The Legacy Costs of Sending
27 Aug Responsible churches count the cost of missions and of sending laborers. They might overlook counting the legacy costs of missions which tend to creep upon them gradually as more and more servants...
Church History: Battle of Dunkeld Anniversary
This past week was the anniversary of the Battle of Dunkeld, 21st August 1689. This was the Cameronian Regiment’s first engagement. You can read about it here. The Cameronian regiment were raised from the ranks...
How to Thrive as a Christian
22 Aug How would you answer these questions?: How can we most glorify God on the earth? How can we experience most of his presence? How can we see him most clearly revealed? How...
Humble Prayer under Humbling Circumstances
The following article was originally written for the Gentle Reformation blog. Check it out for more great content by reformed writers and preachers. It becomes us to be humble under humbling providences. – Matthew...
Scottish Presbytery Meeting
Presbytery met by way of Zoom on the 26th June. The March meeting had been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, so this was a busy meeting. The main item of business was giving...
Senior Camp Live
The Irish RP Senior Camp for young people 16+ ran on an online format the 5th-10th July. 82 young people attended all or parts of it. Rev. Philip McCollum gave a talk on Monday...
The Beauty of the Bramble: J. P. Struthers
Here in the UK, bramble picking season is upon us. Rev Stephen Steele, minister of Stranraer RP Church and a keen historian, stumbled across the following old meditation by Rev J. P Struthers on...
Faith in the Fog
31 July We live today in a constant fog—uncertain when the pandemic will end, whether the economy will recover, whether inequities in our society will improve and social unrest will ease. We move forward...
History of Stranraer RP Church
The following narrative was read during the ordination of a new minister to the Stranraer congregation in 1957. It was later typed up and made available for public use. by Rev. J. T. MOFFETT...
Anniversary: Scotland’s Second Reformation
BLOG Last week marked the anniversary of when Scotland’s Second Reformation began (23rd July 1637), but what kicked it off? Since the Reformation in Scotland in 1560, the church here had been Presbyterian, which...