by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 12, 2023 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Sexuality, The World, Witness
Nobody likes to think ill of people. You always want to give people the benefit of the doubt. Jesus tells us not to judge others harshly. Yet here he warns us to beware of false prophets who come to us in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. They...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
As I enter into old age (I am 82 years old in 2023) and experience physical challenges I find consolation in Miguel de Unamuno’s classic written in 1912: The Tragic Sense of Life. Let me share with you some of his thoughts which stimulate my thinking. Love, pity,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 27, 2023 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
Jesus told the disciples, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. and you will be my witnesses….to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). At Pentecost it happened! “They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of...
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...
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