Dennis J. Prutow | May 08, 2008
In previous columns we have examined arguments for the use of musical instruments in public worship from the book of Psalms and have found those ...
Dennis J. Prutow | March 03, 2008
Psalm 150 enjoins praise on various occasions. My argument is that it does not command the use of instrumental music in our regular, stated meetings ...
Dennis J. Prutow | January 01, 2008
The Greek word psallo means “to play on a stringed instrument, to play the harp.” The Greek word for “psalm” refers to “a striking the ...
Dennis J. Prutow | December 01, 2007
One of the arguments in favor of using musical instruments in worship points to the commands in the Psalms. Psalm 33:2 is an example. “Give thanks ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November 01, 2007
Continuing last month’s discussion of culturally conditioned celebrations, we turn to Judges 11:34. “When Jephtha came to his house at Mizpah, ...
Dennis J. Prutow | July 01, 2007
As we discussed in last month’s column, God instituted the use of trumpets in worship through Moses. God instituted the use of cymbals in worship ...
Dennis J. Prutow | June 06, 2007
We will start discussing our manner of worship by looking at the God-ordained musical instruments in the Old Testament— trumpets, cymbals, harps, ...
Dennis J. Prutow | May 01, 2007
Before we move to the manner of public praise in worship before God, we pause to contemplate the nature of this public praise. First of all, your ...
Dennis J. Prutow | March 05, 2007
Last month we pointed out that worship can be—and has been— changed, but that only God can rightly change worship. Biblical transitions in worship ...
Dennis J. Prutow | February 01, 2007
God inaugurated Israel’s ceremonial worship under Moses. The Lord instituted significant changes under David and brought this worship into full ...
Dennis J. Prutow | January 01, 2007
One of the arguments in favor of using musical instruments in worship points to the commands in the Psalms. Psalm 33:2 is an example. “Give thanks ...
Dennis J. Prutow | January 01, 2007
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is ...
Dennis Prutow | December 01, 2006
Self-control is the final piece of the fruit of the Spirit in Paul’s list (Gal. 5:22-23). It is a virtue. With self-control you have strength or ...
Dennis J. Prutow | November 01, 2006
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,…” (Gal. 5:22-23). Jesus Christ ...
Dennis J. Prutow | October 01, 2006
The story of Hosea and Gomer is well known. “The Lord said to Hosea, ‘Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for ...
Dennis Prutow | September 09, 2006
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,…” (Gal. 5:22). The fruit of the Spirit is the character of God ...
Dennis Prutow | August 08, 2006
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness….” (Gal. 5:22). The fruit of the Spirit includes kindness that reflects the ...
Dennis Prutow | July 01, 2006
God promises, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Ezek. ...
Dennis Prutow | June 01, 2006
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,…” (Gal. 5:22). We all crave peace of heart and conscience. Unrest, anxiety, guilt, anger, and ...
Dennis Prutow | May 01, 2006
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy…” (Gal. 5:22). As we spoke about in the previous column, love is the first of the fruit—love ...
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 ...