Trying to Find Value by Running Stupid-Far
12. September 2022
It’s dark. It’s Jan. 1 and it’s so cold. My thighs are burning. Forty-nine percent of me is screaming, Stop! And 51 percent of me sets its jaw ...
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Congregation of the Month: Ridgefield Park RPC
12. September 2022
Location: Ridgefield Park, N.J. Presbytery: Atlantic Organization: December 26, 1797 Membership: 17 communicant; 3 baptized Pastor: Andrew ...
Not Checking the Boxes
12. September 2022
I see some of my neighbors on social media more than I see them in person. That’s not entirely an incriminating statement, as we’ve all been more ...
APs and RPs
01. August 2022
What do you know about the history of the Associate Presbyterian Church? How were APs relevant to RPs? This month, we take a brief look at the history ...
M&Ms and Money
18. July 2022
A report to Synod that few elders want to miss is the one that talks about our giving to Reformed Presbyterian Missions and Ministries (RPM&M). ...
Around the Globe
18. July 2022
This month, let’s take a brief look at Reformed Presbyterian’s global presence. Long-established RP congregations exist in six countries: ...
Imprecatory Psalms
18. July 2022
Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace” (Ps. 83:17). These are strong words indeed! Yet we find such ...
Finding Your Future
18. July 2022
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge” (Prov. 18:15). From the Editor: The college search is an ...
Congregation of the Month: First RPC of Phoenix
18. July 2022
Location: Phoenix, Ariz. Presbytery: Pacific Coast Organization: 1960 Membership: 37 communicant; 14 baptized Pastor: Christopher W. ...
Time for a Pew Exchange
18. July 2022
In Feb. 2020 I booked flights for Europe with expectancy. I had been given the privilege of addressing the Irish RP Church synod and the Scottish RP ...
Can It Be Biblical?
08. June 2022
Imagine that your husband dies and leaves an unmarried brother, or your wife dies and leaves an unmarried sister. If your spouse’s sibling is a ...
A Traveling Preacher
09. May 2022
Few now remember the name of Rev. John Black. That’s hardly surprising, since he was born more than 250 years ago. As one of the most important ...
Acknowledging God’s Sovereignty
09. May 2022
Have you ever found yourself being misunderstood? Perhaps you were trying to help, only to ruin everything. Maybe romantic feelings you found ...
The Psalm Most Royal
09. May 2022
Many of the psalms are deemed “royal psalms.” Whether they are psalms that declare God is king (such as Psalms 93–99) or ones that feature ...
Ambassadors for Christ
09. May 2022
Last summer, when I was 15, I went to a mock government camp for homeschoolers called iGov-ern run by HSLDA. At the camp, we participated in a ...
Thirsty Thursdays
09. May 2022
Have you read an entire book of the Bible in one sitting? (Third John doesn’t count.) When was the last time? If you’re like me, before I started ...
Eastvale RPC
09. May 2022
Location: Beaver Falls, Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Organization: 1886–1889 Membership: 46 communicant; 10 baptized Pastor: Micah ...
How Much Does a Lie Cost?
09. May 2022
Whether the narrative is George Orwell’s 1984 or Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the proverb reads the same: Lying is hard work. Think about the vast ...
Chung On Taai
01. April 2022
During the final years of the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s, our South China Presbytery was comprised of several ministers: some American and ...
Transforming a State
01. March 2022
For the past few decades, Indiana has been one of the RPCNA’s strongest regions, but nearly all the Indiana congregations have been founded in ...