by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 8, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
When I was eleven years old my grandmother died suddenly at the age of fifty nine. Her death was shock to me. I could not understand how a person so vibrant and alive one moment could be gone the next. I can remember seeing her laid out in her coffin in her bedroom...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2023 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World, Worship
In the Apostles’ Creed we affirm that Jesus descended to the dead after his crucifixion. This affirmation in the Creed directs our attention to the period between the death of Jesus and his resurrection. What did he do, and where was he, in the days between noon on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2023 | Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Cor 1:18) What is the message of the cross? Why is it foolishness to those who are perishing? Why is it the power of God to those who are...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 4, 2023 | Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Worship
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is when we commemorate the Last Supper when Jesus ate the Passover with his disciples and instituted for us the remembrance of his coming crucifixion for our salvation. It is good for us to reflect upon the importance and significance...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 10, 2023 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
LESSON 10 ROMANS 14:1-15:13 Our relationship to the weak: welcoming and not despising, judging or offending them 14:1-15:13 The positive principle (1). The negative consequences (14:2-15:13). It is particularly impressive to see how the apostle buttresses his ethical...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2023 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, The World
LESSON 9 RELATIONSHIPS ROMANS 12 Our relationship to God 12:1-2 Therefore: “With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him....
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