Table of Contents

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• Introducing … Channels – A. Donald MacLeod
• The 6th Assembly of the WCC: An Evangelical Appreciation – J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Evangelicals at Vancouver: An Open Letter
• The Church and Politics – J. Barry Forsyth
• Asian Report – A. Donald MacLeod
• Developing An Eager Church – George Mallone
• A Call for Discipline – William Campbell
• The Renewal Fellowship Within the Presbyterian Church in Canada – A. Donald MacLeod

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• Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century, by John R.W. Stott – Gladys Anderson
• Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, by Richard J. Foster – Mike Cheney

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• Letters
• Channels Number Two – A. Donald MacLeod
• Cote des Neiges Report
• Q. How Do You Spell ‘Miracle’? A. F-A-R-E-L – Martin Geleynse
• Prayer: The Prelude to Revival – Roger Nicole
• Living Churches: Nelson and Slocan – J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Revival: When Will It Come to Canada? – George Mallone

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• Lifestyle Evangelism, by Joseph C. Aldrich – Terry Hibbert
• A Christian Manifesto, by Francis A. Schaeffer – Alan Hartley

COVER ILLUSTRATION: “Me and God in Hevin”, by Christian Baran.

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• Editorial & Letters
• Healing Values of Art – Jan Gray
• Renewal and Revival – James I. Packer
• The Place of Healing in the Contemporary Church – Jack Mills
• Pastoral Care as a Healing Ministry – Elizabeth Zook
• Worship Workshop: Two Songs – Bruce Robertson
• 1984 Annual Meeting – A. Donald MacLeod

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• Summons to Faith and Renewal: Christian Renewal in a Post-Christian World, eds. Peter Williamson and Kevin Perrotta – David Ley
• The Gravedigger File: Papers on the Subversion of the Modern Church, by Os Guinness – Alan Hartley

COVER PHOTO: As the tide drains out through the opening in the breakwater, all the boats are pulled closer together, drawn toward that one point. The harbour is that of Mousehole, Cornwall. Photo by Dal Schindell.

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• Editorial & Letters
• “The Spirit-Empowering Presence”: A Conference Review – John A. Vissers
• “Living Faith”: The Process – Garth Wilson
• Living Churches feature: McKercher Drive Church, Saskatoon – W. J. Fenton
• Worship Workshop: Freedom & Order – Bill Steele

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• Made For a Purpose: Understanding and Using Spiritual Gifts, by Chuck Congram – Colleen Kouwenberg

COVER PHOTO: Cover photo: One of the sessions at the Dallas Presbyterian Renewal Conference in January, 1985. This and those on pp. 2 and 3 are by Ron Rice, Presbyterian pastor from Centralia, Washington. Our thanks go to World Vision Canada for the photo of Dr. McMillan on p. 11. The picture of Clark Pinnock on p. 15 is by Tom Bochsler, Hamilton.

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• Editorial/Dallas Report – A. Donald MacLeod
• A Presbyterian Lay Training Centre – Cal Brown
• Worship Workshop: Does Chatter Matter? – James Statham
• Pastor’s Corner: The “Why” versus “What” Tension in Ministry – Chuck Congram
• Kenneth G. McMillan Appointed a Member of the Order of Canada
• Psalm 85: A Song – Jane Best
• Why Do Churches Need Spiritual Renewal? – Clark Pinnock

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• The Church and the Parachurch, by Jerry White – Roman Garrison
• Cultivating Religious Growth Groups, by Charles M. Olsen – Chuck Congram
• Metaphysics: Constructing a World View, by William Hasker – Robert Larmer
• Loving Enough to Care, by Earl D. Wilson – Norman & Kathy Baugh
• Idols of Our Time, by Bob Goudzwaard – Alex Zeidman

COVER ILLUSTRATION: a collage of two 16th century woodcuts: the detail of the figure of God in heaven, from a print of Luther (1525?) by Sebald Beham; the battle-scene, from a print of Judith & Holofernes (1533?) by Erhard Schon. Photo credits: M. Weale – p.2 & p.3, Kraft’s Studio – p.15.

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• Annual Meeting Report – A. Donald McLeod
• A Creative Way to Intercede for your Children – Esther Mcllveen
• The Eye of the Beholder: A Brief Encounter with Violence & Pornography – Robert Campbell
• The Current Debate (Battle for the Trinity excerpt) – Donald Bloesch

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• Christian Renewal: Living Beyond Burnout, by Charles L. Rassieur – Garth B. Wilson
• Battle for the Trinity, by Donald Bloesch – Jerry & Elizabeth Zook
• On Being Reformed: Distinctive Characteristics and Misunderstandings, by I. John Hesselink – J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Evangelicals and the Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, ed. Dean C. Curry – Mark Vander Vennen

THE COVER PHOTO highlights the special section in this issue on marriage – “A Wedding Album”. Photo credits: Don Wilde – cover, Photoscene (Lome F. Klassen) – p.7. Lisa Murdoch – pp. 9, 11, 15.

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• Along the Way – J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Personal Renewal: Reflections on “Brokenness” – Roberta Hestenes
• Poem – Esther Mcllveen
• Spiritual Parenting & the Eldership – Ian S. Rennie

SPECIAL SECTION: “A Wedding Album”

• A Brother’s Impressions – Mark Dickens
• The Wedding Program
• “Unless the Lord Builds the House …” – J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Arise, My Darling: A Song – Lynn Lane

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• The Mystery of Marriage: As Iron Sharpens Iron, by Mike Mason – Mike Cheney
• Standing on the Rock: The Importance of Biblical Inerrancy, by James Montgomery Boice – Edmund F. Bloedow

COVER ILLUSTRATION: Luther preaching, by Lucas Cranach.

