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Hike Yosemite 2023: Young Adults
Join with young adults from NAPARC churches for a great day of outdoor fellowship. This event is sponsored by ABIDE. Click here for details. (Note: Abide is the fellowship group for NAPARC young adults, defined as late teens to mid-thirties, single or married.) The...
There was a Levite Once
The pattern is set in the first chapters of Judges: people sin, and God sends judgment. People repent, and God delivers them from judgment. The figure of the deliverer is a vague pencil outline in the first chapters; but it becomes very clear in Samson. Samson is as...
Anecdotes of Church History
1. Sadistic Pleasure Dr. B.T.D. Smith, who taught the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) at Cambridge in the 1940s was into the sport of finding faults in the Bible, especially after he trashed his profession of faith in Christ. The testimony of eyewitnesses...
Lux Mundi
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Church News
Update on the Omaha Mission Work In our last update, I mentioned that Omaha Reformed was experiencing a new thing. Instead of having new members and families come and stay, as we had the first five years of our mission, we had several families either move closer to...
Learning from the Pilgrims by Rev. Harvey Opp
Now with Thanksgiving approaching, the fear of “spreading Covid-19” by gathering together is nothing like the outlook and desire of the Pilgrims, whose celebration this holiday is to follow! For they knew that coming to the New World was a monumental task and a threat...
Growing the RCUS, Part III Change Without Compromise
In 2019, the Synod created a Strategic Planning Special Committee to review our practices and to suggest ways in which the RCUS can use our limited resources to more faithfully advance the kingdom of God. Two years later, the committee presented its report. It said,...
What does the Bible say about Predestination?
Predestination is the doctrine that the sovereignty of God determines the eternal destiny of all things, including the salvation of souls. It is a sometimes controversial doctrine, and there are many different interpretations of it. It is most commonly associated with...
The Glory of God’s Handiwork
"The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." (Ps. 19:1-3) Well, the weather has been a bit frigid so...
In the Parking Lot Again
After 40 years or so in our facility, the consistory last year voted to undertake a significant renovation. Under the leadership of deacon Al Esquivel, we installed new lighting and glass interior doors; we repainted, stained, and upholstered our pews. The...