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Bridging the Gap

December 05, 2008

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On Oct. 23-25, the North Hills RPC in Pittsburgh, Pa., sponsored a series of events featuring Dr. Walt Mueller, well-known speaker on youth culture ...


Emails from Julie

October 08, 2008

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These are excerpts of Julie Pilling’s emails to her family, friends, and prayer warriors. For sake of space, much detail was omitted, including some ...


Excerpts from Take Charge of Your Life

Dr. Richard Ganz | September 09, 2008

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The Grace of a Take-Charge Life It is easy to be a rule keeper. It is easy to be proud about the issues we believe are important. It is easy to look ...


Take-Home Value

Stephanie Adjemian | August 08, 2008

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“Every moment of life is a statement to God of what you think of Him.” Discomfort rippled through the crowd of 200 teenagers stacked in Calvin ...


To Everything There Is a Season

Dr. William Joseph McFarland | June 08, 2008

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Stories tell us a lot. In this account of one Reformed Presbyterian family, we are offered glimpses into the struggles and joys of Christians in ...


The Race in the Cherokee Strip

A. J. McFarland | June 08, 2008

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All minds were centered on the opening of the Cherokee Strip. This land was to be opened by a race. Since Father [J. C. McFarland] had been over this ...


Analyzing Terrorism

Dr. Tom Copeland | May 08, 2008

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The editor of the Witness recently sat down with Professor Tom Copeland to discuss his new book on terrorism and the class entitiled “global ...


Exclusively Yours

Anthony Selvaggio | March 08, 2008

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*Excerpted from** What the Bible Teaches About Marriage, **© Anthony T. Selvaggio (ISBN 0-85234-634-4). Reprinted by permission of the author and ...


The Four C’s of Marriage

Bob and Cheryl Hemphill | March 03, 2008

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Connection What is it that brings together a man and woman? Love, romance, friendship, commonalities? Often, all of the above. It is so important ...


A Bridge in Selma

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

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This is the story of a small town and a small church denomination that changed history. I’m not speaking of the headline-grabbing kind of change, ...


Stories Worth Telling: Three Selma Women

Drew Gordon | February 02, 2008

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The Witness interviewed three members of Selma RPC in preparing this issue. Some of their life story is printed in below in their own words, and other ...


Three Selma Women Speak

February 02, 2008

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Protests Mrs. Brown: [The marching] started with the ministers. The local ministers got together and decided to invite Dr. King here because he had ...


What Has Francis Schaeffer to Do With Al Gore?

Micah Humphreys | January 01, 2008

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What is a Christian view of nature? Does thinking correctly about creation assist us in answering the doomsday predictions of global warming ...


The Singing Savior

Edmund P. Clowney | December 08, 2007

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Two Auca Indians sang a haunting chant of worship to God before a great missionary congress in Berlin. One of the singers had driven his spear into ...


Revisiting Sanctification

Russ Pulliam | December 08, 2007

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Sanctification may be the one area of systematic theology that needs revisitation in each generation. Other topics pretty well get settled in certain ...


Comments from Semester in Scotland Participants

Heidi Filbert | November 01, 2007

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Since Semester in Scotland began in 2003, 18 students from the U.S. and N. Ireland have participated or are currently participating in the program. We ...


Meeting a Ministry Need in Scotland

November 01, 2007

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Short-term mission trips are nothing new. But transplanting one’s family to a different part of the globe for a period of several years is becoming ...


Setbacks and Surprises

Jennifer Herron | July 01, 2007

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It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep. —Psalm 127B, The Book of ...


Seeking the Lost Coin

Stacie Shopp | July 01, 2007

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At an international missions conference last year, I sat to chat with a gal my age who worked with women in Greece. I remember thinking, What does her ...


Presenting the Gospel

John M. L. Young | July 01, 2007

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This is an excerpt of a classic book, The Motive and Aim of Missions, which has just been released in a second edition by Crown & Covenant ...