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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November 1987
Advent: Giving, Fasting, Praying while you wait . . .
By Martha G. Zimmerman. Regularly, by our actions, we tell our children what we think is important. We are living proof of what our hearts desire. There is no better example of this than in our celebrations. Our actions speak so loudly we can easily make it difficult for our children to hear what we are saying. What do you really believe about Christmas? Based on what you believe are you willing … Read more
Sing Out the Carols – People Will Love It!
By Esther and Howard Mcllveen. Carolling isn’t as popular as it once was, so people treasure it even more. It can be done in shopping malls, hospitals, prisons, institutions for the aged and handicapped, or in the open air around residential areas. Advent is the only time in the year when it is culturally acceptable to “invade” a neighbourhood or place with song and greetings. One can sing about “God and sinners reconciled” and greet people without intruding or being mistaken for a sect. … Read more
Church Renewal and Social Reform
By Stanford Reid. The search for the spiritual renewal of the church is something which is constantly taking place, and that is good. For the Church of Jesus Christ is in a very real sense a human body which needs continual renewal and has needed it ever since the days of the Lord Jesus upon earth. … Read more
Renewal Day Report
By John Vissers. Over two hundred and forty Presbyterians gathered at Kortright Church, in Guelph, Ontario for a Renewal Day on October 31, 1987. Representing nineteen presbyteries and fifty-four congregations, those gathered listened to addresses on “The Church as A Caring Community” by the Rev. Calvin Brown of First Church, Nelson, British Columbia, and Dr. Stan Skarsten, of the Institute For Family Living in Toronto, Ontario, featured on the cover. … Read more
Prayer?
By David Mills. Just over two years ago, there was a significant number of people praying for me as I began the process of applying for, and being accepted on to, the heart transplant program at University Hospital, London, Ontario. After an initial heart attack on December 8th 1984, into emergency open heart surgery in September 1985 at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C., we were told the prognosis. … Read more
The Beautiful Bride: The Incarnational Aspect of Evangelism
By Mark Graham. Over the last few years, evangelism has become a priority of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and in typical Presbyterian fashion we have established the appropriate committees to deal with the problem. Of course we realize how difficult evangelism is. We live in an essentially secular society where fewer than four out of ten attend church with any regularity. … Read more
The Magnificent Promise: The Unifying Power of Prayer, by Helen Smith Shoemaker
Reviewed by Shirley Charleson. There is a great proliferation of books on the subject of prayer; this is understandable. Helen Smith Shoemaker, the author of The Magnificent Promise, points out in her introduction “When you pray”, Jesus says, not “if you pray.” … Read more
Designed for Holiness, by Peter E. Gillquist
Reviewed by Jack Charleson. As Christians we are ready to accept that we are made in the image of God and we are exhorted in Scripture to seek perfection in our lifestyle. … Read more
Growing Deep in the Christian Life, by Charles R. Swindoll
Reviewed by Jack Charleson. Charles R. Swindoll is pastor of First Evangelical Free Church, Fullerton, California, a broadcaster and prolific author. Over recent years he has given Christians much to think about through his publications and radio broadcasts and in Growing Deep in the Christian Life he encourages us to look back at the root of our Christian faith. … Read more
Called to Die, by Steve Estes
Reviewed by Shirley Charleson. Called to Die is the biography of American linguist Chester Allen Bitterman III who was slain by terrorists in Bogota, Colombia in 1981. Chet Bitterman was an enthusiastic man of 28, married and father of two little girls when seven armed terrorists broke into … Read more