A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
A publication of the Renewal Fellowship
By Frederick W. Metzger. There is a fundamental difference in attitude between humanistic and spiritual people. But why are there so many differences among spiritually-minded people who see and interpret the Bible in so many, often contradictory ways? … Read more
A poem by Jennifer Kouwenberg … Read more
By Leith Anderson. Integrity brings all of life together into a consistent whole. When each part of a person’s life agrees with every other part, when everything is there that is supposed to be there, that person has integrity. … Read more
By Jonathan Dent — I had nothing to say. I felt nothing coming to mind. I was experiencing a vacuum, a void, an emptiness. Perhaps it was due to the busy-ness of the previous months. Perhaps it was because it was a lovely sunny summer day. Perhaps it was because we had just driven over 5,000 km to get where we were going. Perhaps it was the caffeine I was drinking or not drinking. In any case, I had nothing to say. Nothing to write. And upon reflection, I believe that this nothingness was the most creative … Read more
By Louise Holert — Last year I received two very special gifts. The first – I was granted a three-month Sabbatical by International Neighbors, a ministry to international students in Seattle with which I have served since October, 1985. The second – I was invited to be a Missionary-in-Residence at Regent College for the spring semester of 1994. … Read more
By Rodger McEachern. Spirit Alive is a tool in the Lord’s hand that he uses to help bring about renewal tn his people. Jesus came alive for us at Forest Glade Presbyterian Church. … Read more
By Wallace Whyte. In place of a moral consensus based on God-given principles we have moral relativism. In practice it’s a moral vacuum. God’s way is not only the right way but the best way, the overall happy and healthy way. … Read more
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. This excellent book would be of great help to any Christian who is addicted… to alcohol, to street drugs, to prescription drugs, to food, to sex, to work. … Read more
By Wallace Whyte. The two major causes of most emotional problems among committed Christians are failure to understand and receive God’s unconditional grace and forgiveness, and failure to give unconditional grace and forgiveness to others. … Read more
By Esther Mcllveen. The new year is an ideal time to take pen and paper and let your mind flash back to early beginnings and refresh the person or persons whom God used in your life. … Read more
By Esther Mcllveen. This article imagines what it would have been like for Philemon to first read Paul’s letter to him. Put yourself in his place. … Read more
By Jack Archibald. The one great redemptive gift of suffering is renewal: in faith because suffering forces us to lean more on God, in hope, because suffering brings us face to face with our mortality, and in our love for God because we are more grateful for his grace. … Read more
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. Living with Dying is a book for a person who is living with dying. In one sense it is for all of us, as each of us will face death sooner or later. But some of us have a clearer indication of the span of their life. … Read more
Reviewed by John Vaudry. A most perceptive and helpful book on dealing with spiritual depression, bitterness of soul, discouragement, doubt, and disappointment with God, bringing out the way the Word of God speaks to each situation. … Read more
By Edward P. Mason — FEAR! That is a word which conjures up events or incidents in life which are gladly and hopefully forgotten during one’s life-time. Of course, some fearful long-past event is remembered, still causing feelings of fear and anxiety. The word “fear” itself denotes “sudden calamity” or “danger.” It involves the emotions of pain or … Read more
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. It is important for people in a Christian church to know how to become and be Christians, because far too many people are too fuzzy about it. Too many people play at being Christians. … Read more
Reviewed by Roma E. Bryant. Inner revolution that results in changing life-styles does take place. Not a case of changing outward appearance, the “change” that John White speaks of is the result of an inner revolution and consequent change. … Read more