by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 29, 2025 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Worship
REVELATION 6 These vivid images of chaos and destruction have gripped the imaginations of readers down all the generations, and have continued to shape contemporary culture. This is in part due to the nature of the language John uses, with its direct and powerful...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2025 | Bible, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
REVELATION 4 John here offers a dazzling vision of God which pushes the boundaries of human imagination in its metaphorical description. John’s own language reflects this; in contrast with what has gone before, he now repeatedly reaches for ‘as’ and ‘ was like’ and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 8, 2025 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
John (and thereby his readers with him) is taken up into heaven in order to see the world from the heavenly perspective. He is given a glimpse behind the scenes of history so that he can see what is really going on in the events of his time and place. He is also...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 6, 2025 | Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
I am beginning a twelve week class study on Revelation this coming Tuesday. I found the following summary of an introduction from Ian Paul’s commentary most helpful. Reading Revelation’s imagery The book of Revelation uses a series of metaphors. Metaphor is at...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 3, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you’ve sinned, you’ll be forgiven –...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 26, 2025 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness, Worship
Jesus teaches us in the Sermon on the Mount: “Don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too.” (Matthew 6:34 LB) “God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” (The Message) The implications of that promise...
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