About the Knox Church Library

So reads the plaque to be placed in the library which was rededicated by our pastor, Dr. John Vissers, in a short ceremony after morning service, Sunday, September 17, 1995.

We give God all the praise and gratitude for this another new beginning in the history of the library.

Knox has long had a library in one form or another--even when it was operated from a large box in the corridor beside what is now the Winchester Room.

When the Fellowship Centre was constructed, space for a library was provided adjacent to the Common Room, where all the young people's meetings convened. In no time it was well stocked with current biblical and theological works, commentaries, dictionaries, and Bible study material. Although it was accessible to the younger crowd, it was not convenient for the congregation at large.

In early 1970, the library was relocated in the Winchester Room and cabinets were constructed along the north wall. This arrangement soon proved inadequate and, as part of Knox 150, Phase II, the library was moved to what had been known as the Social Room. After extensive renovations there was a service of dedication and the room, which was to be shared with the choir, was renamed the Jesse Ketchum Room and the library, the Jesse Ketchum Library.

The book collection at that time numbered around 2,000. The library has continued to grow and now we are nudging the 5,000 mark, including the teens and children's sections. A new venture was the development of video sections for both adults and children, which have proved to be well used.

Another major step was to recatalogue all books and videos in the Dewey Decimal System. Through gifts from the Katie Snyder Martin Trust the library was given a computer on which the books and videos have been entered and indexed. We are grateful to those in the congregation who have helped us over these busy days.

The Knox Tape ministry provides copies of sermon cassette tapes which may be borrowed. In addition we have cassette tapes for children and adults on a variety of subjects.

The library also subscribes to many Christian and missionary magazines for the information and enlightenment of our congregation. These are located in the Winchester Room.

We seek to place in the library items that can stand the test of the Word of God and are suitable for the building up of His people.

"Reading makes a full man..." (Francis Bacon); Christian reading makes a full Christian.

Reima Robertson, Knox librarian

Suggested Readings on the Internet *

Here are some links for your reading and reference. As in the regular Knox library, we don't have everything under the sun, and neither would we agree with everything under the sun. Note these links do not necessarily constitute official endorsements, but rather they should offer a starting point for higher learning. Feel free to submit links or report broken URLs to the webmaster.

The Bible

The Bible Gateway - www.biblegateway.com
a nice interface to the NIV, RSV and KJV.

The WEB Bible - http://ebible.org/bible/WEB/webfaq.htm
a copyright free downloadable modern English update of the American Standard Version of 1901

Olive Tree's Palm Pilot/Pocket PC Bible - www.olivetree.com/handheld/products/

The IVP Quiet Time Bible - www.ivpress.com/bible/

Die Gutenberg Bibel - www.gutenberg.de/english/bibel.htm

Historic Creeds of the Reformation:
Useful Summaries of Christian Belief

The Heidelberg Catechism - www.crcna.org/pages/heidelberg_main.cfm
new translation from CRCNA

The Westminster Shorter Catechism - http://www.reformed.org/documents/WSC.html

The Westminster Larger Catechism - http://www.reformed.org/documents/larger1.html

The Westminster Confession - http://www.reformed.org/documents/westminster_conf_of_faith.html

Daily Meditations

A Journey of Faith - www.crusade.org/journey/
read through the Bible in one year with David Walker

Our Daily Bread - www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml

Keys for Kids - cbh.gospelcom.net/keys/
children's devotional

Other Devotionals - www.gospelcom.net/spiritual_walk/devotionals/

Various Articles

Christian Classics Ethereal Library - www.ccel.org
a large collection of classic Christian literature, such as these examples below:

The Concise Matthew Henry Commentary  - www.ccel.org/h/henry/
Of Prayer by John Calvin - www.ccel.org/c/calvin/
Orthodoxy by G.K.Chesterton - www.ccel.org/c/chesterton/
World-Wide Study Bible - www.ccel.org/wwsb/

