Dennis J. Prutow | November/December 2018 Issue
Psalm 100 begins with the call, “Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.” Our versions translate Lord in all caps to indicate the underlying ...
Dennis J. Prutow | September/October 2018 Issue
Philippians 2:12–13 is good news for every believer, “My beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in ...
Dennis J. Prutow | July/August 2018 Issue
The Book of Psalms is quoted 79 times in the New Testament. There are also 333 allusions to the Psalms (Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies, ...
Dennis Prutow | May/June 2018 Issue
Jesus prays, “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth” (John 17:17). He is praying for His future apostles. Truth is that which is ...
Dennis Prutow | March/April 2018 Issue
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me” ...
Dennis J. Prutow | January/February 2018 Issue
John gives the purpose of his Gospel here: “Many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November/December 2017 Issue
Mark 8:22–26 presents a two-stage miracle occurring almost in the center of this 16-chapter book. They came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind ...
It is likely the psalmist recently returned to Jerusalem from Babylon, rejoicing to come home (Ps. 126) but feeling devastated by the sight of barren ...
Dennis J. Prutow | September/October 2017 Issue
As our King, Christ “must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet” (1 Cor. 15:25). These enemies hate Christ; they also hate you and ...
Dennis J. Prutow | July/August 2017 Issue
1. Psalm explanations are not Bible studies. They prepare people for worship and singing. Study and worship are two different activities. To be sure, ...
God promised Abraham a land for his offspring and family. “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river ...
Dennis J. Prutow | March/April 2017 Issue
The book of Judges accentuates the people’s need for a king. Ruth promises the coming of the king. The books of Samuel record the king’s arrival. ...
Dennis J. Prutow | January/February 2017 Issue
The Book of Judges recounts a downward spiral: “The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.” “So the anger of the Lord was ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November 30, 2016
Moses is dead, and Joshua is the new leader of God’s people (Deut. 31:23; 34:5; Josh. 1:1-9). He leads the people across the Jordan as on dry ...
Dennis J. Prutow | September 14, 2016
The key text of Deuteronomy is clear. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and ...
Dennis Prutow | July 15, 2016
The Book of Numbers is broken into five sections that outline three encampments and two travelogues. In Numbers 1:1-10:10, Israel prepares for ...
Dennis J. Prutow | May 13, 2016
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 ...
Dennis J. Prutow | March 01, 2016
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. ...
Dennis J. Prutow | January 04, 2016
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 ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November 02, 2015
There is a growing divide between the so-called political class and the people. The former pays lip service to biblical Christianity while exalting ...
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 ...
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 ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...