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1996
Executive Director’s Report
By Calvin Brown. There is always lots of work to be done, and as Jesus observed it seems like the fields are white unto harvest but the labourers are few. How happy we should be to be included in the Lord’s work! … Read more
The Soul of Prayer
By Eugene Peterson. Beginners at prayer find it simple and easy. God made us with the capacity and impulse to pray. In terrible trouble, we cry out for help to God. But later, we begin to question those childlike simplicities and find ourselves immersed in cynicism. … Read More
A Late-Victorian Minister’s Library
By John P. Vaudry. Dr. David Perrie (1857-1930) was a leader in the resistance to church union in 1925, whose expository preaching had depth and power. As a very private man, only the contents of his library give us a clue into his hidden personal life of prayer. … Read More
Response to Homosexuality
By Patricia Allan. The issue of homosexuality demands a response of godly compassion from the Body of Christ. How serious it is to misrepresent God. We need to take a broad biblical response. The prohibitions are there, but we need a response that sees the whole person. … Read More
Regional Renewal Task Force News
Included are reports from the Atlantic Renewal Task Force, the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec Renewal Task Force, and the Dunamis Conference at Lake George, New York. … Read more
“I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…”: Two Ministers
By Murray Pura. In comparison to the qualities of love for God and people, a person's precise theology, sermons, and prayers may seem to us like a horrible racket before God. But we may be surprised at God's response to attitudes that may turn us off completely. … Read More
No Place for Truth, or, Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology and God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams by David F. Wells
By David Stewart. Professor Wells is at his very best when summarizing what has supplanted the passion for truth within Evangelicalism, making it clear what has crept into the center in place of truth. … Read more
43. Spring/Summer 1996
COVER PHOTO: Dr. John Stackhouse speaking at the 1996 Annual Meeting. Photo: Jack Harewood
ARTICLES
Threatening to Stretch the Tie that Binds Beyond Christian Elasticity
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. The 1996 General Assembly had to respond to an appeal from some members of the Presbytery of Montreal against that body’s decision to ordain to the ministry of word and sacrament a candidate who was living in an openly homosexual relationship and currently serving as an “interim minister” at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Lachine, Quebec. … Read more
Rorschach Test and Bible Readings or, Watch Your Attitudes, They Shape What You See
By Frederick W. Metzger. There is a fundamental difference in attitude between humanistic and spiritual people. But why are there so many differences among spiritually-minded people who see and interpret the Bible in so many, often contradictory ways? … Read more
1996 Annual Meeting
Photos by Jack Harewood. Many members and friends of the Renewal Fellowship met March 8 & 9, 1996, at Bridlewood Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Ontario. Dr. John Stackhouse, from Winnipeg, was the primary speaker. … Read more
Towards Renewing Our Vision for Mission
By J. Kevin Livingston. The Church's spiritual vitality and strength ebbs and flows. In light of recurring trends in times of church renewal we need as a Reformed church to maintain biblical fidelity and doctrinal integrity, as well as structural flexibility. … Read more
Go to Church? Why Bother?
By Ed Smith. Although some people consider church services to be boring, we go above all to worship God – to show that we love Him, and to thank Him for all the wonderful things He does for us – one of the easiest things and also one of the hardest. … Read more
42. Winter 1996
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