By Eugene H. Peterson. Those who are too tired to go on, or consigned to the sidelines because of lack of stamina, or resigned to a marginal status, need to hear the inward assurance of God's affirmation through the generous verdict of David at the Brook Besor. … Read more
Tears – A gift for the Church?
By Esther Mcllveen. If God thinks our tears are significant enough to bottle them and holds them in such high regard, we in the church should ask for the gift of tears. We may find ourselves weeping over our city – as Jesus wept over Jerusalem – due to the host of ills which exist. … Read more
Spirituality Today, by Jock Stein
Reviewed by John Vaudry. Many New Agers first looked for authentic spirituality in the churches and were disappointed. This booklet features a survey of the different approaches to spirituality in the Christian tradition. … Read more
A People’s Guide to Our New Understanding of Mental Illness and Suicide
By George Nichols. Grief needs sympathy, problems need counseling, and depression needs medical care. Depression is a highly curable medical illness which ends fatally for about 10 to 15 percent of the people who have it and are not treated. … Read more
Reflections on Living Faith, by Gunar Kravalis
Reviewed by J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Gunar Kravalis demonstrates that Living Faith is an acceptable statement of contemporary Christian belief, and provides reflections which will be useful in the faith and life of all Christians … Read more
Why I signed it
By J.I. Packer — Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium” (ECT) is the title of a programmatic statement composed by eight Protestants (leader, Charles Colson) and seven Roman Catholics (leader, Richard John Neuhaus) and endorsed by 12 more Protestants and 13 more Roman Catholics. It appeared in the journal First Things in May of this year and, shortened, in the Spring edition of Touchstone. The statement is not, of course, official, nor has it any more authority than the personal credit of … Read more
Ethic of God’s Reign
By Arthur Van Seters. If the Kingdom or Reign of God is unexpected newness, its ethic is unlikely to conform to conventional wisdom; it is most likely to be significantly different from what people expected, both then and now. … Read more
“Unless the Lord Builds the House …”
By J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. We all need to work at our marriages and family lives every day of our lives. Thank God that He is there to sustain and help us. If He builds and we build, what a building it will be! … Read more
Come to the Sea
By David D. Stewart. Presbyterian pastors and their families from across the Maritimes gathered at St. Stephen’s University in St. Stephen, for their first three-day holiday retreat June 23-26, sponsored by the Renewal Fellowship. … Read more
The Current Debate (Battle for the Trinity excerpt)
By Donald Bloesch. Feminism has affected the liturgy and worship of the church, its governing bodies, its witness, its doctrine, and its sacred literature. In this book, Donald Bloesch critiques and challenges it. … 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
Come Before Winter and Share My Hope, by Charles R. Swindoll
Reviewed by Jack Charleson. These daily reflections, backed by appropriate Scripture passages, can be used to develop a meaningful quiet time or provide a worthwhile supplement to devotions. … 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
Two Tracks – One Goal: How Alcoholics Anonymous Relates to Christianity, by Cal Chambers
Reviewed by Kit Schindell. This excellent book would be of great help to any Christian who is addicted… to alcohol, to street drugs, to prescription drugs, to food, to sex, to work. … Read more
Bill Harrison
By Calvin Brown. The leading of the Lord towards Bill's part-time role as Administrative Assistant at the Renewal Fellowship, following retirement from a 30-year career at Procter and Gamble, fulfils a life-long ambition to serve the Presbyterian Church. … 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