COVER PHOTO: James Dickson, from The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives.
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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
Finding God in Unexpected Places, by Philip Yancey
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. 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
52. Fall 1999
COVER PHOTO: Stanford Reid, 1954 (Photo: Garcia)
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Editorial: Evangelical Theological Education
By Calvin Brown. Evangelicals in our church have for too long been beating their chests with recriminations for our failures and non-evangelicals have been using the evangelicals in our church as "whipping boys" who were blamed for holding back progress. … Read more
Letter of Resignation
By John Vissers. Knox Church has been praying for decades that God would renew our theological colleges. Dr. Vissers' appointment as Principal signals the first time that a conservative evangelical minister has led one of our colleges since the early part of this century. … Read more
A Fishy Story? Can we be Evangelical and Presbyterian and Study for the Ministry?
By Jackson Clelland. Theological students who are both evangelical and Presbyterian would like to take courses in evangelism, prayer, and missions, but they are not offered at our colleges. They have the option of attending a college other than the PCC approved schools. … Read more
An Evangelical Perspective on Some Issues Facing Theological Colleges Today
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. In trying to be faithful today, many theological colleges are more concerned about the cross-cultural, anti-Judaistic, or feminist dimensions of their work, than about the evangelical and classical expressions of the Christian faith. … Read more
W. Stanford Reid – A Classic Case of Exclusion
By A. Donald MacLeod. Stanford Reid never fit into neat categories. His critics would assail him from left and right. But his continuing loyalty to the Presbyterian Church in Canada could never be questioned. It came from love for the denomination and the country of his birth. … Read more
’99 Travel Highlights
Calvin Brown, the Executive Director of The Renewal Fellowship, presents pictures of his recent trip to Manitoba … Read more