by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have just completed reading BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY by Eric Metaxas, an inspiring biography of the Christian theologian who worked against Hitler and the National Socialists. He was 39 years old when he was executed for opposition to the Nazis only...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
Why is it that every person has character flaws, makes mistakes, says the wrong thing, alienates themselves from others, thinks he or she is better than others, never admits he or she is wrong and messes up when they have good intentions? It is because since the fall...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 18, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
There is so much hate, rage and conflict in the world. Where does it come from? We are called to love one another. Can education, censorship or legislation eliminate the source of hate? Christianity teaches the dignity and the degradation of humanity. What did Jesus...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 12, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
As I slept last night my mind was troubled about many things. Before I awoke I had a vivid dream that I was in a church, a strange church to me, one that I had never been in before. I was invited to preach. As I walked up to the pulpit I noticed that the church was...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 10, 2021 | Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
Fear of social and political turmoil. Fear of COVID-19. A lunch friend of mine has just succumbed to the virus. The availability of a vaccine causes long lines and competition to receive it. A change of administration and uncertainty of the future can trigger anxiety....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2020 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Lord our God, our years come and go. We ourselves live and die. But you are and remain. Your rule and your faithfulness, your justice and your mercy, have no beginning and no end. You are thus the origin and aim of our lives. You are thus the judge of our thoughts,...
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