By Donald Rossiter. Excitement was running high as everybody prepared for the king. Somehow word got back to the people that he was returning and everybody began to get ready for the great celebration. … Read more
On My Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Nancy Cocks clarifies what she really meant, having been misquoted out of context in a report in the Globe and Mail about the Re-Imagining Conference. … 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
Who is the Weaker Brother, Anyway?
By Kevin Quast. Paul has something to say to all of us who operate with special criteria in our mind of what is right and what is wrong – especially if we are inclined to form opinions about others based on our own personal criteria. … Read more
Renewal Day Report
By John Vissers. Over two hundred and forty Presbyterians gathered at Kortright Church, in Guelph, Ontario for a Renewal Day on October 31, 1987. Representing nineteen presbyteries and fifty-four congregations, those gathered listened to addresses on “The Church as A Caring Community” by the Rev. Calvin Brown of First Church, Nelson, British Columbia, and Dr. Stan Skarsten, of the Institute For Family Living in Toronto, Ontario, featured on the cover. … 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
Building a Christian Home
By Bob Harvey. A Christian home can’t be built without the aid of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is severely limited in what he can do in your life unless you regularly spend time with him. … Read more
Younger Leaders on World Evangelization: A Canadian Agenda
As Canadian participants at Singapore ’87,we have been deeply challenged concerning the responsibilities of our generation to work for the extension of the Kingdom of God in our age. Seeking to glorify the Triune God of creation and redemption, and out of our love for humanity, we call our generation in Canada to exercise leadership humbly, strategically … Read more
The Elders’ Institute
By Mary Rogers. The Elders' Institute was founded to provoke Canadian Presbyterian elders and other leaders to lead the church into more faithful, effective, and wise ministry and mission, using both online distance education and face-to-face "On the Road" events. … Read more
A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, by David Prior
Reviewed by William Campbell. This readable study of 1 Corinthians will be helpful for Christians to trace Paul’s thought as he wrote to the church at Corinth, whose members were participating in the same serious sins as Presbyterians do in 1986! … Read more
Presbyterianism and Renewal
By Ian Rennie. With each major movement of renewal, the Presbyterian Church has been thrust into new areas and dimensions of ministry, beginning with Calvin and Knox, and continuing in Canada through men like Robert Burns and James Robertson, to current examples. … Read more
“The Spirit-Empowering Presence”: A Conference Review
By John A. Vissers. The most remarkable aspect of the conference was the degree of openness on the part of the reformed theologians and pastors to Pentecostalism and the charismatic renewal, the sincere desire to articulate a biblical and contemporary doctrine of the Holy Spirit … Read more
Trojan Horse, by Donald L. Faris
Reviewed by Howard Mcllveen. The book pictures the homosexual ideology as the hidden enemy which when released from the horse will capture and fundamentally change the unsuspecting city/church. … Read more
The Timothy Principle, by Roy Robertson
Reviewed by Stephen Jenvey. This book covers basic principles needed in one’s life before fruitful discipleship can take place: consistency in the daily devotional life, understanding and being able to explain the plan of salvation, having a prayer plan, and approaches to Bible study … Read more
Unity in the Body
By Jack Charleson. As Christians we have a responsibility to honour the command given by our Lord in the Great Commission. However, there is a tendency for many of us simply to ensure adequate funding is made available through congregational budgets to meet the expenses of others as they seek to carry out the work for us. … Read more
Jesus Who?
By Paul Barnett. Although nineteen hundred and fifty-four years have passed since his death, Jesus of Nazareth remains a continuing figure of fascination, and not just to Christians. Is the Bible reliable? … Read more