BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 258th Edition - August 31, 2025 AN INTERESTING FACT Last week we started a short series on the Bible’s “Jehovah titles” and have dealt with Jehovah Hosenu and Jehovah Jireh already. Here is [...]
Devotional And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:24 As Christians, we grieve when we see sin in ourselves, in the church, and in the world. The world, however, seems not to be aware of the awfulness of sin. Because men [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 257th Edition - August 24, 2025 THE JEHOVAH TITLES The Lord first revealed Himself to mankind by the name Jehovah [Genesis 2:4]. Every time you see the name ‘LORD’ (in capitals) in Scripture [...]
Devotional “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD:” Hosea 6:3 Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge, and our business is to persevere and learn by little and little. We need not despair, though our progress may be slow, for we shall [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 256th Edition - August 17, 2025 GOD PREDICTS GLOBAL WARMING This has been one of the hottest summers on record, and several heat warnings have been issued throughout the country. Canada, from east [...]
Devotional “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” (Nehemiah 8:8) Most people—even most Christians—devote very little time to the Scriptures, complaining that they are either too hard to understand or too uninteresting. Yet, when Ezra read “the [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 255th Edition - August 10, 2025 WATCH THE TIME Our lives are governed by time. Solomon speaks of “a time to be born, and a time to die” [Ecclesiastes 3]. In between those [...]
Devotional "Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength." Psalm 31:4 Our spiritual foes are of the serpent's brood, a and seek to ensnare us by subtlety. The prayer before us supposes the possibility of the believer being caught like a bird. So [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 254th Edition - August 3, 2025 UNPLEASANT SUBJECTS In recent weeks we have reported on several deaths of family and friends. As noted at the time, death is not a pleasant subject but [...]
Devotional "The bow shall be seen in the cloud." Genesis 9:14 The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is the Lord's witness to the people. When may we expect to see the token of the covenant? The rainbow is only to be seen painted [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 253rd Edition - July 27, 2025 MRS. GRACE SAUNDERS Dr. Larry Saunders and his wife flew on Wednesday to Ireland to attend my brother’s funeral and to preach at the Enniskillen Conference. They [...]
Devotional "And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side..." Mark 6:45 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of success as God’s [...]
