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 13, 2019 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have never found it easy to preach to congregations I do not know. I much prefer to be at home in the pulpit with my own congregation, with the people who know me. This section from John Stott explains why I feel that way. “Though you have many countless guides in...
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 5, 2019 | Bible, Church, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
The Christian preacher is a steward (1 Cor.4:1,2). The steward is the trustee and dispenser of another’s person’s goods. So the preacher is a steward of God’s mysteries, that is, of the self-revelation which God has entrusted to men and which is now preserved in the...
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...
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