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 [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 211th Edition - October 6, 2024 AN AMAZING PROPHECY “Babylon…shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be inhabited from generation to generation” [Isaiah 13:20]. Babylon was the most magnificent and famous city of [...]
Devotional “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (2 Corinthians 5:1) The blessings we have in Christ are far too many to number, but it is a blessing even to note [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 210th Edition - September 29, 2024 THE PALM TREE “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree” [Psalm 92:12]. The Bible is a book of words, many words. But is also a picture [...]
Devotional "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." Hebrews 4:9 God has provided a Sabbath, and some must enter into it. Those to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief; therefore, that Sabbath remains for the people of God. David sang of it; but he had [...]
My computer has a screen saver that automatically appears. It is a video taken from the space station flying north to south down the length of Florida. From a height of 250 miles you can see the shape of the state with it’s major lakes and inlets. What you cannot see are [...]
Devotional “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the [...]
It seems amazing that thirty years have elapsed since we opened our new church on September 17, 1994. The building was full as Dr. Paisley preached the opening sermon on a very hot day. The new air-conditioning was not working too well so with that, and the packed church, it was not too [...]
Devotional And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the tempest. — Isaiah 32:2 Who this MAN is we all know. Who could He be but the Second Man, the Lord from Heaven, the Man of sorrows, the Son of Man? What a hiding-place He has [...]
