COVER PHOTO: An aerial photo of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, showing Totem Park (at the bottom) – the location for the General Assembly in June. Photo credit: UBC Media Services.
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June 1990
Letter to the Editor
By John Vissers. We need to embrace what Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Third Wave Christians are contributing to the life of the church, but spiritual renewal cannot be reduced to their vision alone, nor operate in isolation from the rest of the church. … Read more
Who is the Weaker Brother, Anyway?
By Kevin Quast. Paul has something to say to all of us who operate with special criteria in our mind of what is right and what is wrong – especially if we are inclined to form opinions about others based on our own personal criteria. … Read more
Challenge of the Nineties: The Renewal of the People of God in a Postmodern World
By John Vissers. What is the nature of this postmodern world in which we are moving? How are we to understand it? What are the dynamics of the renewal of the Christian church within the context of this new world? … Read more
Renewal Coalition Adopts Declaration; Calls Mainline Churches to Evangelical Faith
By the Renewal Coalition. Responding to crises facing many historic denominations, a coalition of twenty-one evangelical renewal leaders drafted this Declaration, a common affirmation on critical theological and ethical standards currently under challenge in their respective communions. … Read more
A People’s Guide to Our New Understanding of Mental Illness and Suicide
By George Nichols. Grief needs sympathy, problems need counseling, and depression needs medical care. Depression is a highly curable medical illness which ends fatally for about 10 to 15 percent of the people who have it and are not treated. … Read more
Ethic of God’s Reign
By Arthur Van Seters. If the Kingdom or Reign of God is unexpected newness, its ethic is unlikely to conform to conventional wisdom; it is most likely to be significantly different from what people expected, both then and now. … Read more
Daddy, I’m Pregnant, by A dad named Bill
Reviewed by Ronda Bosch. Premarital sex with someone you love is condoned by 80% of Canada’s teenagers, and on a first date 28% say yes to petting and 11% continue to sexual relations. Then what happens in your church or in your home when the word is out: “I’m pregnant”? … Read more