BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 227th Edition - January 26, 2025 ANNUAL WEEK OF PRAYER The Church’s annual week of prayer starts tomorrow night at 7.30pm and runs through Friday. It is a good way to start the [...]
Devotional “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” Ephesians 1:4 Although we cannot really understand how God could choose us (same Greek word as “elected”) before the creation of the world, we can rejoice [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 226th Edition - January 19, 2025 BITS AND PIECES THE MOON, A PICTURE OF THE CHURCH Last week we looked at the sun as a picture of Jesus, the “Sun of righteousness” [Malachi [...]
Devotional "He ordained twelve, that they should be with him." Mark 3:14 It is interesting to examine the twelve disciples our Lord Jesus Christ chose to be with Him and ordained to His service. In His inscrutable wisdom, the Lord chose men from all walks of life and from a wide variety of [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 225th Edition - January 12, 2025 BITS AND PIECES “Bits and Pieces” was originally started to provide a random collection of news and views for the Toronto church. However, it is now going [...]
Devotional "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) This power-packed promise is sometimes misquoted, failing to complete the qualifiers that secure the good for which all things work together. Frequently overlooked is the [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 224th Edition - January 5, 2025 HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone in the world must eat daily just to stay alive. And it is good to develop disciplined eating habits. To do [...]
Devotional "Thou shalt see greater things than these." John 1:50 This is spoken to a childlike believer, who was ready to accept Jesus as the Son of God, the King of Israel, upon one convincing piece of argument. Those who are willing to see shall see: it is because we shut our eyes [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 223rd Edition - December 29, 2024 WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR It seems like only yesterday that we were wrestling with the potential problems of passing from the 1900s into 2000. [...]
Devotional "But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job 23:10 Untried, untrodden, and unknown as your future path may be, it is, each step, mapped, arranged, and provided for in the everlasting and unchangeable covenant of God. To Him who leads [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 222nd Edition - December 22, 2024 A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL May we take this opportunity to wish all of our readers a very happy Christmas season. It will be a little different [...]
Devotional And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 Rightly so! We have the angelic warrant for rejoicing because Christ is born. It is a truth so full of joy that it caused the angel [...]
