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
Calvin Brown introduces this issue’s topic of sexuality, noting that our culture seems to have lost its way and what was only a few years ago taken for granted is now up for grabs. … 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. 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
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. This issue of Channels deals with stories of faith. As I travel around the country one of the greatest blessings of all is to hear the stories of the communities of faith at work – not only in spectacular ways but in everyday faithful ways … Read more
By Calvin Brown. As we begin a new millennium there is much speculation about what the emerging church will look like. Loren Mead and others suggest some changes (mostly to do with de-institutionalization and de-centralization) but say the jury is still out on how the church will re-configure itself to meet the needs and demands of the emerging postmodern world. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Evangelicals in our church have for too long been beating their chests with recriminations for our failures and non-evangelicals have been using the evangelicals in our church as "whipping boys" who were blamed for holding back progress. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Among Christians there has always been a tension between law and gospel, between living in grace and forgiveness and the call to holiness and justice, between freedom to choose what we think best for us as individuals and losing our moral compass. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Labelling people is not good when it is used simply to write others off or to demonize them, but it is helpful when we want to have a beginning point for conversation. Avoid stereotypes, and use the words only as descriptive of points of view. … Read more
Calvin Brown introduces the Alpha Course and calls for the appointment to PCC theological colleges of principals who are committed to classical biblical Christianity and who will train pastors who will be clear about their convictions. … Read more
By Calvin Brown. Worship wars are said to be the most common cause of disruption in congregations. When the real cause of unhappiness is examined, the principal offender is not usually the new music but the form of certain types of contemporary worship. … Read more