By W. Stanford Reid. Today, we find western society very much in the moral morass which engulfed western society in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. What is needed to bring about social, political, and personal moral renewal is ,the spiritual renewal of the church … Read more
John Calvin on Prayer
By Victor Shepherd. No one in the history of Christian thought has written on prayer as much as John Calvin. Few have approached him in sensitivity and profundity. Fewer still have understood the social/psychological situation from which he wrote everything: the refugee who knows that life is precarious. … Read more
Along the Way
By J. H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Our fine concern for a professional, academic, and well-trained ministry has led us to the possibility of idolizing “professionalism”. … Read more
Executive Director’s Comment – Contemplative and Meditative Worship Styles
By Calvin Brown. Worship wars are said to be the most common cause of disruption in congregations. When the real cause of unhappiness is examined, the principal offender is not usually the new music but the form of certain types of contemporary worship. … Read more
1996 Annual Meeting
Photos by Jack Harewood. Many members and friends of the Renewal Fellowship met March 8 & 9, 1996, at Bridlewood Presbyterian Church in Scarborough, Ontario. Dr. John Stackhouse, from Winnipeg, was the primary speaker and is featured on the cover. … Read more
New Community, New Lifestyle: A Look at Ephesians Four
By Michael Griffiths. Take the church seriously; It”s not a weekly performance to attend. The church may meet in plenary session only once or twice a week, but it exists all the time. We must work hard to make it real, credible and beautiful as God’s new community of the new humanity. … Read more
Prayer?
By David Mills. Just over two years ago, there was a significant number of people praying for me as I began the process of applying for, and being accepted on to, the heart transplant program at University Hospital, London, Ontario. After an initial heart attack on December 8th 1984, into emergency open heart surgery in September 1985 at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C., we were told the prognosis. … Read more
Translators Needed
By Todd Lee. As a community of people, we are doing far less than we are able in translating God’s love into the things that we do or say when we are at crossroads with our fellow travellers on Planet Earth. Words of love are hollow if they are not associated with acts of love. … 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
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
In Love With God – Coquitlam Presbyterian Church
By Bob and Olive McBay. A closer walk with the Lord is encouraged at CPC by a growing emphasis on prayer, Bible Study groups, men's and women's ministries, outreach to children and youth, care of newcomers, reminders of the monthly Renewal Fellowship prayer meetings, Spirit-led sermons, and making Jesus the centre of everything. … Read more
The Report on Human Sexuality: A Call for Action
By Bruce Cairnie. The Committee on Church Doctrine is still receiving responses to the interim report, so we urge you to re-state your firm support immediately. … 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
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
And the Angels were Silent, by Max Lucado
Reviewed by Roma E. Bryant. Max Lucado has a most extraordinary gift, to bring the mighty events of the final week of Jesus’ life and death into sharp focus as they relate to our every day lives. … Read more