By Brian C. Stiller. My generation inherited the vision and the styles of those who grew up in the 40s and launched their ministries in the 50s. But it seems the spirit and energy to lead has bypassed much of my generation. … Read more
Pastors at Prayer
By Robert L. Allison. God obviously blesses when his people lose the pernicious sense of competitiveness and begin to see each other as brothers and sisters in ministry. So we pray fervently for one another across denominational lines. … Read more
National Revival
By Wayne Dawes. "Revival" is hard to define, but the Word of God indicates that we need it, especially when the church is cold, dead, dull, and wordly. What is required to bring revival is humility, prayer, and seeking the face of God. Christian history bears this out. … Read more
’99 Travel Highlights
Calvin Brown, the Executive Director of The Renewal Fellowship, presents pictures of his recent trip to Manitoba … 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
Renewal Day, November 4, 1995
By Calvin Brown. Small groups centred on Jesus can be the means God uses to help the Church be the loving, healing, caring community he intended it to be. … Read more
Executive Director’s Report
By Calvin Brown. There is always lots of work to be done, and as Jesus observed it seems like the fields are white unto harvest but the labourers are few. How happy we should be to be included in the Lord’s work! … Read more
Trouble & Hope
By David Jennings. Commissioners to the General Assembly in June were reminded of the problems of reduced attendance and finances, but through the commissioners, it was evident that the Holy Spirit was working in the Presbyterian Church. … Read more
Lifestyle Evangelism, by Joseph C. Aldrich
Reviewed by Terry Hibbert. Dr. Aldrich zeroes in on the reasons why evangelism is more often than not ineffective. He expresses a concern that frequently church members view the unsaved as “enemies rather than victims of the Enemy,” and how relational evangelism can bridge the credibility gap between the Christian and non-Christian communities. … 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
Letters
The Editor shares letters received in appreciation for the Wedding Album in the Summer ’85 issue of Channels. … Read more
Getting Things Straight for Christmas
By John G. Stackhouse, Jr. John the Baptist's message is simple: "Repent!" It means to alter one's course, change one's mind, redirect one's life from the heart on out, to straighten up. It means to prepare for drastic change, position oneself for reorientation, and then turn. … Read more
Keep in Step with the Spirit, by J.I. Packer
Reviewed by Harold W. Dawes. The announced intention of Packer’s book is not to write another book on the theology, role, or place of the Spirit … but to provide a practical focus on the Spirit that would fulfill Paul’s injunction to the Christian to both walk and be filled by the Spirit. … Read more
Married for Good, by R. Paul Stevens
Reviewed by Daniel and Sandi McDougall. Real marriage is founded on an unconditional covenant to belong together for life. This is not a ‘how-to’ book, although one will gather many ideas about how-to. It is a ‘what-does-it-mean?’ book and a ‘why-are-these-things-important?’ book. … 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