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They Need to Know! For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Phillip’s wife, because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to…
Get the Word Out …and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us to up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we…
Obey, or Pay “Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.” Daniel…
. Presbyterians Week Headlines [1] Christian Observer Highlights for July 2009 [2] Happy Canada Day! [3] United Church of Christ Holds Biennial General Synod 24-30 June 2009 at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan [4] UCC Synod Speakers Denounce…
by Alex Buffalo . On his recent visit to Turkey President Obama made the comment that the US is no longer a Christian Nation. Sadly I have to agree with his comment, over the past fifty years the push to…
Even When They Don’t Want To! “Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. Those who hate the LORD would…
. By Dr. Kate Stewart . [Editor’s Note: This essay first appeared in the Christian Observer’s Presbyterians-ARP email discussion group in June of 2009 as an extended reflection in response to several threads about ARP history, which in toto constitute…
One of the basic focuses of the reformed faith is the call to be Christ-centered. This commitment expands the whole of learning for Christians. We realize this learning in the secular or empirical domain as well as in the spiritual…
A Standard to Admire “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise…
Good for All So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Romans 7:12 Few Christians will quibble with the Apostle Paul over his assertion that the Law of God is holy and righteous and…