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• Report – A. Donald MacLeod
• Reformation of the Church – James I. Packer
• A Churchful of Ministers – Michael Green
• Living Churches feature: Kortright Church – Bob Bettridge

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• Liberating the Laity: Equipping All the Saints for Ministry, by R. Paul Stevens – Jim Walton

COVER ILLUSTRATION: This woodcut shows the distribution of Holy Communion in both kinds – a significant feature of Reformation worship – to Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony by Luther and Hus.

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• Letters
• A Time for Honesty – A. Donald MacLeod
• The Two M’s Living Inside Us – Esther Mcllveen
• Worship Workshop: A Word for Frequent Communion – Calvin Brown
• John Wimber: Signs & Wonders? – Don Lewis
• Magnifying the Lord – Roy Bell

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• The Resistance to Church Union in Canada, by N. Keith Clifford – J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Healing the Wounded: The Costly Love of Church Discipline, by John White and Ken Blue – Calvin Brown
• The Untapped Power of Sheer Christianity, by Clark Pinnock – Edmund F. Bloedow
• Studies in the History of Worship in Scotland, by eds. D. Forrester and D. Murray – Glen Scorgie
• The Race: Discipleship for The Long Run, by John White – David Stewart

COVER PHOTO: James I. Packer speaking at Knox Church, Toronto, at the Annual Meeting in March, 1986. Photo credits: Gord Jarrett, Toronto – cover, pp. 2,3; Bob Jemison, Vancouver – pp. 11, 16.

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• Annual Meeting Report & Letters – A. Donald MacLeod
• John Wimber: Seeking Intimacy with God – Peter H. Davids
• We Are Not Alone – J. Barry Forsyth
• The Real Preacher – James I. Packer

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• Decision-Making and the Will of God, by Gary Friesen and J. Robin Maxson – Greg Dallimore
• The Timothy Principle, by Roy Robertson – Stephen Jenvey
• Evangelism: A Way of Life, by Rebecca Pippert and Ruth Siemens – Jim Walton
• Evangelism For Our Generation, by Jim Petersen – Jim Walton

COVER PHOTO: a small group in action. Photo credits: Don Wilde, Vancouver – cover; Gord Jarrett, Toronto – pp. 1, 6.

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• Letters
• Elders’ Pastoral Care Groups: A System for Pastoral Oversight – James Statham
• Strengthening Our Prayer Ministries as a Fellowship – C. Gordon Ross
• Why I Need a Small Group (and maybe you do too!) – J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• Worship Workshop: A Draft Order for the Lord’s Supper – Brian J. Fraser et al
• Worship Workshop: A Response – Calvin Brown
• What Does Revival Look Like? – Esther Mcllveen
• The Renewal Fellowship and Our Theological Colleges – Lincoln G. Bryant

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• Come Before Winter and Share My Hope, by Charles R. Swindoll – Jack Charleson
• A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, by David Prior – William Campbell
• Dutch Calvinism in Modem America: A History of a Conservative Subculture, by James D. Bratt – J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg

COVER ILLUSTRATION: From the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. This woodcut shows the frenzied work of constructing the ark.

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• Teach us to Pray – Stephen Self
• Worship Workshop: A Prayer for Peace and Human Liberation in South Africa – Neville Jacobs
• The Preacher as Teaching Elder – W. Stanford Reid
• “Strength” – Bill Steele
• The Daze of Noah – Vern Tozer
• Computers and Preaching – Lincoln G. Bryant
• Building a Christian Home – Bob Harvey
• “Hands” – Mark Dickens
• Tears – A gift for the Church? – Esther Mcllveen

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• Citizens of Another Kingdom: Living Now for the World to Come, by John E. Balchin – Greg Dallimore
• Your Father Loves You, by James Packer – Daniel T. McDougall
• The Power to Make Things Happen, by Bruce Larson, ed. – J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg
• A Heart for God, by Sinclair B. Ferguson – Jack C. Whytock
• How to Help the Hurting, by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. – Greg Dallimore
• Married for Good, by R. Paul Stevens – Daniel and Sandi McDougall
• On Being Family: A Social Theology of the Family, by Ray S. Anderson and Dennis B. Guernsey – Greg Dallimore

COVER PHOTO: Michael Green in fine form speaking at the Annual Meetings. Photo credits: Jack Harewood – cover, pp. 2, 3, 4, 5.

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COVER PHOTO: Brian Stiller, executive director of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, addresses the delegates at Singapore ’87. Mr. Stiller will be the speaker at our Annual Meetings in March, 1988. Photo credits: Ake Lundberg – Cover, 5; Jack Harewood – 3, 6; UBC/Warren Schmidt – 15.

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COVER PHOTO: Stan Skarsten, of the Institute for Family Living in Toronto, speaking at the recent Renewal Day in Guelph, Ontario. Photo Credits: Cover, 10, 11 – Jack Harewood

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COVER ILLUSTRATION: “The Three Crosses” by Rembrandt, 1653, etching.

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COVER PHOTO: Brian Stiller, keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting in March. Photo Credits: cover, pp. 12, 13 Jack Harewood

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