By Victor Shepherd. No one in the history of Christian thought has written on prayer as much as John Calvin. Few have approached him in sensitivity and profundity. Fewer still have understood the social/psychological situation from which he wrote everything: the refugee who knows that life is precarious. … Read more
A critique of the NCG Report – “Towards a Christian Understanding of Sexual Orientations, Lifestyles and Ministry”
By Victor Shepherd. In 1984 the highest court of The United Church of Canada, The General Council, commissioned a National Coordinating Group to prepare a report “Towards a Christian Understanding of Sexual Orientations, Lifestyles and Ministry”. Many pastors of The United Church are reacting strongly to its anti-theological bias. … Read more

