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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 12, 2018 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
Here are the most significant books I read this past year. They are from a variety of genres: spiritual, devotional, theological, philosophical, biographical, and fictional. You might something in the list that appeals to you. I must say that the Sienkiewicz trilogy...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 7, 2018 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
CHURCH IN SARDIS, TURKEY The following is the commentary of John Stott (1921-2011) on the church at Sardis in Revelation 3:1-6. Reality is another sine qua non of a true church. A church should not only have the name of being alive but the life itself. So we must...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 1, 2018 | Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Sexuality, The World, Witness, Worship
The following is the commentary of John Stott (1921-2011) on the churches at Pergamum and Thyatira in Revelation 2:12-29. Truth and holiness are the third and fourth marks of the living church. Some Christians are so resolved to make love paramount, that they forget...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 26, 2018 | Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
As I research the writings of my mentor John Stott (1921-2011), under whom I served at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London from 1967 to 1971, for my projected book on his theology, I will share some of his thoughts on his theology of the Church. The following is...
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