by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 11, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, The World
“May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). As I grow older and my body deteriorates I need to remember that I am also spirit and soul. It seems that as we age we spend more time taking care...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 6, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
Jesus said, “I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly (in all its fulness)” (John 10:10). What does it mean to have the life of Christ more abundantly? Charles Spurgeon suggests seven ways. First, desire more stamina. Laborers in the kingdom of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
I am a person not an object. I am a unique person, made in the image of God, of value and significance. I am loved and capable of love. I was created for relationships to others and most importantly to God. I am a particular person with particular likes and dislikes,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 28, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World
When do we view natural calamity as part of the normal cycle of human suffering only or a divine judgment? In reading about Noah and the Flood in Genesis 6, “the Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 23, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Witness
When Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves and illustrates it by telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, he is saying that we are to love everybody according to their need. There are no exceptions to this command. In contrast to romantic love or...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
Why is it that every person has character flaws, makes mistakes, says the wrong thing, alienates themselves from others, thinks he or she is better than others, never admits he or she is wrong and messes up when they have good intentions? It is because since the fall...
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