Year
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1994
Church Renewal Leaders Respond to the “Re-Imagining” Conference
American and Canadian renewal leaders from mainline denominations meeting March 13-15, 1994 in Hamilton, Ontario, expressed profound concern regarding a recent feminist conference planned, funded, and attended by members and leaders of mainline denominations. … Read more
On My Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Nancy Cocks clarifies what she really meant, having been misquoted out of context in a report in the Globe and Mail about the Re-Imagining Conference. … Read more
A Unique Opportunity
Sylvia Cleland outlines her progress to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament, and reflects on her education at both Regent College and Vancouver School of Theology. … Read more
Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism, by Alvin E Kimel, Jr.
Reviewed by Jeffrey Greenman. In the face of rising feminism, Kimel provides an urgent call for the church to embrace anew the classical trinitarian theology that is truly good news. … Read more
36. Spring 1994
COVER PHOTO: Central Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, Ontario, the site of the 1994 Annual Meeting.
ARTICLES
- Charting Our Course – Dal Schindell
- 1994 Annual Meeting – Jack Harewood
- The Seminary as a Place of Spiritual Foundation – Eugene H. Peterson
- The Beam in Our Eye – Paul A. Myers
- Theological Education and The Renewal of Anglicanism – Alister McGrath
- Reaffirming the Cornerstone of Faith – Thomas Torrance
REVIEW
- The Culture of Disbelief, by Stephen L. Carter – David Jennings
Charting Our Course
The Board outlines the purposes and concerns of The Renewal Fellowship, and intends to use these to shape their discussions, planning, and programs. … Read more
1994 Annual Meeting
Photos by Jack Harewood. On March 4 & 5, about 200 met at Central Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Ontario, for the 1994 Annual Meeting. Eugene Peterson, from Regent College, was the speaker. … Read more
The Seminary as a Place of Spiritual Foundation
By Eugene H. Peterson. The French have a wonderful phrase, deformation professionale, work-related malady. Those of us who think and talk and read and write God are in danger of having the very words we use about God separate us from God, the most damning deformation of all. … Read more
The Beam in Our Eye
By Paul A. Myers. The mandate of seminaries has never been easy. We no longer live in those serene times when both the church and its ministers inherited respect and sympathy. So, we now have the formidable task to articulate more clearly than ever the reason for our hope. … Read more
Theological Education and The Renewal of Anglicanism
By Alister McGrath. The seminaries have a vital role to play in the future of Christianity – not by mimicking the values and attitudes of secular academia, but by fostering a quiet confidence in the intellectual, spiritual, and moral relevance of the Christian faith to communities and individuals in the modem world. … Read more
Reaffirming the Cornerstone of Faith
By Thomas Torrance. Any minister who denies the deity of Christ should have the moral courage and honesty to resign from the holy ministry. … Read more
The Culture of Disbelief, by Stephen L. Carter
Reviewed by David Jennings. Until Christians start speaking in the public square, they cannot criticize anyone for not listening. … Read more
35. Winter 1993/94
COVER PHOTO: Eugene Peterson at the Installation Service where he became the James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Photo by Jacobus Vroon.
ARTICLES
- A Testimony to Answered Prayer – Paul McLean
- Resolving Conflicts in the Church: Fall Renewal Day Report – Rosanne Hislop
- Can We Be Good Without God? – Wallace Whyte
- An Interview with Eugene Peterson – Rodney Clapp
- Ministers: Shepherds or Lawn Service? – Connie denBok
- “Beyond Belief” – Roger Judd
REVIEWS
- Two Tracks – One Goal: How Alcoholics Anonymous Relates to Christianity, by Cal Chambers – Kit Schindell
- Pastors (Off the Record): Straight Talk About Life in the Ministry, by Stefan Ulstein – Kit Schindell
A Testimony to Answered Prayer
By Paul McLean. On Thursday, May 27, members of the Renewal Fellowship were asked to pray for the publication of the Hakka New Testament and Psalms on the exact day when missing verses were found and had to be corrected hurriedly to meet a deadline. … Read more
Resolving Conflicts in the Church: Fall Renewal Day Report
By Rosanne Hislop. With a variety of stories, examples and illustrations, Richard Blackburn of the Lombard Mennonite Peace Centre led nearly 100 people at Chalmer’s Presbyterian Church, London, Ontario, in a day-long workshop on “Conflict Resolution Skills for Churches”, in November, 1993. … Read more
Can We Be Good Without God?
By Wallace Whyte. In place of a moral consensus based on God-given principles we have moral relativism. In practice it’s a moral vacuum. God’s way is not only the right way but the best way, the overall happy and healthy way. … Read more