by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 20, 2019 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Witness
When I was eleven years old my grandmother died suddenly at the age of fifty nine. Her death was shock to me. I could not understand how a person so vibrant and alive one moment could be gone the next. I can remember seeing her laid out in her coffin in her bedroom...
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 | Apr 17, 2019 | Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
How marvelous, how wonderful! And my song shall ever be: How marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior’s love for me. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, and wonder how he could love me, a sinner, condemned, unclean. For me it was in the garden he...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 16, 2019 | Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
Desiring to gain the great spiritual truths of Holy Week I turned to the section in my Worship and Rejoice hymnal for inspiration. While we do not sing these hymns often they contain a goldmine of prayerful resources. Here are some of them. Go to dark Gethsemane, you...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 14, 2019 | Church, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
It is significant what someone does to prepare for their death. Some do nothing and deny the inevitable. That makes it hard for their family. Others of us put our affairs in order and make it easier for our survivors. Jesus prepared a last supper with his disciples...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 8, 2019 | Atheism, Islam, Jesus, Suffering
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Cor 1:18) What is the message of the cross? Why is it foolishness to those who are perishing? Why is it the power of God to those who are...
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