The Divine Hammer of the Reformation
by Zack Groff Martin Luther (1483-1546) gets a lot of press this time of year, and for good cause. We recognize him as the human instrument God was pleased to u...
Category: History
Early Reformation in Brazil: The Guanabara Confession
After praying and asking the help of the Holy Spirit, the four man, who were no theologians, and had only a copy of the Bible in their hands, started to write t...
The Well-Ordered Home
Our dear friend Dr. Terry Johnson (Pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, Georgia) has penned a brief, yet brilliant explanation of the virt...
The Pastors You Don’t Know
Hopefully, by now, you’re somewhat familiar with the “resident” pastors of WRPC: Pastor Anderson, Pastor Dodds and Pastor Robbins. They’re fairly ac...
Singing 1600 Year Old Songs
I enjoy “old” songs. You know – Beatles music from 1964, Frank Sinatra from 1957, even Bob Wills from 1940! But, in the grand scheme of things these are n...
WRPC…Happily Presbyterian!
We have no intention of changing our name to “Woodruff Road Community Church”. That is the case for a couple of reasons. First, we believe in full disclosure. W...
Don’t (want to) know much about history…
In John Oswalt’s book, “The Bible Among the Myths,” he writes that “a common feature of myths is a specific disinterest in what we know ...
The Halbert’s and WRPC: Through the Generations
In April of 1987 WRPC called the Rev. Paul Halbert – a retiring minister – to serve as the Asst. Pastor to Dr. Tom Cross. Rev. Halbert had previousl...
Personal Piety and Robert Murray McCheyne
Born in May, 1813 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Robert Murray McCheyne was the son of a prosperous lawyer and the youngest of five children. While a university studen...
The Martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton
Both our sons were named for martyrs for the Reformed Faith. Our oldest son is “John Patrick” after the great Patrick Hamilton, the first martyr of the Scottish...