COVER PHOTO: A quilt in the traditional wedding ring design.
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2003
It’s all about Sex
Calvin Brown introduces this issue’s topic of sexuality, noting that our culture seems to have lost its way and what was only a few years ago taken for granted is now up for grabs. … Read more
Hath God Said …?
Dr. Edith Humphrey outlines the scriptural vision for human sexuality as a basis for her sober analysis of attempts to relativize Scripture and tradition at the point where they deal with homosexual practice as an abomination in the sight of God. She closes with reflections on a proposed rite for the blessing of same-sex unions. … Read more
How Men Really Think about Sex
By Paula Rinehart. A man's feelings about his sex life spills over into other important parts of his experience. Being turned down in his overture for sexual intimacy feels like rejection, comparable to the pain a woman feels when her husband won't listen to her. … Read more
Who Are We Listening To?
By Bryn MacPhail. If The Presbyterian Church in Canada is to have any hope of resolution on the issue of homosexuality, the discussions must aim to bridge the gap between the differing approaches to Scripture, as opposed to focusing on the contrary conclusions reached by each side. … Read more
Wait Training: Building the Body of Christ
By Chris Yue. Small groups have always been used powerfully by God. He knows the power of community. And if we ourselves have enough community in our lives, there are many who need to be blessed by us. We need each other. … Read more
A Journey Towards God
David Colpitts wishes homosexuality hadn't been his struggle, but because it so deeply reveals his need, it continually calls him into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, not unlike the other spiritual struggles many Christians have. … Read more
The Man in Black and the Gospel of Light
By Todd R. Statham. Johnny Cash sings from within a fallen world, and dares the listener to look upon it honestly, with unflinching gaze. Yet, no matter how deep the darkness down into which his songs climb, there, the hope of God's grace is brighter and God's love is more real. … Read more
Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective, by John Stott
Reviewed by Helga L. Stewart. John Stott’s little publication is a timely help in providing its readers with the well-laid-out arguments and biblical perspective that form the basis of the position taken on same-sex partnerships by the evangelical community, amongst others. … Read more
61. Spring 2003
COVER PHOTO: A selection of past covers of Channels for this 20th Anniversary Issue (see also back cover).
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The Renewal Fellowship Within The PCC
By Calvin Brown. The Renewal Fellowship is a volunteer organization, committed to renewing spiritual vitality and historic biblical witness within and through the church. Renewal Fellowship activities include organizing renewal conferences, days of prayer, and workshops, and publishing Channels magazine, Renewal News and a quarterly Prayer Calendar. … Read more
Looking Back Over Twenty Years of Channels
A. Donald MacLeod, the first Chair of the Renewal Fellowship Within The Presbyterian Church in Canada when it was founded in 1982, looks through the issues of Channels over those twenty years and hits some of the highlights and lowlights covered in the pages of Channels, our organization's magazine. … Read more
Annual General Meeting 2003
The Annual General Meeting and March Renewal Day was hosted by Paris Presbyterian Church on March 8 with enthusiasm and evident joy that set the tone for the whole event. It was a wonderful day and many commented that it was the best Renewal Day they had been to in years. Photos by Jack Harewood and David Stewart. … Read more
Holy God! Holy Church?
By John A. Vissers. The holiness of the church is one of the marks of the church. It refers to the purity of the church's faith and life, and the sanctity of its doctrine and practice. Holiness is at the very centre of renewal. The impetus to sanctification begins with a vision of God's holiness as is found in Isaiah 6. … Read more
Putting In Its Place: Canadian Presbyterian Independent Journalism
By A. Donald MacLeod. Independent Presbyterian journalism contributed greatly to the debate over Church Union in the 25 years prior to 1925. Following union, a succession of generally short-lived publications sought to keep the church on track. The Renewal Fellowship's Channels was welcomed as giving a whole new face to evangelicals. … Read more
Two Books on John Stott
Reviewed by Ian S. Rennie. At Rugby boys' school, John Stott was led to Christ by E.J.H. Nash, an evangelical Anglican clergyman. Stott spent much of his time, energy, and ability on the renewal of the Church of England and of the historic Protestant denominations of the Western world and the developing world. He had a global influence. … Read more