A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By Calvin Brown – Throughout the centuries there has always been an interplay between politics and religion and between the spiritual and the secular. Basically, there have been four positions that the church has held at different times and different places in regards to church-state relations. … Read more
By Calvin Brown – Prayer is more powerful than habits, heredity, natural tendencies, and even the forces that hold the planets in place, since it can suspend the laws of the universe, if such be God's will. No other power on earth does the enemy of souls hate and fear as much as prayer. … Read More
By Calvin Brown – The Presbyterian approach to education has led to the creation of the worldview that now governs civilization. The danger of glorying in education, however, is that like all creations it can easily be changed from a gift of God to a form of idolatry. … Read More
The questions are about the most important thing that graduates will take away with them, how colleges are addressing the matter of the church in decline, assumptions about the level of Christian formation that entering students have, the biggest challenge facing the colleges, and new initiatives at the colleges. … Read More
This is a major work which reflects a lifetime of both scholarly and devotional interaction with Scripture. Encyclopedic in scope, it deals not only with the history and methodology of biblical theology but with the flow of salvation history. … Read More
By Calvin Brown. The Renewal Fellowship is a volunteer organization, committed to renewing spiritual vitality and historic biblical witness within and through the church. Renewal Fellowship activities include organizing renewal conferences, days of prayer, and workshops, and publishing Channels magazine, Renewal News and a quarterly Prayer Calendar. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. The Editor introduces this issue’s articles on evangelism and recounts the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Renewal Fellowship. Photos by Jack Harewood. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Several excerpts from Calvin's Institutes serve to highlight, amid the innumerable evils that beset human life, the fact that without certainty about God's providence, life would be unbearable. Certainty about God's providence shouts joyous trust towards God in our hearts. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Presbyopia, blurry vision related to the aging process, bears many resemblances to the vision problems of the Presbyterian Church, experiencing a 16% decline in ten years. Like presbyopia, decline may seem to come on quickly, but the symptoms have developed slowly and gradually. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. The Executive Director reports on the highlights of General Assembly, including worship, the death of Jack McIntosh, Young Adult Representatives, the Church Doctrine Committee report, and the presence of the Renewal Fellowship. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. This book chronicles the work of this missionary couple in Taiwan. It follows the historical and changing political realities the missionaries had to labour under, the creation of a written language for the Tayal people, and the personal lives of the missionaries themselves. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Theological fences (creeds and confessions) are useful to help people understand their faith, but they can also be used to persecute people. The temptation is to tear down all fences rather than develop the maturity to discern which fences are good and which ones are not. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. As part of the 125th Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and the Millennium Celebrations we are happy to present this special history edition of Channels magazine retelling the stories of some of our Presbyterian missionaries to South East Asia. … Read more
Questions for discussion by a Mission Committee or Bible study group are presented on each of the three sections: China/Taiwan, the South Pacific Islands, and Japan. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. This issue of Channels reminds us of how God’s love is with his people in every time and age and how that witness of his faithfulness blends one time with another. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. The Covenant was drawn up in Scotland promising to maintain "the true religion" when the King in England tried to impose a way of worship and prayer. Thousands who defied the government and worshipped in the open air paid with their life for their "treason". … Read more
By Calvin Brown. The Executive Director introduces three new members of the Renewal Fellowship Board of Directors: Carolyn Dickie, Geoff Wood, and Bill Boycott. … Read more