RSS FeedA PRAYER ON MY BIRTHDAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
"I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH" Acts 2:17f. Pour out your Spirit on me Lord, so that I will see visions and dreams. Visions of heavenly realities beyond earthly appearances. Dreams of things as they are in your Presence and Power. Dimensions of life that give...
THE HOLY SPIRIT
On the Holy Spirit, Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea 379 AD. The titles given to the Holy Spirit most surely stir the soul of anyone who hears them, and make one realize that they speak of nothing less than the supreme Being. Is he not called the Spirit of God, the...
JOHN STOTT REMEMBERED
I would like to share with you an excellent article on my mentor and first boss, John Stott. He continues to inspire me in my ministry. Share this with your pastor and friends. http://www.virtueonline.org/10-profound-quotes-cross-christ-john-stott ...
A MODERN PROPHET
Some years ago I became familiar with the 1980 Nobel prizewinning poet Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004). I began to collect his books of essays and poems. Recently I read his biography by Andrzej Franaszek edited and translated from the Polish by Aleksandra and Michael...
THE ASCENSION
The Ascension of Jesus - Rembrandt Today is Ascension Day – forty days after the resurrection Jesus ascended to heaven to assume his place in the Godhead, interceding for us and taking our humanity with him (Acts 1:1-11). We are connected to him in the Body of Christ...
HOW CHRISTIANS FACE DYING FAITHFULLY
SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith FACING DYING FAITHFULLY EXAMPLES OF CHRISTIANS DYING Paul (65) To Live is Christ; To Die is Gain. He suffered numerous life-threatening...
PREACHING ON DEATH AND DYING – A 9/11 SERMON
SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith PREACHING ON DEATH AND DYING Is death a subject appropriate for the pulpit? Should a sermon about death be preached when no one is dead, at...
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS DYING?
This is the fourth in the series of summaries from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith. This from the chapter: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO IS DYING? Where and when do we in the...
THE RESOURCES FOR DYING FOUND IN THE TWO GOSPEL SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH AND THE PSALMS
Continuing my class on the Christian attitude to dying, here is my summary of the chapter from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith: THE DIFFERENCE JESUS’S DYING MAKES How does a...
A THEOLOGY OF DYING
Continuing my class on SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith, here is a summary of the chapter JESUS CHRIST LORD OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD – AND THE DYING. A summary of Christian...
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