May 1985 – Channels Magazine

6. Spring 1985

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.

ARTICLES

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

REVIEWS

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

History

Annual Meeting Report

By A. Donald McLeod. The remarkable growth of the movement in the past year was evidenced by attendees from all over Canada. British Columbia was strongly represented, and there were several from the Atlantic Provinces, including more clergy than before. A clergy conference was also held at Crieff: “Hope In Our Calling”, on the theme of burnout. … Read more

A Creative Way to Intercede for your Children

Esther Mcllveen and her husband wrote out separate lists of their aspirations for their three children in detail. Then they came together to share their findings, compare them, and agree upon those things they wanted to pray for. … Read more

Sexuality

The Eye of the Beholder: A Brief Encounter with Violence & Pornography

By Robert Campbell. Speaking up about pornography is an opportunity to help eliminate a corrupting influence from the minds of young and old, alike. … Read more

Sexuality Theology

The Current Debate (Battle for the Trinity excerpt)

By Donald Bloesch. Feminism has affected the liturgy and worship of the church, its governing bodies, its witness, its doctrine, and its sacred literature. In this book, Donald Bloesch critiques and challenges it. … Read more

Ministry Reviews

Christian Renewal: Living Beyond Burnout, by Charles L. Rassieur

By Garth B. Wilson. Excessive demands on our energy, strength, or resources may have depleted the “fuel” that keeps our lives vital and moving, but “burn out” is a spiritual matter because we are inclined to “play God”, … Read more

Reviews Theology

Battle for the Trinity, by Donald Bloesch

By Jerry & Elizabeth Zook. This is a well-placed critique of ideological feminism, which attempts to make God an imminent goddess and resymbolize the faith in current cultural dress, which erodes and devalues Trinitarianism. … Read more

Reviews Theology

On Being Reformed: Distinctive Characteristics and Misunderstandings, by I. John Hesselink

By J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. This is a fairly easy-to-read primer on the topic of what makes up the essential Reformed distinctives of the church. … Read more

Church and State Reviews

Evangelicals and the Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, ed. Dean C. Curry

By Mark Vander Vennen. This book seeks to be an evangelical response to the Catholic bishops’ substantial pastoral letter, “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response”. Frequently the several entries under each heading represent different, even opposite, positions on the arms race. … Read more

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