ARTICLES
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Year
Showing: 26 RESULTS
1999
The New Millennium: Should Presbyterians Prepare for a Funeral or a Future?
By Calvin Brown. As we begin a new millennium there is much speculation about what the emerging church will look like. Loren Mead and others suggest some changes (mostly to do with de-institutionalization and de-centralization) but say the jury is still out on how the church will re-configure itself to meet the needs and demands of the emerging postmodern world. … Read more
The Importance of the Local
By John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Despite modern-day evangelists' preoccupation with bigness, throughout Christian history, the gospel has often spread far and fast because ordinary Christians lived out their faith in their own local surroundings. … Read More
Celebrating Our Cross-cultural Evangelistic Missionary Heritage: The Centenary of James Ira Dickson
By Rev. Dr. A. Donald MacLeod. The tireless efforts of James Dickson, a Canadian Presbyterian missionary, were seminal in the advancement of Christianity in Taiwan, especially among the hill tribes. His wife, Lillian Dickson, began the Mustard Seed Mission, emphasizing sturdy church buildings, adequate child care, orphan protection, and vocational training. … Read More
Worship
By Marva Dawn. Panicking over declining numbers, many churches are seeking to attract unbelievers through worship. However, this robs God of the worship due Him, and causes Christians to reduce their evangelistic efforts. Good worship will always be evangelistic, but its purpose is to worship God. … Read More
Reflections After The Tree Came Down
By Ian McPhee. Amid much confusing advice from friends regarding the source of his illness, Ian McPhee finds that the most helpful explanation is that illness is one of God's gracious gifts to us. Our privilege is to unwrap it and discover how good and perfect it is. … Read More
The Passing of a Friend
By John P. Vaudry. Ian McPhee was the director of the Union Mission for Men in Ottawa and a professor at the Peace River Bible Institute. His death from cancer reminds us that we have only one life, and we need to seize the opportunities we are given to serve God faithfully. … Read More
The Race
Luci Shaw is a well-known poet and author who lives in Bellingham, Washington. This poem, The Race, is from Luci's book of poetry, Angles of Light. … Read More
Small Town Church: Big God
By Peter Olson. God is very interested in all of our children. He has moved powerfully in this little country church in Erin, Ontario, and He has affected the hearts of children, youth, and adults. Through much prayer and listening on our part, God can accomplish many wonderful things. … Read More
Philip Yancey, Finding God in Unexpected Places
Philip Yancey shows us how we need to look for God beyond the walls of the church, in the slums and jails or watching a pod of whales. This is not a gritty book, dragging us through "sordid reality", nor is it cute and coy bedtime reading. … Read More