by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 24, 2022 | Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Suffering, The World
Jesus said, “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things may happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise up against...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 17, 2022 | Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, The World, Witness, Worship
The cycle of nature repeatedly demonstrates resurrection to renewed life. Darkness turns to dawn. The new day begins. The ebb tide of the ocean turns and flows into fullness. The cocoon breaks open and the butterfly emerges as a different creature from its former...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 15, 2022 | God, Jesus, Suffering, The World
What did Jesus do, and where was he, in the days between noon on the first Good Friday, and his resurrection on Easter Sunday morning? What happens between death and resurrection. There is much conjecture about this subject, and many various interpretations of the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness, Worship
It was on Holy Thursday (AKA Maundy Thursday) of his last week that Jesus instituted his Lord’s Supper which has also become known as Holy Communion, the Eucharist or the Mass. It was his replacement of the Passover which was celebrated annually to remind the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Jesus, Morality, Prayer, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness
Jesus said, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Mark 8:34). This is Jesus’s figure of speech for self-denial. Every disciple of Jesus is to ‘behave like a condemned criminal and carry his cross to the place of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2022 | Faith, Jesus
What does it mean to follow Christ, to be his disciple? Jesus spent three years teaching his disciples what it meant to follow him. A disciple is a learner, and there is much to learn about being a Christian. Christianity is not just an intellectual system, not a...
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