by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 4, 2017 | Aging, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World
As we enter into the Season of Lent I am reminded of the importance of Jesus’ temptations by the Devil in the wilderness and his subsequent sufferings throughout his ministry culminating in his humiliation, mockery, flogging and death upon the Cross. He modelled for...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 2, 2017 | Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
This report is a timely reminder of the reality of persecution of Christians and the plight of our fellow believers in dangerous places. Spiritual warfare is very real. Click on the link. Christian persecution seen in more locations across the globe, new report shows....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2017 | Aging, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith and Joy Goldsmith, have done us a great favor by writing SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Brazos Press, 2012. In the light of their experience of several pastors dying while ministering in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 19, 2017 | Abortion, Church, Ministry, Morality, Politics, The World, Witness
Yuval Levin, in his latest book, The Fractured Republic, addresses the divisions of our political life. He argues that there is a tendency to become nostalgic for better times. “The Left looks back to the middle of the twentieth century, when unions were strong, large...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2016 | Bible, Church, Ministry, Prayer, Worship
I am currently enjoying reading Classics for Pleasure by Michael Dirda who received the Pulitzer Prize for his essays and reviews in the Washington Post Book World. In his brief essays on the literature of the world you are introduced to a wide range of authors who...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 4, 2016 | Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
“We take the cruelties of the world as a given, as the known and familiar data of experience, and instead of anguishing about why the world is as it is, we look for comfort in coping with it as it is. We don’t ask for a creator who can explain Himself. We ask for a...
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