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November 1997
Executive Director’s Comment – Contemplative and Meditative Worship Styles
By Calvin Brown. 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
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. 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
By Dan Matthewson. 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
By Brenda Shaw. 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
A Big God
Anonymous. As we look only to God to meet our needs, rather than to ministers, sermons, and programs, our churches will change from bickering, unhappy places, to homes of joy and praise. … Read more
The Old Man
By Bonnie Bamberry.
Alone he sits in an old brown house
Gray and bleak
His weak eyes stream
And shrink
At a sharp pain in his heart … Read more
One to One: How to Share Your Faith, by Michael Green
Reviewed by Calvin Brown. Unlike many How To books, especially about evangelism, Green doesn’t promote a set of pre-packaged approaches but rather deals with the root of evangelism, which is sharing good news with people we should care about: relational evangelism … Read more
Reflections on Living Faith, by Gunar Kravalis
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Gunar Kravalis demonstrates that Living Faith is an acceptable statement of contemporary Christian belief, and provides reflections which will be useful in the faith and life of all Christians … Read more
Church, College, and Clergy: A History of Theological Education at Knox College, Toronto, by Brian J. Fraser
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. In his book on Knox College, Brian Fraser notes the historic exclusion of evangelical professors from Presbyterian theological colleges … Read more
Studies in Canadian Evangelical Renewal: Essays in Honour of Ian S. Rennie, by Kevin Quast and John Vissers
Reviewed by David Stewart. These 15 essays on “The Renewal of Theological Education,” “The Renewal of Church Life,” and “The Renewal of Presbyterianism” were collected as a tribute to Dr. Ian Rennie on the occasion of his 65th birthday, when he retired from his duties as Dean of Ontario Theological Seminary. … Read more