by Alex Coblentz | Jul 3, 2014 | 2014-07, Featured, Moderator, Moderator's Emphasis
Crack! The familiar sound of a wooden bat – It’s a home run! And from one proud Dad in the stands, “That’s my boy!” As the last note fades and the applause builds to a crescendo, the singer takes her modest bow and one proud Dad on the front row says, “That’s my...
by Larry Littlejohn | Jul 3, 2014 | 2014-07, Featured, Moderator, Moderator's Challenge
My challenge for the coming year is that we develop a greater understanding of God’s imprint on us both individu- ally and corporately as His dearly loved children. God from the beginning of time has marked His own. He will at the end of time mark them once again as...
by Susan | May 28, 2014 | Featured, Moderator, Moderator's Emphasis
The ARP and Her Confession By: William VanDoodewaard What does it mean to be a confessional church? Looking to our history helps us understand the role of our confessional standards. The Reformation-era roots of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church go...
by Jeff Kingswood | May 23, 2014 | Featured, Moderator, Moderator's Challenge
In Chapter 15 of second Chronicles, we have the picture of Judah’s king, Asa, and his army returning victorious from their battle with the armies of Cush. God had granted a great victory. But the work of reformation in the land was not complete. You can look back to...
by Ken McMullen | Mar 26, 2014 | 2014-03, Magazine Archives, Moderator, Moderator's Emphasis
Living as People of God I teach church polity to seminary students, largely because it is a required course and someone has to teach it. I have no illusions about how (un)enthused most of them are when they sign up for the course. Almost all of them view it as the ‘I...
by Jeff Kingswood | Mar 26, 2014 | 2014-03, Featured, Moderator, Moderator's Challenge
“Peace, order and good government” is the introductory phrase of section 91 of the CONSTITUTION ACT, of 1867. This phrase states in general terms the scope of the legislative jurisdiction granted to the Parliament of Canada by Her Majesty the Queen. It is...
