by Hannah Foster | Apr 28, 2026 | RCUS News
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While the Reformed Church in the United States was founded in 1725, the honor of organizing the first permanent German Reformed congregation belongs to Rev. Henry Hager and his group of 42 German Reformed settlers at Germanna, Va, whose arrival is noted here by their sponsor, Virginia Governor Spotswood. Today in 1714: Virginia Gov. Spotswood […]
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by Hannah Foster | Apr 27, 2026 | RCUS News
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Q: How much should I leave to my children and to charity in my will? A: One helpful approach some families use is sometimes called adding “a child named Charity.” For example, if a couple has four children, they might divide their estate into five equal parts. Each child would receive one-fifth, and the remaining […]
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by Hannah Foster | Apr 26, 2026 | RCUS News
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Q47: But is not Christ with us even unto the end of the world, as He has promised? A: Christ is true man and true God. According to His human nature He is now not on earth, but according to His Godhead, majesty, grace, and Spirit, He is at no time absent from us. Q48: […]
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by Hannah Foster | Apr 25, 2026 | RCUS News
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Q45: What benefit do we receive from the “resurrection” of Christ? A: First, by His resurrection He has overcome death, that He might make us partakers of the righteousness which He has obtained for us by His death. Second, by His power we are also now raised up to a new life. Third, the resurrection […]
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by Hannah Foster | Apr 24, 2026 | RCUS News
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Q43: What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ on the cross? A: That by His power our old man is with Him crucified, slain, and buried; so that the evil lusts of the flesh may no more reign in us, but that we may offer ourselves unto Him a […]
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