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November 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