by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 14, 2020 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Islam, Jesus, Reading, Suffering, The World
Handel uses four psalms in his oratorio The Messiah. Psalm 22:7,8 is used to describe the religious leaders’ ridicule of Jesus during his agony on the Cross as quoted in the Gospels. “All they that see him laugh him to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 11, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
Anglican Bishop Hassan Dequani-Tafti’s son Bahram was murdered by Islamic revolutionaries in Iran in 1989. He wrote “A Father’s Prayer on the Martyrdom of his Son”. It has become known world-wide, translated into many languages and made available in numerous books. O...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 7, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
Corrie ten Boom was the means God used to challenge me to give my life to Christ when she spoke in my home church in 1956. Her story of being imprisoned in Ravensbruck concentration camp with her sister for helping Jews to escape the Nazis during World War II, and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 4, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Reading, Suffering, The World, Worship
A common American Southern farewell is “Y’all come back and see us, you hear!”. It is an invitation to return and visit. But it is not expected that you will. The sentiment expressed is that we enjoyed your visit, and you are always welcome, but we realize that it is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 31, 2020 | Abortion, Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering, The World
Is your body as good as new? Of course it isn’t. After turning thirty our bodies begin to deteriorate. If only I could recover the strength and agility of pain-free knees! I can remember the days of running track and playing rugby football. I see people jogging and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous children’s book, The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, who travels to the Lonely Mountain, accompanied by a vigorous group of Dwarves, to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo is swept into the quest of...
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