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 8, 2021 | Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Witness, Worship
Jesus said, “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him” (Matthew 6:8) If this is so, why should we pray? What is the point of prayer? John Calvin answers: “Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to him, or of exciting him to...
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 | Feb 2, 2021 | Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“Love is not rude” (1 Corinthians 13:5). What constitutes rudeness? “I cannot believe how condescending and sarcastic he is!” We had traveled a long way to stay with friends we had not seen in a long time. From the moment we arrived one of the hosts dominated the...
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...
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