by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Whatever your opinion of JD Vance, his spiritual memoir COMMUNION, Finding my Way Back to Faith, is to my mind, an honest and humble description of his personal journey. I read several reviews of the book before I decided to read it. They were universally critical and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2026 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but I have not love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2) Prophecy is one of the highest spiritual gifts. St. Paul says that we are to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2026 | Church, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1) What is the characteristic of speech without love? St. Paul confronted groups of people in the church in Corinth who valued...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 4, 2026 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Worship
On the 150th anniversary of the dedication of All Souls Church in 1974, John Stott concluded a sermon (with apologies to Martin Luther King, Jr.) with his dream for the future of the church. I have a dream of a church that is a biblical church – which is loyal in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 21, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus
On the Feast of Pentecost (fifty days after the Passover), seven weeks after the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples were gathered in Jerusalem. They had been told by Jesus not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the gift his Father had promised, which they had heard...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 14, 2026 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus
The Ascension of Jesus is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter Sunday (Acts 1:4). Because it is always a Thursday it tends to be overlooked and neglected. Yet the Ascension of Jesus is the culmination of his earthly life. It confirms his identity, and speaks to us...
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