It has been a long time since the last issue of ‘Bits and Pieces’ – last October to be precise. The reason for the gap had to do with the editor’s health. First, there was an irregular heartbeat, which led to seventeen days in hospital and the installation of a pacemaker. Good progress [...]
“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you” [I Peter 1:4] Because we are elect, regenerate, and redeemed, we have a living hope of a glorious inheritance. Peter lifts the minds of his readers away from the reproaches, persecutions, and afflictions of this present world [...]
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them” [Isaiah 8:20]. We must learn to judge all things by the written Word of God. The Lord has given the Bible to us as the only infallible rule of [...]
“In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” [Colossians 2:9] The incarnation of Christ is one of the most profound events in history. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became a Man – “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” [John 1:14]. And the text in Colossians is [...]
“So the people of Nineveh believed God” [Jonah 3:5]. The ancient city of Nineveh was the scene of an amazing revival in the ninth century B.C. This vast city, which had a huge population, was so full of sin that God said its wickedness had come up before him. The Ninevites were so [...]
“The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver” [Psalm 119:72]. Archibald Naismith, who invested over forty years of his life in India as a Christian teacher, tells that when his family returned home to Great Britain for a prolonged holiday, one of his sons, a boy [...]
We were all saddened this week to learn of the death of Rev. John Bodner. He was a good friend of the Toronto church and often preached there. Although his passing was expected yet when the moment arrived, it had considerable shock to it. John had suffered from esophageal cancer for some time. [...]
I must apologize to our readers for the absence of “Bits and Pieces” on the past three Sundays. As most of you know, I spent the last seventeen days in hospital culminating in the insertion of a pacemaker. I am thankfully home again in the recuperation process. I want to take this [...]
You may never know just how much that phone call, text, or e-mail means to someone going through one of life’s many trials. The ministry of encouragement is something that even the weakest saint can be involved in. It does not take great theological skill or higher education. It is a [...]
The Greatest Person who ever occupied a human body is undoubtedly Jesus Christ. Such a life is well worth our detailed study. Consider: THE MAJESTY OF HIS PERSON. Great men and women have lived and influenced others. Sadly their faults are often overlooked in their biographies. But the Bible never hides the [...]
“There hath been no latter rain” [Jeremiah 3;3] Spiritual drought makes a wasteland where once there was a Canaan. It reduces a land flowing with milk and honey to poverty and want. It produces spiritual famine, powerlessness, and despondency. No generation knows this better than ours.. We are living through a prolonged [...]
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray He told them to say, “Our Father” [Matthew 6:9]. He did not say “Our Creator” or “Our King” although both would be correct. He said, “Our Father” highlighting the special relationship He has with His children. He is our Father by creation – He made [...]
