by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
How do you cope with evil? The book of Job is the classic treatment of undeserved suffering in the Bible. In chapter one Job is described as blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Yet a combination of natural disaster and human depravity devastates his...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 17, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Witness
Before I enter the pulpit to preach I habitually kneel to ask God’s help. I pray that God would drive away all the snares of the enemy, that he would fill me with his Holy Spirit, and that he would open the hearts of the hearers to his truth. I am aware that I am a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 11, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
Jesus Christ stands on trial at the bar of world opinion. Secular, godless, non-Christian society, now uncommitted, now hostile, is in the role of judge. The devil accuses him with many ugly lies. The Holy Spirit is the counsel for the defense. He calls us to be...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 7, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
The message of the apostles in Acts consists of two parts: the first is the proclamation of Jesus as Savior and Lord (1 Cor.1:23;2 Cor.4:5). The second is the appeal to come to him in repentance and faith. True evangelism seeks a response. It expects results. It is...
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...
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