by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering
“Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14) When Paul and his companions were traveling on their missionary journeys they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. They tried to enter Bithynia, but...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 24, 2018 | Bible, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
They were at their wits’ end. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. (Psalm 107:27-28) Are you standing at “Wits’ End Corner,” Christian with troubled brow? Are you thinking of what is before you, And all you are...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 6, 2018 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Worship
Forty days after the Resurrection Jesus was taken up into heaven. From the earliest beginnings of the Christian church the Ascension of Jesus is counted among the primary facts of faith. It signifies many things about Jesus: his return to the Father, his reigning at...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 3, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Morality, Politics, The World, Witness
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) wrote a fantastic satire about life in the Soviet Union that was never able to be published in his lifetime. THE MASTER AND MARGARITA was finally published in 1966 and the 150,000 copies were sold out within hours. Daniel Radcliffe, who...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 24, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
In 1984 Reynolds Price, professor of English at Duke University, began a four year battle with spinal cancer. After surgery to remove the tumor, and a series of radiation treatments, he was left with searing pain and lost the use of his legs. For four years he...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 10, 2018 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Every Lent I set myself the discipline of reading some meaty spiritual classic. This year I decided to read LOOKING FORWARD 2: Every Next Moment, The Meaning of the Cross, by a longtime friend, Harald K. Haugan, affectionately known as “Whitey”, by his shock of...
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