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The Best Agriculture Handbook

Russ Pulliam | November 30, 2016

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Gina Sheets was a high-level agricultural official in the Indiana state government. Husband Travis Sheets was a farmer in Clinton County and a member ...


Christ and the Regulative Principle

Dennis J. Prutow | November 01, 2011

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The second commandment centers on worship. “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth ...


Institute Trains Future Journalists

May 01, 2011

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How long should we keep praying before it is time to give up? If God doesn’t seem to say yes within a year, should we change our prayer request? or ...


The Sin of Spin

Dennis J. Prutow | February 01, 2011

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We were in Colorado Springs, Colo. Stopping at a red light, we stared at the sticker on the car bumper in front of us. It asked this simple question: ...


Banking in Jesus’ Stead

November 01, 2010

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Robert R. Lavelle was a Reformed Presbyterian in heart. The poverty-fighting Pittsburgh banker died at age 95 on July 4. He kept his membership in a ...



The Last Best Hope

June 01, 2010

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Bill Bennett thinks America is a great country, with an exciting and exceptional story. In the academic world, that makes him almost as controversial ...


Grumpy Young Men (Part I)

May 01, 2010

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There’s something rotten in the RP church, and it might be me. Let me explain. Recently, I became convinced that the Reformed church is suffering ...



The Positive Side of “Thou Shalt Not”

Dennis J. Prutow | February 01, 2010

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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So said Isaac Newton in his third law of motion. When air is compressed by the fans in a ...



Lessons of Life and Death

March 11, 2009

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Last election day the pro-life movement faced its worst political setback since Bill Clinton’s 1992 victory. Barack Obama favors partial birth ...


Former Senators as Presidents

October 08, 2008

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Governors make better presidents. U.S. senators don’t do so well in the highest political office, most of the time. This theory can work for ...


Two Unlikely Candidates and the Cultural Shift

Russ Pulliam | September 09, 2008

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Shelby Steele thinks that Barack Obama needs to figure out who he really is. In contrast, a cross-cultural researcher and author, Ruth Van Reken, ...


Spiritual Disciplines, in Grace

Russ Pulliam | July 08, 2008

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My pastor gave me a profound lesson recently. I find it helpful to have Rich Johnston (pastor, Second RPC in Indianapolis, Ind.) review my Bible study ...


A Kingdom Not of This World

William Chellis and Bill Edgar | October 08, 2007

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Colliding Kingdoms In 1596 James Melville, a leader of the Scottish Kirk, declared that King James VI of Scotland “was God’s silly vassal and ...


David and the Gambling Goliath

Russ Pulliam | May 01, 2007

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Although he’s past traditional retirement age, Tom Grey plans to keep fighting the expansion of legal gambling. At 66, Grey is both a Vietnam ...


Direct Donations May Change Education, Welfare

Russ Pulliam | February 01, 2007

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For $454 you can help a class of elementary students in North Carolina improve their spelling. In an impoverished area of Chicago, a $406 gift will ...


An Interesting Union of Church and State

January 01, 2007

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Even the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) might endorse some of the following church-state partnerships. In Boston, police and pastors together ...


Hard-Fought Wars, Hard-Fought Policies

Russ Pulliam | November 01, 2006

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When White House officials compare George Bush to Harry Truman, they hope history will give comfort that is missing in the popularity polls. Bush ...