by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 19, 2025 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have been writing about The Four Last Things, the traditional subjects of the four Sundays in Advent – Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. The fourth of the four last things is the doctrine of Hell. This is a subject that is rarely heard of in the pulpit these days....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 17, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
James Houston and Michael Parker have produced a valuable resource for Christians who are aging and for their potential caregivers. They share their own stories of aging, their prayer lives, their maturation, their experience of miracles, and their wish to leave an...
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 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 | Dec 5, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness, Worship
In 1978 I became Rector (Pastor) of Grace Church, Orange Park, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville and moved there with my wife Antoinette and my two daughters, Carrie(4) and Amelia(1). The church members were local and Jacksonville professional and business leaders and...
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...
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