COVER PHOTO: Roberta Hestenes, the main speaker at the 1989 Annual Meeting at St. Andrew’s, Islington. Photo by Jack A. Harewood.
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April 1989
The Family: Marbles or Miracles
By David Mills. In a world that is dying of despair, loneliness and depression, people want reality in their lives. They are looking for people with a simple, different, loving lifestyle based and built on the pattern of the love of Jesus Christ. … Read more
The 1989 Annual Meeting photo essay
By Jack A. Harewood. The 1989 Annual Meeting took place March 3 & 4 at St. Andrew’s, Islington in Toronto. Over 200 people attended, and Dr. Roberta Hestenes, President of Eastern College, Philadelphia, was the theme speaker. She spoke about renewal and spirituality from the book of Exodus. … Read more
No Other Gospel
By Donald G. Bloesch. Theologically, there is a move from Trinitarianism to Unitarianism, from particularism to universalism. God is no longer “Father, Son, and Spirit” but now “the God beyond God.” The church may well be engaged in the not too distant future in a battle for the Trinity. … Read more
Revitalize That Midweek Meeting!
By Herman de Jong. If your fellowship evening looks like a closely-knit club or is religiously well-programmed, then the time may have come to break through the exclusiveness of the evening and combine the foremost purpose of the fellowship hour with outreach to the community. … Read more
The Ministry of God
By Thomas W. Gillespie. The ministry of the church, properly speaking, belongs to the triune God who distributes the work of the Spirit to each and every member of the Christian community. … Read more
Preaching for Today, by Clyde E. Fant
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Incarnational preaching: “the incarnation is the truest theological model for the mysterious divine-human preaching event, which is neither all of the human nor all of God, but which partakes of both with precisely the same degree of mystery and humility” … Read more
A Primer for Preachers, by Ian Pitt-Wilson
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. This book’s stated intention is both to inspire beginning students of homiletics and to refresh and recharge experienced pulpiteers. … Read more
Preventing Divorce, by Greg and Candy McPherson, and Bobb and Cheryl Biehl
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. This book promotes communication by offering over 300 non-threatening, even fun questions for couples to ask each other … Read more
A Season of Suffering, by John H. Timmerman
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. The book is sub-titled “One Family’s Journey through Depression”, discussing what a congregation can do to help and what an individual can offer, with sane, gentle and helpful advice about visiting someone in a “psych” ward. … Read more