BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 217th Edition - November 17, 2024 THE NEW BIRTH Jesus told Nicodemus, the religious Jewish leader, “ye must be born again” [John 3:7]. Nicodemus was puzzled and, not understanding, asked,“Can a man be [...]
Devotional Thy words were found, and I did eat them. Jeremiah 15:16 True Christians have a taste for God's Word. They read it; they study it; they feast on it. Empty professors may be content with a religion that pays scant attention to the Bible, but believers indwelt by the Holy Spirit can [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 216th Edition - November 10, 2024 OUR UNSAVED LOVED ONES Many of God’s people are discouraged when they look at how their sons and daughters have turned out. Early in life they [...]
Devotional "The Lord mighty in battle." Psalm 24:8 Well, may our God be glorious in the eyes of His people, seeing that He has wrought such wonders for them, in them, and by them. For them, the Lord Jesus upon Calvary routed every foe, breaking all the weapons of the enemy in pieces [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 215th Edition - November 3, 2024 THE CHRISTIAN AND HIS BIBLE I find my Lord in the Bible wherever I chance to look. He is the theme of the Bible, the Centre and [...]
Devotional "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry" Habakkuk 2:3 Mercy may seem slow, but it is sure. The Lord in unfailing wisdom has appointed a [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 214th Edition - October 27, 2024 ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? What is a Christian? A Christian is a person rightly related to God through Jesus Christ, one whose sinful guilt has been removed [...]
Devotional "For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever”. 2 John 1:2 Once let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the whole man unto itself—no human or infernal power can dislodge it! We do not entertain it as a guest [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 213th Edition - October 20, 2024 PRE-WRITTEN HISTORY OF CHRIST Centuries before Christ was born His birth and career, His sufferings and glory, were all described in outline and detail in the Old [...]
Devotional “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20 “Amen” is a most remarkable word. It is transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament and then into Latin, English, and many other [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 212th Edition - October 13, 2024 THANKSGIVING May we take this opportunity to wish our readers a very happy Thanksgiving. As Christians we have so much for which to thank the Lord. We [...]
Devotional In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a slippery path is that which some [...]
