July 30, 2012
The Big Umbrella Ruth Spear There was a big black umbrella way back in the closet under the stairway. I was told it was used in China when my parents ...
June 01, 2012
My purpose in writing this is to emphasize two tremendous realities that Beverly and I experienced because of our son’ s death: the reality of death ...
June 01, 2012
On Feb. 14, 1999, I started to go to the Syracuse Reformed Presbyterian Church—and not for research. Even though I felt like a freak in that church, ...
June 01, 2012
The Testimony of Bill Boyle My story is not only about how God confronted me with my sin and worked repentance in my life, but also how He worked in ...
April 13, 2012
When I think about how the Lord has worked in my life, one word comes to mind again and again: grace. I’m amazed at how He reached down, plucked me ...
Maggie Allyn | January 01, 2012
“Are we really bound for the promised land?” I asked When I am blessed to hear the testimony of how others came to Christ, many times ...
July 01, 2011
The Early Years Orlena was born Jan. 15, 1922, in Sparta, Ill., the daughter of Thomas Lynn and Marguer-ite McMurtry. When Thomas married Marguerite, ...
James D. Carson | May 01, 2011
My father became the pastor of the Seattle, Wash., RPC in 1936, when I was 7 years old. The Seattle congregation therefore was my home church. In ...
January 01, 2011
I love words! Once you begin a conversation with me, you might as well sit down. I love the way you can move words around and say the same things in ...
December 16, 2010
In God’s providence, I was born in a Christian home, the fifth child of my parents. My sister Gisela was the third child. My mother and father had ...
December 16, 2010
I was born in Germany, the third of six children, and grew up in Frielinghausen, a small village in the Rhineland. My father was of a very old ...
June 01, 2010
I had the extraordinary privilege of knowing my father for over 78 years. Not many fathers live to be 106. Waldo McBurney was born Oct. 3, 1902, near ...
November 28, 2009
Sitting in construction traffic, squinting into the June sunlight, I glanced at the time and sighed in relief. Maybe I would be home early. My mind ...
October 28, 2009
If you ask Bob Hemphill when he graduated from Geneva College, he’ll just smile. “I did not graduate,” he says firmly. “Everybody thinks I ...
May 08, 2008
As a child, I feared many things, one of which was Halloween. On a particularly dark Halloween night, when I was about 5 years old, I made a ...
Brandon Fisher | July 01, 2007
“How do you like Australia?” a new acquaintance asked in late August. “Yeah, it’s been good,” I replied with a bit of a grin. “We ...
Drew Gordon | June 06, 2007
Which pleases God more? To work one’s way up the ladder of success, eventually reaching leadership positions where one has great influence for ...
Grant Van Leuven | May 01, 2007
What is a 24-year-old Hoosier girl aspiring to a Ph.D. in cognitive science doing at a seminary in Pittsburgh? Call it providence. In September ...
Matthew Adamo | January 01, 2007
When I was a child, my family occasionally attended a Lutheran church near my house. We didn’t go often, so I didn’t hear the gospel or come to a ...
Wayne Copeland | August 08, 2006
If I were to pick a favorite verse from the Bible to describe the special relationship that I have with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, it would be, ...
Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. Presbytery: Midwest Organization: 1981 Membership: 101 communicant; 56 baptized Pastor: Ed Blackwood Website: ...
This article is an excerpt from chapter 5 of God Breathed: Connecting through Scripture to God, Others, the Natural World, and Yourself. I will never ...
In the early years of the Witness, it was published weekly, and correspondents reported many small events in their congregations. Here are some news ...
Empowered Witness: Politics, Culture, and the Spiritual Mission of the Church Dr. Alan D. Strange | Crossway, 2024, 149 pages, $17.99 | Reviewed by ...