by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Icon of St. George slaying the dragon This is Paul’s peroration in Romans 8: the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation. “What, then, shall we say in response to this?” (Romans 8:31) St. Paul has been arguing that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2018 | Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) How can God work for the good of those who love him in the midst of tragedy? How can trials be occasions of joyfulness? How can...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 10, 2018 | Inspiration, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Witness
I came across this prayer of Michel Quoist as I was packing my books. It expresses what I often think as I prepare to preach, and when I am told to keep silent. Speech is God’s gift. We shall have to account for it. It is through words that we communicate with each...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2018 | Aging, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
My Lord, God, the awful burden I feel in ageing is that I am your useless servant. My body is lumpish and clumsy, its beauty gone; I am stiff on my thickened legs, and cannot speed about serving others and you. My thoughts seem not to come out clearly, and I irritate...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 10, 2018 | Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father’.” (Romans 8:15, NIV) “Nor are you meant to relapse into the old slavish attitude of fear-you have been adopted into the...
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