Year
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1997
Contemplative and Meditative Worship Styles
Worship wars are said to be the most common cause of disruption in congregations. When the real cause of unhappiness is examined, the principal offender is not usually the new music but the form of certain types of contemporary worship. … Read More
Top Ten Reasons Why I Think That the New Revised Book of Praise (1997) Deserves a Place Among Your Resources for Worship
Several reasons commend the 1997 Book of Praise for use, including frequently sung hymns, favourite gospel songs, new praise choruses that some folk used to think weren't Presbyterian, and prayers, poems, creeds, and words of hymns without music. … Read More
A Brief Apology for Predestination
Although predestination is a "minority" doctrine today, in Christian history, predestination is a "majority" doctrine. Calvin didn't invent this doctrine — he simply inherited a doctrine resoundingly accepted throughout the annals of church history. … Read More
Living Nativity Scene
To make the Christmas story a real tangible part of our lives that we could share with our community, we realized that the "Living Nativity" and "Bethleham Walks" taking place in other towns and cities could be part of our Christmas celebration too. … Read More
46. Summer/Fall 1997
Landmines in Ministry: Proceed with Caution
There is a significant "paradigm shift" in all institutions in our society which is profoundly affecting the way we do things in our churches: the challenge to authority structures and traditional notions of professional relationships. … Read More
Breaking Free
Dr. Archibald Hart modelled personal sharing, encouraged creative habits, and valued openness to the Holy Spirit's renewal work of breaking us and transforming us into greater Christ-likeness. Healing comes from dealing honestly with our wounds. … Read More
45. Winter/Spring 1997
One to One
To grow a solid base of prayer support for our youth ministry, instead of enlisting prayer partners for the ministry in general, the author developed a method that called on individual adults to pray for individual young people on a daily basis. … Read More
Generosity: David at the Brook Besor (1 Samuel 30)
Those who are too tired to go on, or consigned to the sidelines because of lack of stamina, or resigned to a marginal status, need to hear the inward assurance of God's affirmation through the generous verdict of David at the Brook Besor. … Read More
The One Essential
No church's ultimate effectiveness will rise to stay above the level of its corporate prayer life — witness the phenomenal growth of the evangelical church in South Korea. Events such as prayer evenings and prayer retreats can focus corporate prayer. … Read More
Connections in a Disconnected World
In a world of disconnections, The author is glad he belongs to a connectional church, always working on the connection between differing theologies and understandings, differing regions and constituencies — small enough to get to know each other. … Read More