By A. Donald MacLeod. The Dallas Presbyterian Renewal Conference was described as the largest gathering of Presbyterians ever convened for renewal. What does unitedness within a pluralistic denomination mean? What does Dallas have to say to those not American? … Read more
An Interview with David Craig
By David Craig. The original vision of the French Canadian Missionary Society, which our church inherited, was to see this mission becoming gradually in its composition, management, and support, purely and exclusively French Canadian. … Read more
One Holy Passion, by R.C. Sproul
Reviewed by Roma E. Bryant. One Holy Passion is “the consuming thirst to know God.” Who better than R.C. Sproul to be our guide in our search to know God? … Read more
Executive Director’s Report
By Calvin Brown. We need to renew the sense of God’s calling and be bold and unafraid to speak out his truth in love. … Read more
Evangelism: A Way of Life, by Rebecca Pippert and Ruth Siemens
Reviewed by Jim Walton. This book is a compilation of twelve inductive Bible studies to help with discovering and understanding a biblical perspective of evangelism and integrating it into one’s lifestyle. … Read more
Tithing – a Spring-board to Generosity
By Esther Mcllveen. Tithing is both the wisest investment of our money, as well as a command first given to the Children of Israel. Tithing was not just a requirement of the wealthy, for in Exodus the “poor were instructed not to give less.” Tithing was to become the norm for all the children of God. … Read more
Our Forgotten Treasure
By John P. Vaudry. Those who came before us were wise in choosing the Westminster Confession as the official Presbyterian creed. Our standards were formulated with great care by the pastor-theologians of the Westminster Assembly. As Presbyterians we ought to be familiar with our distinctives. … Read more
A Season of Suffering, by John H. Timmerman
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. The book is sub-titled “One Family’s Journey through Depression”, discussing what a congregation can do to help and what an individual can offer, with sane, gentle and helpful advice about visiting someone in a “psych” ward. … Read more
Building A Culture Of Peace Within The Context Of War
By Judy McCallum. Events in Sudan have forced Canadians to consider the ethics of business involvement in a country undergoing civil war and what the responsibility of Canadians might be when we are linked to war in another country. How — or should — we be involved? … Read more
Thoughts on Maundy Thursday
By Margaret Avison. His actions are whole-hearted, clear, spontaneous, and therefore can be interpreted, after, as purposeful too. … Read more
Great Expectations: Getting Small Groups Going
By Dan Williams. When starting a new group, each member needs to be clear about the initial expectations and understandings that they and everyone else have brought into the room. … Read more
A Study in Contrasts
By Michael Green, pictured on the cover. All Christians are called to serve Christ, all are commissioned for ministry. … Read more
The Revival of Storytelling
By Fred Ash. There is a revival afoot, a return to the simplicity of storytelling by which one person sits (or stands) before a group of listeners and tells them a story — no fancy equipment, no elaborate props, no information technology, just a storyteller and her voice. … 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
www.prayer.com
By Fritz Clarke. The Renewal Task Force of Eastern Ontario sponsored a Day of Prayer with a workshop dealing with praying with youth entitled "www.prayer.com", led by Fritz Clarke. His workshop notes can be used to instruct people in covering the basic steps to prayer. … Read more
Assembly ’91
Addressing the 117th General Assembly the Moderator, John Allan, identifies the challenges within and without the church, and Christ’s answer to those challenges. Our society is no less pluralistic than the society of Paul’s day, in which Christianity flourished. … Read more