by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 19, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Suffering
Hanging on the wall in my office beside my desk is the shield of arms of my college in the University of Durham: St. John’s College, where I did my post-graduate studies in theology. Below the crest is the motto of the college in Latin: FIDES NOSTRA VICTORIA, Our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 6, 2019 | Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Witness
At his Ascension Jesus promised the disciples that “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses… to the end of the earth (Acts 1:8). When the day of Pentecost arrived a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire rested on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 30, 2019 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry
The Ascension: Rembrandt The Ascension of Jesus is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter Sunday (Acts 1:4). Because it is always a Thursday it tends to be overlooked and neglected. Yet the Ascension of Jesus is the culmination of his earthly life. It confirms his...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 6, 2019 | Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Stephen Covey will be remembered most as the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), which sold over 25 million copies. He popularized many quotes which have the power to completely change the direction of one’s life. Some of them are: The key is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 1, 2019 | Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, The World, Witness
I have just finished reading Iain Murray’s biography of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981). Lloyd-Jones was a Welsh physician who was called to pastor Westminster Chapel, the cathedral of the English Congregational Church. He was raised in the Welsh Calvinistic...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 20, 2019 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Witness
When I was eleven years old my grandmother died suddenly at the age of fifty nine. Her death was shock to me. I could not understand how a person so vibrant and alive one moment could be gone the next. I can remember seeing her laid out in her coffin in her bedroom...
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