COVER PHOTO: Baxter Kruger speaking at the AGM conference. Photo – Jack Harewood.
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June 2001
Editorial – Fences
By Calvin Brown. Theological fences (creeds and confessions) are useful to help people understand their faith, but they can also be used to persecute people. The temptation is to tear down all fences rather than develop the maturity to discern which fences are good and which ones are not. … Read more
What Stripe of Christian?
By Darrell W. Johnson. The question "What stripe of Christian are you?" has validity amidst theological diversity. Darrell Johnson is not yet what he wants to be: a faithful, grace-filled, grateful, joyful, Christ-centered, Spirit-filled, Trinitarian servant who will do all he can to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with the world. … Read more
Jesus Christ and the Undoing of Adam
By C. Baxter Kruger. To have a relationship with Jesus, we must be willing to rethink everything we thought we knew, so that we can see more clearly and experience the liberation and joy and life of such clearer sight. With this in mind, Dr. Kruger re-examines the meaning of the cross. … Read more
2001 Annual Meeting
Photos by Jack Harewood. This was a jubilant gathering – Baxter Kruger (pictured on the cover) sharing God’s love with us, great fellowship, and with the Renewal Fellowship membership topping 1000 for the first time. … Read more
Marriage
By Ian Rennie. God has prepared us for marriage by creating us with gender. And He has given us instructions for successful marriage in the Bible. We need to believe God, rather than the experts. Matthew 19:1-9 is very specific about leaving our parents and becoming one with our spouse. … Read more
Reaching For the Invisible God, by Philip Yancey
Reviewed by Jackson Clelland. Yancey wrote this book out of a thirst for God and a desire to identify how a relationship with God truly works, rather than how it is supposed to work. He is transparently honest that his own relationship with God has more often than not been a struggle. … Read more
Reformation Overview
Reviewed by Albert Bailey. This is a kit designed to help us pass on knowledge of our Reformation heritage to new generations. The compact kit has two videotapes with six half-hour segments, a Leader's Guide with suggestions for ways of developing the programs, and printed resources. … Read more
By the Renewing of Your Minds, by Ellen T. Charry
Reviewed by Stan Cox. Christian doctrine, such as the Trinity and the two natures of Jesus Christ, are meant to enable the flourishing of human excellence by promoting people's enjoyment of God. A tour of Christian theologians who taught in the tradition of classic orthodoxy bears this out. … Read more