by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 27, 2018 | Aging, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Reading
Today I read and reflected upon the first miracle of Jesus: turning the water into wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11). Every time I read a passage of Scripture I find a new application relevant to my present life situation. Today I was struck by the words of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 23, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Worship
When Jesus first began his ministry in Galilee he proclaimed the good news of God: “The time has come. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:15) The kingdom of God came with Jesus. In his life and ministry the kingdom of God arrived....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 20, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
How good are you at waiting? I am not good at it at all. Patience is both the fruit of the Spirit and an aspect of love. It does not come naturally to us. We are impatient creatures. The younger you are the more impatient you are. But even as we age we have difficulty...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2018 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus
How we view and experience the character of God determines our own spiritual health. All too often we craft God in our own image – of what we want God to be for us. Or we reject the image of God that has been modeled to us by the culture and the authority figures in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 25, 2018 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus
It would take a whole book to give you the reasons why I believe in Jesus Christ and follow him as my Savior and Lord. Those reasons have been accumulating over a lifetime. Some of them have been discarded or changed as I have grown older. Others are newer as I have...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Icon of St. George slaying the dragon This is Paul’s peroration in Romans 8: the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation. “What, then, shall we say in response to this?” (Romans 8:31) St. Paul has been arguing that...
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