By Esther Mcllveen. Usually revival is mentioned in connection with the church. I wonder if God is saying to us, “Your emphasis is in the wrong place. Try the home.” … Read more
Worship Workshop: A Word for Frequent Communion
By Calvin Brown. John Calvin was desirous that the celebration of the Lord’s Supper should take place every Sunday, but the Council insisted the celebration be four times a year. Many congregations have it on the first Sunday of the month … Read more
Sightings in the Valley of the Shadow: Reflections on Dying, by Balfour M. Mount
Reviewed by Bridget Dickens. I would recommend this book to anyone involved with those suffering, or approaching death, and especially for palliative care-givers. … Read more
Assembly Reflections
By Clair MacLeod. When the “Report on Human Sexuality” was adopted as the statement of the Presbyterian Church in Canada with a large majority, it was seen as happening under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. … Read more
Bridlewood Spiritually Gifted
By Bruce Heal. A most exciting and spiritually encouraging class was taught by our pastor Dan MacKinnon on spiritual gifts, making use of the material in Chuck Congram’s course, Understanding and Using Spiritual Gifts, and Peter Wagner’s book, Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help your Church Grow. … Read more
Can These Old Bones Live Again?
By Harold Jantz. In a denomination with declining membership, in the PCC there are pockets of renewal with very dynamic and exciting congregations across our country that are winning people to Christ and growing. … 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
Can Man Live Without God, by Ravi Zacharias
Reviewed by Roma Bryant. Because of the failure of the philosophical mind to find peace and serenity by way of studying human action and contact, Zacharias presents a powerful argument for the defense of Christian belief. … Read more
New Life, New Lifestyle, by Michael Green
Reviewed by Jack Charleson. In New Life, New Lifestyle we are encouraged as we seek to develop an attitude of discipleship in our daily walk with Christ.… Read more
Celebrating Marriage Today
By Roy D. Bell. Among married couples, there are two distinct groups. In one, at best, there is hunger for what is not happening; at worst, a personal and family disaster. The other group has individuals and couples in personal difficulty but who are committed to their marriage … 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
Reflections On The Events Of September 11, 2001
By Calvin Brown. Several excerpts from Calvin's Institutes serve to highlight, amid the innumerable evils that beset human life, the fact that without certainty about God's providence, life would be unbearable. Certainty about God's providence shouts joyous trust towards God in our hearts. … 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
A Cambodian Diary
By Paul Dylla, Marieke Schindell, and Grant Wilson. Fairview Presbyterian Church, Vancouver BC, celebrated its 100th anniversary by undertaking as a missions project: the building of Sunshine House, a home for children orphaned by AIDS in Cambodia. Three members of the congregation travelled to Cambodia, met the children, and recorded their reflections on the experience. … Read more
Image & Chaos: The church and homosexuality
By William Duffy. Homosexuality is not in accordance with God’s creation of his purpose for our lives or our good. There is no question that in God’s eyes it is an abomination – a perversion of what he created which was, and is, very good. … Read more
Bible Study Opportunities For Adults
By John E. Schwarz. “It is unnecessary to furnish proof that there exists even among Christians a widespread biblical illiteracy … Protestantism will not forever survive if steps cannot be taken to remedy it.” – John Bright … Read more
Report of the Chairperson
Dal Schindell reports on a meeting requested by Glen Davis, the General Secretary of the Life and Mission Agency, and attended by eleven staff at 50 Wynford Drive in Toronto, at which the question was asked, “Why does the Renewal Fellowship exist?” … Read more