Reviewed by Elizabeth Zook. Multnomah Press has released four children’s books which attempt to deal sensitively with areas of potential childhood pain. … Read more
Year
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1987
The Joy of Listening to God, by Joyce Huggett
Reviewed 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
Reviewed 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
Reviewed 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
12. Winter 1987
COVER ILLUSTRATION: From the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. This woodcut shows the frenzied work of constructing the ark.
ARTICLES
- 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
REVIEWS
- 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
Teach us to Pray
In the Lord’s Prayer, Stephen Self examines the address (Luke 11:2, Matt. 6:9); followed by five requests: the two Thou-petitions (Luke 11:2, Matt. 6:9- 10a), the two We-petitions (Luke 11:3-4a; Matt. 6:10b-12), and the concluding request (Luke 11:4b; Matt. 6:13).. … Read more
Worship Workshop: A Prayer for Peace and Human Liberation in South Africa
By Neville Jacobs. The prayer may be used during Lent or as a part of any prayer asking for justice or true compassion on the earth for the oppressed. … Read more
The Preacher as Teaching Elder
By W. Stanford Reid. In a society that has rejected Christian moral standards, it is preachers’ responsibility teach doctrine to Christians, as well as how to apply the Christian faith to everyday life. How then should they teach this? … Read more
Strength
By Bill Steele. Lord make me strong as steel spiritually and morally in a muddy swampy world. Lord make me mellow as the melody of a holy Hebrew psalm sung by sinners saved by your mercy. Lord make me faithful as a follower of You Father Yahweh Who will be Who You are. Lord make me gentle as the growing grass stretching sunward. Lord make me wholly human as the Holy Human God the Son. … Read more
The Daze of Noah
By Vern Tozer. What would happen if Noah were alive today – living in our Synod, within the bounds of one of our Presbyteries, and a member of one of our churches? … Read more
Computers and Preaching
By Lincoln G. Bryant. The Lord may be able to use your church family in the training and nurturing of a student minister through the internship program. … Read more
Building a Christian Home
By Bob Harvey. A Christian home can’t be built without the aid of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is severely limited in what he can do in your life unless you regularly spend time with him. … Read more
Tears – A gift for the Church?
By Esther Mcllveen. If God thinks our tears are significant enough to bottle them and holds them in such high regard, we in the church should ask for the gift of tears. We may find ourselves weeping over our city – as Jesus wept over Jerusalem – due to the host of ills which exist. … Read more
Citizens of Another Kingdom: Living Now for the World to Come, by John E. Balchin
Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. The church has a message for the world and a ministry to it only when she is significantly different from the world. … Read more
Your Father Loves You, by James Packer
Reviewed by Dan McDougall. In this through-the-year devotional, Jean Watson has compiled nuggets of James Packer’s insights into a palatable form for daily readings. … Read more
The Power to Make Things Happen, by Bruce Larson, ed.
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. This book is a collection of light but inspirational messages by the major participating speakers at the 1985 Presbyterian Congress on Renewal meeting in Dallas, Texas. … Read more