by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.” (Romans 8:18,19) “This paragraph, from verse 18 to verse 25, is the classic...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering
“Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14) When Paul and his companions were traveling on their missionary journeys they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. They tried to enter Bithynia, but...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 25, 2018 | Aging, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
As we honor, on this Memorial weekend, those who have suffered and died on our behalf, we remember that the inheritance of Christ includes, not only glory, but also suffering: “we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:17)...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 24, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
In 1984 Reynolds Price, professor of English at Duke University, began a four year battle with spinal cancer. After surgery to remove the tumor, and a series of radiation treatments, he was left with searing pain and lost the use of his legs. For four years he...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 18, 2018 | Aging, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
Chuck Colson tells about celebrating Easter Sunday in Delaware in 2000. It was a cold, windy morning, more like winter than the beginning of spring. We arrived at the Sussex Correctional Institution just as the day’s first light was filtering through the morning...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 10, 2018 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Every Lent I set myself the discipline of reading some meaty spiritual classic. This year I decided to read LOOKING FORWARD 2: Every Next Moment, The Meaning of the Cross, by a longtime friend, Harald K. Haugan, affectionately known as “Whitey”, by his shock of...
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