drew Gordon | September 09, 2008

Viewpoint 

In the leadup to the U.S. presidential election, there has been one bipartisan principle that has emerged in the general media: All religious ...