by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2018 | Church, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, The World
This week it was reported that the New Zealand Prime Minister is expecting a child with her partner. They are a lovely couple, but why don’t they get married? Is it because women want to retain their independence and the men do not want to be tied down? Marriage is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 15, 2017 | Church, Inspiration, Ministry
Recently I have been meeting with some local pastors to explore whether they can benefit from what I have learned in fifty years in the Christian ministry. While seminary training is of benefit in learning about Christian doctrine, history, theology and worship it...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 7, 2017 | Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
My dear friend from San Antonio, Max Lucado, has written the following devotional on his blog www.maxlucado.com. “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.” Matthew 10:28 Yet again, yet so soon, we struggle to make sense of bloodshed and violence....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2017 | Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Suffering, Witness
Hebrews 11 lists the heroes of the faith. On All Saints’ Sunday we remember the Communion of Saints who have preceded us. They were all commended for their faith. They are witnesses to us of God’s faithfulness. We look to them for encouragement and inspiration. The...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 26, 2017 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
Five hundred years ago on the eve of All Saints’ Day, October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk from the University of Wittenberg in Germany nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the college church proposing a discussion of the theology of indulgences. He...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 18, 2017 | Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Worship
This coming Sunday Amelia Plantation Chapel is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of my ordination to the Christian ministry. As these wonderful people, whom I have loved, prayed for and sought to serve for nearly eighteen years, seek to honor the work Antoinette...
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