BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 233rd Edition - March 9, 2025 REV.WILLIAM WHITESIDE Billy, as he was known to his many friends, sadly passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025. He was 78. He spent many fruitful years [...]
Devotional "So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran." Genesis 12:4 That was faith. Obedience proved it. Abram did not know where he was going; he had simply the call of God and a promise. But he asked no questions. He did not [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 232nd Edition - March 2, 2025 A SHINING FACE In the Old Testament, Moses went up Mount Sinai to meet with God and to receive instructions on how Israel should be governed. So [...]
Devotional "Ye see your calling, brethren." 1 Corinthians 1:26 We often hear that our belief that we are chosen by God as His peculiar people leads to spiritual pride. In fact, the opposite is the case. Nothing exposes the pride of man more than the notion that what moves sinners to repent and [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 231st Edition - February 23, 2025 A MODERN-DAY JONAH Last week Adrian Simancas and his father Dall went out for a pleasant canoe trip on the Strait of Magellan off Chile’s Patagonian Coast. [...]
Devotional "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Hebrews 13:5 No promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint, He has said to all. When He opens a well for one, it is that all may drink. When He opens a granary-door to give out food, there [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 230th Edition - February 16, 2025 THE CHRISTIAN AND MONEY Have you noticed the plethora of TV ads. about money recently? The banks want you to place your money with them, the investor [...]
Devotional The fruit of the Spirit is... temperance. Galatians 5:23 Temperance here means self-control - and not just with regard to alcohol. Generally, it means having command of ourselves, the ability to restrain ourselves, our feelings, and our desires. But for Christians, it has an added dimension. For us, self-control is the fruit [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 229th Edition - February 9, 2025 THE TREASURES OF THE SNOW Snow for young people is fun - skis, skates, snowmobiles and sleds. It is not so much fun for the older ones [...]
Devotional "And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 228th Edition - February 2, 2025 THE STAND OF THE FREE CHURCH In last week’s issue we started to outline the ‘Stand of the Free Presbyterian Church.’ This was in response to the [...]
Devotional "Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, ... for a memorial before the Lord." Exodus 28: 29 The role of the high priest of Israel foreshadowed the high priestly office of Christ. Today's text sets one particular feature of that office [...]
