by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 18, 2019 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
While recovering from knee replacement surgery I have passed the time reading a wide variety of books. Over the years I have collected eighteen volumes of Prince Valiant by Hal Foster published by Fantagraphic Books. The Prince Valiant comics ran from 1937 and I hope...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Witness
I don’t like surprises. I like to know what is going to happen in my life so that I can adequately prepare for it. Whenever something unexpected happens I get undone by it. When somebody springs something unexpected on me, presents me with an issue or agenda item that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 18, 2019 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Healing, Prayer, Suffering
Glenn Pemberton teaches Old Testament at Abilene Christian University. He suffers from feet injuries due to stress fractures. He has had five surgeries and has worked with podiatrists, orthopedists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain management specialists, physical...
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 | Mar 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Worship
“They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush.” (Jeremiah 6:14,15. NIV) “My...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Reading
The Sunday before Lent used to be called Quinquagesima Sunday, i.e. fifty days before Easter. The epistle to be read on that Sunday was 1 Corinthians 13, Paul’s great hymn of love. The emphasis on the spirit of love is intended to show us the true spirit of Lenten...
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