by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 5, 2026 | Bible, Healing, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
Love keeps no record of wrongs (NIV). Love is not resentful (RSV). Love holds no grudges (LB, 1 Corinthians 13:5). The verb Paul uses here means ‘to calculate.’ William Barclay says that the word “is an accountant’s word. It is the word that is used for entering up an...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 1, 2026 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, Witness
I had put up with his dominating, know-it-all attitude long enough. Every time I met him he lectured me on how to do my job. He was considered one of the most powerful men in town, and people were intimidated by him. He was physically commanding because of his height,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 25, 2026 | Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
We had traveled a long way to stay with friends we had not seen in a long time. From the moment we arrived one of the hosts dominated the conversation with critical comments and put downs which made us feel extremely uncomfortable. He was unrelenting in telling...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 11, 2026 | God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
When King Saul was trying to take the life of David, his son Jonathan pledged to protect his friend, and warn him of what his father was planning to do. In return Jonathan asked David to promise to “show me unfailing kindness like that of the Lord as long as I live,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 7, 2026 | Bible, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering
Driving home over the Amelia River bridge after a thunderstorm, the sun caught the clouds and threw a beautiful rainbow that stretched over the estuary where the river met the Atlantic Ocean. It was a spectacular sight that never ceased to thrill me. Just as white...
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...
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