By James B. Torrance. The music and lyrics of this hymn appear in the searchable, downloadable PDF of the original magazine … Read more
Renewal: When Church Growth is not Enough
By Harvie M. Conn. Reformation in the church has been reduced to the recovery of proper doctrinal formulations for use by Christians in the church, but no longer is the church at issue with community or society over worldview dimensions … Read more
Submission to General Assembly Committee
William Klempa, the Principal of Presbyterian College, Montreal, Quebec, presents arguments against the ordination of practicing homosexuals, based on biblical witness, Christian tradition, theological and moral principles, and Presbyterian Church polity. … 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
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 Culture of Disbelief, by Stephen L. Carter
Reviewed by David Jennings. Until Christians start speaking in the public square, they cannot criticize anyone for not listening. … Read more
Introducing Channels Magazine
The Renewal Fellowship within The Presbyterian Church in Canada was founded in May 1982, and during the next year, plans were made to begin a magazine to reassure isolated and sometimes discouraged Presbyterians in Canada who wanted renewal that they were not alone. Word associations with media, communication, and television channels resonated with the old hymn, “Channels only, blessed Master”, and suggested the name Channels. And so, Channels – intended to be an instrument of blessing for The Presbyterian Church in Canada – debuted in the fall of 1983.
Over the next 23 years, some 66 issues were published. Channels succeeded in placing the Renewal Fellowship within a broader national and international context. Publishing articles written by internationally known authors such as Eugene Peterson, James I. Packer, Michael Green, Darrell Johnson, and John G. Stackhouse Jr. helped members of the Renewal Fellowship to realize that they were a part of a much wider movement.
Recognizing the high quality of this magazine prompted a desire to make a digital archive of all 66 issues. Each article is presented in text format, and at the bottom, a searchable, downloadable PDF copy of the issue opens at the page where the article originally appeared. Enjoy!
Whose Authority?
Clyde Ervine explains the dilemma facing the Church Doctrine Committee in framing the Human Sexuality Report in terms of the tension point between the authority of Scripture and the authority of personal experience. … Read more