A Vacation Like No Other
05. March 2024
Bermuda. Watkins Glen. Acadia. Stonehenge. Laguna Beach. Fujiyama. Grandma’s house. There are many wonderful and important places to go and things ...
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How Can We Sing the Lord’s Songs in Babylon?
05. March 2024
Can you picture the scene? A group of Jewish exiles have gathered for their daily catch-up by the banks of the Euphrates River at the end of another ...
Gordon J. Keddie
18. September 2023
Gordon James Keddie was born on Dec. 29, 1944, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to David and Norah Keddie. He was baptized in Chalmers Church of Scotland ...
The Covichords of 1957
18. September 2023
It is hard to believe that more than 60 years have gone by since we made that long trip together,” said Wayne Spear, a member of the 1957 Covichords ...
Verse and Virtue
26. July 2023
The judicious reader may appreciate the irony that the beauty of poetry is here defended with the logic of prose. But, just as an awe-inspiring ...
Spiritual Balance in a Confusing World
22. May 2023
The famous military theoretician Carl Von Clausewitz is credited with the phrase “fog of war.” Though the phrase doesn’t appear in his writings, ...
Social Media Fasting
22. May 2023
Around 10 years ago, the book of Esther had a profound impact on me and became my favorite Old Testament scroll. It piqued my interest in the practice ...
Taking Control of My Technology
22. May 2023
The Old Testament ends with the words, “And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, ...
Cultivating God’s Way in Liberia
13. March 2023
“Pray for Liberia.” I have been hearing that prayer request from Second (Indianapolis, Ind.) RPC ruling elder Donald Cassell for about 30 ...
Louis Meyer
13. March 2023
Born Aug. 30, 1862, in Crivitz, Germany, to Jewish parents, Louis Meyer would eventually become a minister of the gospel in the Reformed Presbyterian ...
Worshiping Around the World
16. January 2023
One blessing of the pandemic was that it allowed us not only to participate in our local worship services but also to connect with Reformed ...
This Message Must Go Out
11. November 2022
As those disciples were standing on that mountaintop, do you think that they had to be cajoled into going?” David Platt asked this rhetorical ...
New Wife, New State, New Church
12. September 2022
The lyrics to the Oklahoma State Anthem are from the words of the hit Broadway musical Oklahoma! by Oscar Hammerstein II. For those who aren’t ...
Covid, Social Media, and Politics
12. September 2022
The Witness surveyed several teaching and ruling elders on how they and their congregations handled some of the big societal challenges of the past ...
The Ninth Commandment in the Life of the Church
12. September 2022
Contemporary political discourse has devolved into nothing short of shouting matches. He who has the loudest voice wins. There is little honest ...
Purposeful Design
18. July 2022
Just 24 years old, Luke Hart is supervising older men in a fast-growing custom furniture factory in Indianapolis. Some call him Brother Luke. Nobody ...
Outreach on Two Wheels
18. July 2022
I am an elder in the Ballyclare Reformed Presbyterian Church, which is in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ballyclare is 13 miles from Belfast, the ...
The Savior’s Gaze
29. April 2022
Barely able to keep the tears from my eyes, I walked down the church aisle, flowers in hand. My white train swished behind me. In just a few short ...
‘Harold Continued to Preach’
01. March 2022
Out of nowhere, as far as I knew, Harold appeared. For two years my congregation had tried calling one “star” after another. None were interested ...
A Christian Analysis of Assisted Reproduction
01. March 2022
The Challenge of Infertility Very few Christian couples preparing for marriage expect to have trouble conceiving and bearing children. Often in ...