Leaving the Light On
January 01, 2010
The dark paneled walls of the Seminary’s mansion-turned-classrooms fascinated me as a child. Carved, eerie faces in the stately furniture from the ...
January 01, 2010
The dark paneled walls of the Seminary’s mansion-turned-classrooms fascinated me as a child. Carved, eerie faces in the stately furniture from the ...
December 23, 2009
This month marks the completion of the 125th year of magazine publishing in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. In January we published ...
November 28, 2009
When you mention the name of Renwick Wright in a Reformed Presbyterian gathering, you’re likely to find a lot of people ready to share testimonies ...
October 18, 2009
I didn’t have an exclusive press pass to watch the leaders of the free world unite for the G-20 Summit on Sept. 24-25. But since it seemed unlikely ...
September 29, 2009
Though it has been available to the general public for just three years, the social-networking web site Facebook has 250 million users worldwide. That ...
August 11, 2009
One of my recent tasks as editorial assistant was to excerpt Crown & Covenant Publications’ new book, Political Danger, by James R. Willson, for ...
July 01, 2009
I find it fascinating to hear people’s first impressions of a Synod meeting. Some find Synods enthralling and amazing; others find them bewildering ...
June 02, 2009
Most of our readers are aware that Synod’s Psalter Revision Committee has been working fast and furiously to produce a revised edition of the ...
May 05, 2009
Rob Bell is everywhere. His interview is touted on the cover of Christianity Today. He is a speaker at large Christian conferences. When I went to ...
March 22, 2009
Maybe it shouldn’t bother me as much as it does. After all, I’ve heard the phrase from organizations I really respect. At first I heard it only ...
February 09, 2009
As our oldest child arrived at the age where some of his peers were talking about having boyfriends or girlfriends, our homeschool group had a ...
January 01, 2009
I am seldom enamored by anniversaries of organizations. I think I was raised in a generation that undervalues history, and some of that rubbed off on ...
December 05, 2008
The year 2008 really was different. While it’s customary to retrospect at this time of year, 2008 was an especially good year for seeing trends. In ...
November 21, 2008
Prof. C. J. Williams’ article in this issue, “Why I Hunt,” has been in our manuscript file since the end of last year’s hunting season. In the ...
October 08, 2008
In one of her poignant emails, Julie Pilling referred to the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Challenged by the king to worship him ...
Drew Gordon | September 09, 2008
In the leadup to the U.S. presidential election, there has been one bipartisan principle that has emerged in the general media: All religious ...
Drew Gordon | August 08, 2008
I wondered at the Reformed Presbyterian International Conference this year how many photos were being taken. A lot more people have digital cameras ...
Drew Gordon | July 08, 2008
In my first board meeting as a Reformed Presbyterian, I found it curious that there would be a Resolution of Thanks on the agenda, and even more ...
Drew Gordon | June 08, 2008
We’ve grown accustomed to the fact that a significant number of Reformed Presbyterians are gifted writers who have a valuable story to tell. When ...
Drew Gordon | May 08, 2008
Being present at the bedside of a dying person has a deep impact on those witnesses. Often they are spurred to a deeper appreciation of life and ...
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 ...