Telling it as it is

A word of appreciation is in order for moderator Hans Kouwenberg's November column. How refreshing to find no indulgence in church back-patting but a solemn warning of the need to return to our roots serving our Lord and Saviour. Such an observation is itself recognition of the Presbyterian Church in Canada having drifted dangerously in practice from unquestioned centrability of Jesus Christ Himself to a primary concern for its own denominational identity and prestige. It is hoped that many readers of the Record, especially church leaders, will be awakened enough by this moderatorial challenge to become willing to receive God's gift of “repentance unto life” as were the Gentiles in the days of the Apostle Paul. Thank you Hans for “telling it as it is.”