BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 239th Edition - April 20, 2025 HAPPY EASTER The English word “Easter” appears only once in the Bible [Acts 12:4]. It is the Greek word ‘pascha’ which literally means ‘passover.’ The English translation [...]
Devotional “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1) The wise believer revels in the fact of Christ’s resurrection. Some things in Scripture may be easier to identify with and apply, including Christ’s substitutionary death, but it [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 238th Edition - April 13, 2025 SOWING AND REAPING “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, binging his sheaves with him” [Psalm 126:6] In a [...]
Devotional “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Philippians 2:12-13 Before attempting to [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 237th Edition - April 6, 2025 LOSS OF POWER Last Sunday, we awakened to check out the forecasted ice storm and see if we could drive to church. Checked the computer – it [...]
Devotional "And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." 1 Corinthians 11:24 It seems then, that Christians may forget Christ! There could be no need for this loving exhortation, if there were not [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 236th Edition - March 30, 2025 THE AIR WE BREATHE Some of our bodily functions are so familiar to us that we seldom think about them yet if we did, they would show [...]
Devotional "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." Matthew 10:42 We never can know what the full outcome of our simplest kindnesses will [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 235th Edition - March 23, 2025 THE LIMITATION OF CANCER Dr. Ralph Colas, before he died with cancer in 2015, shared the following verse, with the members of the American Council of Christian [...]
Devotional "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts." Zechariah. 4:6 WHAT a mystery is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul! That a work so renewing, so gracious, and so holy, should ever transpire in the heart of a poor sinner, is itself [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 234th Edition - March 16, 2025 THE MIRACLE OF DAYLIGHT Every morning, we awaken to a fresh miracle – the miracle of daylight. In the night all is black and dark. No earthly [...]
Devotional "I will take heed to my ways." — Psalm 39:1 Fellow-pilgrim, say not in your heart, "I will go hither and thither, and I shall not sin;" for you are never so out of danger of sinning as to boast of security. The road is very miry, it will be hard to [...]
