by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 3, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Morality
In 1961 John Stott wrote THE PREACHER’S PORTRAIT which looks at some metaphors in the New Testament which describe the Christian preacher. He begins by saying what the preacher is not. First, the Christian preacher is not a prophet…..this gift is no longer bestowed...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
At one stage in her life, novelist Muriel Spark (1918-2006) wrote, “I resolved to write an autobiography which would help to explain, to myself and others: who am I?” She said it would give her a sense of enriched self-knowledge. Authors of autobiographies are...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 22, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Islam, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, Uncategorized, Witness, Worship
On March 7, 1984, Jerry Levin, director of the CNN Middle East Bureau was walking from his Beirut, Lebanon apartment to his office when he was kidnapped by the terrorist group Hezbollah. He was placed in solitary confinement, chained to a radiator that didn’t work,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 20, 2018 | Faith, Inspiration, Prayer, Suffering, The World
J.R.R. TOLKIEN. What happens when darkness falls and the waters rise, when the light grows dim and the rock seems slippery? What happens when we cannot see or stand, and our fall seems all but inevitable? What happens when our faith fails us? I recently re-read the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 18, 2018 | Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
LAODICEA, TURKEY. In Revelation 3:14-22 Jesus Christ identifies the seventh mark of the church as wholeheartedness. He combines a fierce denunciation of complacency and a tender appeal for wholeheartedness. The Laodicean church was a halfhearted church. Perhaps none...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 15, 2018 | Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, The World, Witness
THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA, TURKEY The sixth mark of the church is opportunity. Christ placed before the church in Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) an open door, that no one can shut, and he holds the key to the door. Christ holds the key to the door of salvation. Do...
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