by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 15, 2025 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
Hope is the message of the Advent and Christmas Seasons: Hope of the coming of the Savior. It is the prayer of the Gospel: “May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 13, 2025 | Abortion, Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Reading, Science, Worship
I have been writing about The Four Last Things: the traditional subjects of the four Sundays in Advent – Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. The third of the four last things is the theme of Heaven. St. John receives a vision in Revelation 21 that assures him that the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 5, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The Advent Prayer; Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; so that, at the last day, when he shall come again in his...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 29, 2025 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Worship
The four last things that are traditionally subjects of the four Sundays in Advent are Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. John Stott dealt with each of these subjects in his writings. The ‘last things’ (death, the Parousia, the resurrection, the last judgement and the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 24, 2025 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
When Thanksgiving approaches I receive in the mail a catalogue from the New Braunfels Smokehouse in Texas. We used to enjoy eating in their restaurant and buying goods from their shop when we lived in San Antonio. In fact the owners were members of my congregation. I...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 21, 2025 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Witness, Worship
Eugene Peterson A common American Southern farewell is “Y’all come back and see us, you hear!”. It is an invitation to return and visit. But it is not expected that you will. The sentiment expressed is that we enjoyed your visit, and you are always welcome, but we...
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