By John A. Vissers. My time at Singapore ’87 has given me a new perspective on the church around the world, on Christian leadership, on world evangelization, on the worship of God, on prayer, on the relationship between theology and evangelism, on renewal, and on the Christian church in Canada … Read more
More Than Coping, by Elizabeth Skoglund
Reviewed by Roma E. Bryant. This book helps us to realize that during suffering, we can cope, and that those we think of as giants of the faith still struggled as we do through terrible odds, and still coped. … Read more
Healing from Wounds
By Brian C. Stiller, pictured on the cover. This article is an introduction to Jesus, the healer of pain. No person can reach into our inner caves of hurt, dark with foreboding and fear, and light a lantern of truth. Only the Creator, who knows us beyond our knowing, can right the wrong and restore the broken heart. … Read more
Living Churches: A Hope of Life and Growth
By George Anderson. “God specializes in graveyards.” This little church which had no Sunday School or Bible study groups and had about twenty adults attending seemed like a valley of dry bones. Humanly speaking the answer seemed to be “No” but the Spirit of Life, the Spirit of Jesus said “Yes.” … Read more
I Know Not How To Pray
By James B. Torrance. The music and lyrics of this hymn appear in the searchable, downloadable PDF of the original magazine … Read more
Rescue Us!
By Darrell Johnson. In the sixth petition of the Lord's Prayer, the Greek word translated "temptation" can mean "test" or "enticement to sin". While God never entices us to sin, the evil one can turn a test, designed to prove and improve a person's character, into a temptation. … Read more
Citizens of Another Kingdom: Living Now for the World to Come, by John E. Balchin
Reviewed by Greg Dallimore. The church has a message for the world and a ministry to it only when she is significantly different from the world. … 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
Miracle at Calvin
By Howard & Wilma Cumming. “Well, God,” we prayed, “you called us here. If it was only to close down Calvin, your will be done. But if you really want Calvin to grow, you are going to have to do something about it. We seem to be at a dead end.” … Read more
The Race: Discipleship for The Long Run, by John White
Reviewed by David Stewart. Although this is a collection of some of John White’s contributions to Christian periodicals over twenty years, the author has skillfully edited and arranged these earlier pieces, with a result that is surprisingly unified under four broad headings: Christian Beliefs; Christian Witness; Christian Discipleship; and Problems of Christian Discipleship. … Read more
Pastor to Pastor, by Erwin W. Lutzer
Reviewed by John Vaudry. Perplexed by many of the theological and ecclesiastical trends of our time? Tired of dealing with problem people in the congregation? Feeling “burn-out” can’t be too far away? Take a break, pastor, and read this down-to-earth, practical little book by Erwin Lutzer … Read more
Finding Christ In The Passover Celebration
By Joseph Gray. Christian believers are encouraged to rediscover the richness and beauty of the Judaic roots of our faith. The full significance of the events of Passion Week, the most powerful, beautiful, and meaningful of the entire Christian year, can be properly understood only within the context of the Passover festival. … Read more
The Real Preacher
By James I. Packer. The business of preachers of the Word is to be mouthpieces for God’s message, seeing their ministry of the Word as prophecy: precisely speaking the Word of God with application, as a message to the hearers. … Read more
Living Nativity Scene
By Brenda Shaw. To make the Christmas story a real tangible part of our lives that we could share with our community, we realized that the "Living Nativity" and "Bethleham Walks" taking place in other towns and cities could be part of our Christmas celebration too. … Read more
The Reformed Church of Quebec/L’Eglise Réformée du Québec
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Although the Presbyterian Church in Canada has supported work in a French Canadian context, nevertheless, the General Assembly did not see fit to second any of our workers who might now already be working within a French Canadian context to the new Reformed Church of Quebec. … Read more