James Faris

Fouad Ajami, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University and a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, writing in the Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/article/

At around 10:30 p.m. every Friday night, light and darkness collide at the corner of Broad Ripple Avenue and Guilford Avenue in Broad Ripple Village, about six miles north of downtown

Wilhelmus a` Brakel (1635-1711), a Dutch pastor and theologian, wrote a devotionally-focused systematic theology for his congregation. The Christian’s Reasonable Service [http://www.heritagebooks.org/products/The-Christian] was first published in 1700,

Recently, our local Reformation Society studied Romans 10:14-17. In the concluding discussion, one pastor remarked that while he has been complimented on good sermons, he has never been told that he has

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth. Every time I read those words from Ecclesiastes 12:1, the voice of Dr. Christian Adjemian rings through my mind. Sixteen years ago,

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/photo-1.jpg] A few years ago, the late Bud Wilson envisioned planting a vineyard at Second RP as visible picture of the church and of

Last Saturday, my mother graduated from Purdue University with her Ph.D. Universities rarely bestow such degrees on women who are called "Grandma" by twenty-one grandchildren. Thus, the commencement at the

At Second RP in Indianapolis, we desperately need to update our website. I’ve visited a number of reformed and presbyterian websites as we consider what would be best. Most sites copy others

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sundayroast1.jpg] Our children often exclaim “It smells like Grandma’s!” when we walk through the door of our home after morning worship with the

Last night, I looked at pictures from our family reunion a week ago where we celebrated God’s faithfulness. In addition to the children who are multiplying, I was also struck by the

This year, my parents, David and Jerri Faris, celebrate forty years of marriage in the Lord. Though their anniversary is October 22, the only time all of their eight children would together this

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dar-memorial1.jpg] As recounted [http://genref.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/we-must-fight/#more-1840] last month,  Rev. William Martin, on June 4, 1780, preached to the

The sun has set on a long, glorious summer Saturday in Indiana. I'm going to bed, and my voice will be silent in praising the name of the Lord. But, Psalm

On this date in 1780, Rev. William Martin preached a sermon which moved people to action like few other the history of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America. He called men to arms

On Saturday, I posted about the progress of the Revolutionary War as it moved to South Carolina in the spring of 1780. Word of the Battle of Waxhaws spread quickly around the South

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/waxhaws11.jpg] On May 29, 1780, British Colonel Banastre Tarleton defeated American Colonel Abraham Buford at the Battle of Waxhaws near Lancaster, South Carolina, between

This week, I was humbled twice with reminders that the people of God must be about the work of Isaiah 58:6-7 in response to the great grace that the Lord has shown

The church continually needs men and women committed to a gentle reformation, and I am encouraged to pursue the same by considering examples of saints in past generations. Today, we consider Dr. J.

A few weeks ago, Jared reminded us of God’s gift of women to the church. At about the same time, God blessed Elizabeth and me with another covenant child. Elizabeth labored greatly