by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 11, 2019 | Bible, Church, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Witness, Worship
In April 1999 I took my staff team to a church growth conference put on by Walt Kallestad and his leadership at Community Church of Joy, Glendale, Arizona. It was a very productive conference on creating a vision for growth and putting it into action. In a Leadership...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 8, 2019 | Bible, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Witness, Worship
Men and women are at their noblest and best when they are on their knees before God in prayer. To pray is not only to be truly godly; it is also to be truly human. For here are human beings, made by God like God and for God, spending time in fellowship with God. So...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, The World, Witness, Worship
And Mary said: My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. His mercy extends to those who fear him. (Luke 1:46,47,50) The Bible says much about “the fear of the Lord”. We are told in the Psalms, in the book of Job, and in the Proverbs that “the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 2, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Job lost his family, his fortune, his reputation, and his health. He works through his grief, through depression, through anger, through arguing with God and his friends who try to explain why he is suffering. Job wants God to answer his complaints. A storm comes...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2019 | Aging, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
Job lost his fortune, his family, and his health. “After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.” (Job 3:1) After the shock and the stress of his painful suffering he descends into the depths of despair. He loses hope, and questions his faith in a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
How do you cope with evil? The book of Job is the classic treatment of undeserved suffering in the Bible. In chapter one Job is described as blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Yet a combination of natural disaster and human depravity devastates his...
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