Wednesday March 10, 2010
True worship results in change of your heart, of your actions, of your mind. Otherwise, we have simply sung a bunch of songs over and over like choir practice. So, either I am a singer and I go away a bit hoarse or I am a worshiper and go away different.
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Dr. Brian C. Stiller

Brian Stiller was raised in a minister’s home on the prairies. Educated at the University of Toronto (BA in History), Wycliffe College (Master of Religion), and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry), he has received honorary doctorates from Briercrest College and Trinity Western University.

During the 1960s, Stiller served in leadership in a national youth agency, first in Montreal as director of Youth for Christ, then Toronto YFC, and finally as national president of Youth for Christ.

From 1983 to 1997 his leadership as president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada gave him national profile as a voice for people of biblical faith. By way of weekly television, publishing a national magazine, authoring a number of books and in his public speaking he expressed concerns and offered counsel on issues of moral and national concern.

Stiller served as President of Tyndale University College & Seminary beginning in 1995 and retired in 2009. He is currently President of the Tyndale Foundation. Its Uncommon Ground Campaign’s goal is $58 million, towards the purchase of the adjoining 56 acres of the campus of the Sisters of St, Joseph.

Stiller is founder and former editor-in-chief of Canada’s national magazine, Faith Today. He hosted a weekly television program Crosscurrents. He is author of ten books: Preaching Parables to Postmoderns (2005), Fortress Press; Jesus and Caesar: Christians in the Public Square (2003), Castle Quay Books Canada; What Happens When I Die? (2001); When Life Hurts: A Three-Fold Path to Healing (1999), and From the Tower of Babel to Parliament Hill (1997), HarperCollins.

His life mission comes from an account of King David as he rebuilt Israel. He recruited a group to assist him. They are described as those “who understood the times and knew what Israel should do” (I Chronicles 12:32).

Brian and his wife Lily have two children: a son Murray (married to Catherine) and a daughter Muriel (married to Jesse Pascal); and five grandchildren. :::

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Was Canada Ever Christian
and other essays

Every time I walk from the flame to Centre block on Parliament Hill and look up at the Peace Tower, I'm filled with a sense of history, destiny and goodwill. The majestic buildings, rising from the high bans of the Ottawa river, seem so right and trustworthy. At our country's inception, the Fathers of Confederation chose the term "dominion" from Ps.72: "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from river to the ends of the earth." Growing up in this country, it seemed to me that a biblical vision shaped our very soul.

But now as we stand at the transition of millennia, this country, symbolized by that Old Testament text and its unabashed recognition of the role of God in life, has undergone a radical shift. Canada seems almost embarrassed to admit to its spiritual heritage, except perhaps to mention it in a funeral of one of its political greats.

To ask ourselves the question "Was Canada ever Christian?" is critical, for it helps us understand our roots and provides us with insight for our future journey. This is not to reminisce with the assumption that we have lived in a "golden era," but rather to be reminded of the vital place that Christian faith has played in the building of Canada.

Table Contents

    Section One
  1. Was Canada Ever Christian?
  2. The danger of Calling Canada Christian
  3. Will A Religious Right Rise In Canada?
  4. Lament For A Prayer
  5. A Religious Profile Of Canada

    Section Two
  6. Other War Heroes
  7. Being In A Place To Influence
  8. The Babel Syndrome:SpeakingTruth In Confusion
  9. The Law As Teacher
  10. Learning To Speak To Public Issues

    Section Three
  11. Think Before We Die
  12. When "Safe" Means "Danger"
  13. The First Step To Healing

    Section Four
  14. In Search Of The Evangelical Mind
  15. Thinking Christianly
  16. Shutting Off Bernardo
  17. The Poor With Us
  18. Worldliness
  19. The Ultimacy Of Truth


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