by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 15, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
The Creeds began to be used in worship as a means of expressing the faith of the Church. The earliest creed seems to have been simply “Jesus is Lord” (Romans 10:9; 1 Cor.12:3; 2 Cor.4:5; Phil.2:11). When believers were baptized they declared that Jesus was their Lord....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 8, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Worship
C.S. Lewis entitled his autobiography up to his conversion to Christ, Surprised by Joy. He describes joy as that “of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. I call it Joy, which is here a technical term and must be sharply...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 25, 2024 | Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
Gershon Kaufman in Shame: The Power of Caring writes, “To feel shame is to feel seen in a painfully diminished sense. The self feels exposed both to itself and to anyone else present. Contained in the experience of shame is the piercing awareness of ourselves as...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 9, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Bible, Church, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness, Worship
Chuck Lawless posted on his blog some challenging reasons some folk don’t listen to preaching or teaching in church (Jan.8,2024). They include 1. Distraction: something else was going on in their head – like worries, concerns, exciting plans etc. 2. Fatigue: being...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 20, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Worship
What reasons can we find to celebrate Thanksgiving Day? In a world where there are wars and rumors of wars, where refugees are hungry and in danger of being killed, where people are in pain and suffering it is hard if not impossible to be thankful. It is always...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2023 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
It would take a whole book to give you the reasons why I believe in Jesus Christ and follow him as my Savior and Lord. Those reasons have been accumulating over a lifetime. Some of them have been discarded or changed as I have grown older. Others are newer as I have...
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