Jerry O'Neill | May 06, 2015
So what’s keeping you from talking to your session about one of the most important decisions you will ever make? What’s keeping you from seeking ...
November 05, 2014
It was a delightful spring evening. The sun gently warmed the soil as plants and trees exploded in a broad spectrum of colors. The harsh winter, now a ...
June 02, 2014
Paul (name changed for security purposes) is ready for the seminary lecture, Introduction to Reformed Theology. Neatly arrayed around him are his ...
December 01, 2013
So that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord (Ps. 102:18b). As his words flowed from the open classroom door, his voice was thoughtful, ...
May 01, 2013
For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from ...
November 01, 2012
Almost immediately after the formation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, plans were set in motion to establish a denominational ...
June 01, 2012
Each spring, Dr. and Mrs. O’Neill, along with Mark and Sharon Sampson, host a dessert for graduating seniors. While sampling delicious baked goods ...
November 01, 2011
Poll all seniors in high school about their definition of summer fun, and spending three weeks in deep theological study and performing manual labor ...
November 01, 2011
Fall is a time of change in Pennsylvania. God directs the trees to take on new hues. Some animals prepare for hibernation, while others begin long ...
May 01, 2011
The board of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) is pleased to announce the graduating class of 2011. “It is interesting to note ...
May 01, 2011
Johannes Geerhardus (J. G.) Vos was without question one of the most influential men in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America in the 20th ...
October 01, 2010
On June 24, the bicentennial of the Lord’s faithfulness to the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) was celebrated at the Heinz History ...
May 01, 2010
Before the telephone. Before the electric telegraph. Even before the Pony Express. RPTS was equipping men to herald the news—the good news of Jesus ...
February 01, 2010
Rev. Alexander McLeod penned the following words in a chilling cry of exhortation to his church and the nation in his 1802 work, Negro Slavery ...
January 01, 2010
My task here is to offer some ruminations from the viewpoint of a historian—neither a pastor nor a theologian—about why the Reformed Presbyterian ...
January 01, 2010
In summer 2009, the board of trustees of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary decided to name the new storefront building purchased across ...
January 01, 2010
Not unlike other older seminaries, RPTS occupied various homes in several states in its early years. This was due to the fact that the seminary would ...
January 01, 2010
1798 –Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America established 1807 –Seminary constitution adopted 1810 –Seminary courses commence ...
January 01, 2010
Full-Time Faculty Richard C. Gamble: Professor of Systematic Theology since 2005. Teaching with the kind of passion that students have said ...
January 01, 2010
Hananiah, as we are told in the book of Nehemiah, was a faithful man and feared God above many. His name means “the Lord’s grace.” One ...
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 ...