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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March 1987
The Renewal Fellowship – A Look Ahead
By John A Vissers. As we enter the sixth year in the life of the Renewal Fellowship Within The Presbyterian Church In Canada, we do so with much thankfulness to God for the ways in which the ministries of the Fellowship have been used to advance the cause of renewal within our denomination. The past years have been times of exciting growth … Read more
The Annual Meetings: A Photo Essay
Photos by Jack Harewood. The theme of the 1987 Annual Meetings was “The Church’s Evangelistic Imperative.” This was ably addressed by Michael Green (pictured on the cover) and Rosemary Green, from Regent College in Vancouver. The meetings took place March 6 and 7, at St. Andrew’s Church, Humber Heights, Toronto. … Read more
The Next Assembly
By Mariano Di Gangi. Some ecclesiastical conventions commence with invocation but conclude with provocation. Each General Assembly has its own character. At times, there is a prevailing calm. At others, vigorous debate and proliferating dissent. Much depends on the issues before the court … Read more
Worship: A Breath of Fresh Air
By Calvin Brown. I have often been asked how to introduce new worship styles into a very conservative or tradition-bound congregation that needs a breath of freshness. The answer, of course, is “prayerfully and very carefully!” There are definitely ways in which this can be done effectively … Read more
A Study in Contrasts
By Michael Green, pictured on the cover. All Christians are called to serve Christ, all are commissioned for ministry. … Read more
Thoughts on Maundy Thursday
By Margaret Avison. His actions are whole-hearted, clear, spontaneous, and therefore can be interpreted, after, as purposeful too. … Read more
Jesus Who?
By Paul Barnett. Although nineteen hundred and fifty-four years have passed since his death, Jesus of Nazareth remains a continuing figure of fascination, and not just to Christians. Is the Bible reliable? … Read more
Please Come Home. It Must Hurt a Lot. Don’t Look at Me. I Can’t Talk About It, by Doris Sanford
By Elizabeth Zook. Multnomah Press has released four children’s books which attempt to deal sensitively with areas of potential childhood pain. … Read more
The Joy of Listening to God, by Joyce Huggett
By Daniel T. McDougall. In evangelical circles the overriding concern with ‘doing something for God’ all too infrequently and glibly remember the Lord’s instruction to “Be still and know that I am God,” … Read more
Keep in Step with the Spirit, by J.I. Packer
By Harold W. Dawes. The announced intention of Packer’s book is not to write another book on the theology, role, or place of the Spirit … but to provide a practical focus on the Spirit that would fulfill Paul’s injunction to the Christian to both walk and be filled by the Spirit. … Read more
Sightings in the Valley of the Shadow: Reflections on Dying, by Balfour M. Mount
By Bridget Dickens. I would recommend this book to anyone involved with those suffering, or approaching death, and especially for palliative care-givers. … Read more