BITS and PIECES 273rd Edition - December 14, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. BERT COOKE December 4th. was a sad day for the Free Presbyterian family when a dear friend and colleague in the ministry left us for his home [...]
Devotional “And the word of the LORD came unto Elijah, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.” 1 Kings 17:8-9 The leading of God is not always clear to our understanding or satisfying to our pride, [...]
BITS and PIECES 272nd Edition - December 7, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. THE COMING OF THE LORD The “scoffers” [II Peter 3:3] say “where is the promise of his coming?” But the Bible teaches, “He that shall come will [...]
Devotional “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” (Isaiah 43:2). Bridge there is none: we must go through the waters and [...]
BITS and PIECES 271st Edition - November 30, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. THE MOST DIFFICULT BIBLE BOOK? Those who are using the church's daily Bible reading guide are now in Ezekiel. During the sixty years of my ministry, I [...]
Devotional "Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain:"— Zechariah 4:7 At this hour, a mountain of difficulty, distress, or necessity may be in our way, and natural reason sees no path over it, or through it, or round it. Let faith come in, and straightway the mountain [...]
BITS and PIECES 270th Edition - November 23, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. SMILING SAINTS “Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord!” [Deuteronomy 33:29] Are we enjoying this happiness today? No [...]
Devotional “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Colossians 1:9) In this prayer, Paul sought for the Colossian Christians the full knowledge [...]
BITS and PIECES 269th Edition - November 16, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. JAMAICAN UPDATE Jamaica is a beautiful tropical isle, with an abundance of fruit and food. But the island was severely hit recently by Hurricane Melissa, with much [...]
Devotional “And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.” (Zechariah [...]
BITS and PIECES 268th Edition - November 9, 2025 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. WHAT KINGS DO IN TROUBLOUS TIMES In 1940 the huge British Expeditionary Force was stranded on the shores of Dunkirk in France during World War II. They [...]
Devotional And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? John 11:26 Martha believed in the power at the disposal of Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been present He could have healed her brother. She also believed that Jesus had a peculiar intimacy with God and that [...]
