BITS and PIECES 286th Edition - March 15, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY It was seventy-five years ago, on March 17, 1951, that the Free Presbyterian Church was born. It was in Crossgar, Northern Ireland, and the writer [...]
BITS and PIECES 285th Edition - March 8, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. THE WINTER IS PAST It has been a tough winter, but as we enter March, we know that soon we will be able to echo Solomon’s words, [...]
BITS and PIECES 284th Edition - March 1, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. MANY THANKS As most of you know, I hit the ninety-mark last Thursday. I received many birthday cards, e-mails, phone messages, and other greetings, including a church [...]
BITS and PIECES 283rd Edition - February 22, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. THE TYPOLOGY OF THE RED HEIFER “If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying [...]
BITS and PIECES 282nd Edition - February 15, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. A NEW BODY The human body is a marvel of divine engineering. The Lord has given to each of us a remarkable body as a tabernacle for [...]
BITS and PIECES 281st Edition - February 8, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? We accept that God is Sovereign, and also immense. We tend to put Him in our pockets, bring Him out on Sundays, [...]
BITS and PIECES 280th Edition - February 1, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. WILL THE GRASS BE GREENER? An interesting little story appeared in ‘Golf Digest’ some time ago. It concerned two men, both English, famous and deceased. The [...]
BITS and PIECES 279th Edition - January 25, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. DESIGN DEMANDS A DESIGNER The old statement is true. Whenever we see a house, a car, a watch or whatever, we know that behind that production lies [...]
BITS and PIECES 278th Edition - January 18, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. FIFTY YEARS AGO It was in January 1976 that I made my way from Tandragee in Northern Ireland to Toronto. The purpose for the visit was to [...]
BITS and PIECES 277th Edition - January 11, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. PRAY FOR THE OWEN FAMILY Tonia Owen is the beloved wife of the Rev. Phil Owen, the minister of Buffalo FPC. Tonia took ill some months ago [...]
BITS and PIECES 276th Edition - January 4, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. HAPPY NEW YEAR We wish all our readers a happy New Year. Although the world is not in great shape at present with serious political, military and [...]
BITS and PIECES 275th Edition - December 28, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. HAPPY NEW YEAR We wish all our readers a happy New Year. It seems like only yesterday we were anticipating the difficulties of Y2K as we entered [...]
