by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 24, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
Will Willimon, retired United Methodist bishop and now professor of the practice of Christian ministry at Duke Divinity School where he was former Dean of the Chapel, in his book of AGING: Growing Old in the Church, has this to say about endings. “We older adults have...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
Zack Eswine has given us a very helpful resource for those who suffer from sadness, depression, discouragement, disappointment, or bereavement (which is everyone at some time or another), in his short book,SPURGEON’S SORROWS. He uses quotations from the celebrated...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 16, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
In BAD RELIGION: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, New York Times columnist, Ross Douthat analyzes current American spirituality beginning with Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, which was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts. “The message of Eat, Pray,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 12, 2021 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Politics, Science, The World, Witness
How do you understand what is going on in the world? Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his teaching of Habakkuk 2 sees an illustration of a universal principle in God’s dealings with humanity. “In the present world situation a proper understanding of this principle is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus
“We who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.” (Hebrews...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 28, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death – that is, the devil and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” (Hebrews 2:14,15)...
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