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From Pentecostal to Reformed

From Pentecostal to Reformed

One Church’s Journey Pastor Paul Viggiano is a minister in our denomination (Branch of Hope OPC in Torrance, CA), but that was not always the case. He and his congregation used to be pentecostal. How could a Pastor and his people experience so radical a change...

Relationships and Reason

The Personal Testimony of Henry Thompson “Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.” ~ Garrison Keillor If having earned a graduate degree is an indication, I am an intelligent person. However, my testimony is a bad...
The Conversion of Saint Patrick

The Conversion of Saint Patrick

On the picturesque banks of the Clyde, not far from Glasgow, in the Christian village of Bonavern, now Kilpatrick, a little boy, of tender heart, lively temperament, and indefatigable activity, passed the earlier days of his life. He was born about the year 372 A.D.,...
Testimony of Martin Luther

Testimony of Martin Luther

Meanwhile in that same year, 1519, I had begun interpreting the Psalms once again. I felt confident that I was now more experienced, since I had dealt in university courses with St. Paul’s Letters to the Romans, to the Galatians, and the Letter to the Hebrews. I...

A Believer’s Statement

The Personal Testimony of Jim Severance I grew up in the faith, or rather, I grew up mistaking morality for faith. It is a mistake often made. It arises from the belief that Christ came to be an example. He is an example, but he came to save. I like what the great...

Stay Away From That Christian!

The Personal Testimony of Kelly Roman (now McShaffrey) I was raised in your average Roman Catholic family. We attended mass once a week, I went to private school, we fasted on Fridays during lent, and everything else we were supposed to do to be right with God....