Christianity at wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
a great place to begin your online search for anything and everything under the sun, though the official "Neutral Point of View" policy of wikipedia will often be hard to achieve when discussing matters of faith and religion

Theopedia - an online encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity - http://www.theopedia.com
a growing, online encyclopedia of Christianity and Biblical Theology that uses Wiki technology

Credenda/Agenda - www.credenda.org
a provocative, Reformed on-line magazine

Gerry de Koning's discussion starter on Church Web design - www.dekoning.ca/ChurchWeb.html

Gospelcom.net RSS Feeds - www.gospelcom.net/content/rss/

PowerToChange - www.powertochange.com
real life inspirational stories

Reasons to Believe - www.rbc.org/10rsn.home/
10 Reasons to Believe prepared by RBC Ministries

Sola Scriptura Canada - www.sola-scriptura.ca

Stories by Casavant - www.donnicol.com
Don Nicol's delightful stories "by" Casavant, the church mouse

Sermon Audio, Commentaries, & Christian Podcasting

Blueletterbible.org commentaries - blueletterbible.org/audio_video.html

OnePlace.com - www.oneplace.com
a leading provider of Christian audio content

God's iPod - www.godsipod.com
offers daily Christian Podcasts, audio Bibles, sermons, teaching, apologetics, music, & more

Regent Audio & Regent Radio - www.regentaudio.com and www.regentradio.net
lecture audio downloads from Regent College, Vancouver

SermonAudio.com - www.sermonaudio.com
audio mp3 sermons

SermonIndex.net - www.sermonindex.net
even more audio mp3 sermons

Christian Blogs

blogs4god.com - www.blogs4god.com
a semi-definitive list of Christians who blog

Christian Blogs, and Internet Evangelism Day - ied.gospelcom.net/blogs.php
web evangelism & Web ministry blogs

The Evangelical Outpost - www.evangelicaloutpost.com
a Christian blog with an "evangelical worldview", also with a collective all-female blog at evangelicaloutpost.com/intellectuelle

Thinkchristian.net - www.thinkchristian.net
a collaborative Christian blog that talks about faith, culture, and what it means to be a Christian in today’s society; an initiative of Gospelcom.net

Christian Missions Organizations

The Caleb Project - www.calebproject.org
a resource for the global Church

Gospel for Asia - www.gfa.org
a missions portal on the far East

International Conference on Computing in Missions - http://iccm.gospelcom.net
an annual gathering of women and men who have a common interest in computers and missions

InterServe - www.interserve.org
Interserve is a network of Christians from all over the world who work together to serve people of Asia and the Arab world

Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism - www.lausanne.org
see also: www.lausanneworldpulse.com

Mission Network News - www.mnnonline.org
daily news about world missions

ShortTermMissions.com - www.shorttermmissions.com
helps people quickly connect with mission opportunities that fit their gifts and calling

SIM - Serving in Mission - www.sim.org
an interdenominational Christian missions organization

strategicnetwork.org - www.strategicnetwork.org
missions portal featuring list management, storyboards, and a knowledge base about Christ, Christianity, the Gospel and missions

Youth & University Missions Organizations

Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada - www.crusade.org

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (USA) - www.ivcf.org

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (Canada) - www.ivcf.ca

JesusOntario - www.jesusontario.com
A listing of Christian resources for young people by speaker Brett Ullman

Urbana - www.urbana.org
University Ministries

Various Christian Portals

Christianity Today Magazine - www.christianitytoday.com

Christian Week - www.christianweek.org
Canadian news and views

Crosswalk - www.crosswalk.com
General Christian information portal

CrossSearch - www.crosssearch.com
A comprehensive index of Christian Internet resources

ForMinistry - www.forministry.com
A comprehensive index of Churches from the American Bible Society

Denominational Organizations

Presbyterian Church in Canada - www.presbycan.ca
Information about the denomination, congregations, PCC news, and other resources

The Renewal Fellowship - http://renewalfellowship.presbyterian.ca