As seniors and elders, we have seen a lot in our life-time. We remember the earlier days of prophetic preaching when we were encouraged to keep looking up because the days were so evil. Now we look at what’s happening in this generation and we wonder what the preachers of that day would have thought […]
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Author: Rick Shrader
Lay Hold on Eternal Life
It may seem unusual to most people to talk frankly about death. But as seniors, this should be the first thing we have settled in our minds. why should we not want to go to heaven? Augustine put it this way, “For sooner or later every man must die, and we groan, and pray, and […]
21st Century Seniors
Baby Boomers (those born 1946-1964) became “seniors” in the year 2011. According to the Pew Research Center, Baby Boomers at this time in their lives are still 29% of the work force compared to 21% of the Silent Generation at the same time, and only 19% of the Great Generation. Though we are also retiring […]
Donations
Thank you for your financial and prayer support of this ministry. All proceeds go to Aletheia Baptist Ministries. Donations may be made in two ways: By Check: Checks payable to “Aletheia Baptist Ministries” should be sent to: Aletheia Baptist Ministries 103 Kinsley Ct Smithville, MO 64089 By PayPal: You may donate to Aletheia Baptist Ministries […]
God’s Statue Reminders
I am glad that God didn’t remove the reminders of our sin from the Bible. Those reminders are like statues that stand in public places to remind us of things that should not be done again. Only if we think that humans are perfect and without sin would we think to destroy these because, as […]
My Grandfather’s Legacy
I was born in 1950 with two grandfathers. I loved them both. “Grandpa Doc” Shrader was a dentist in Iowa, my father’s father. “Grandpa Sam” Condren was a simple man, a butcher in a local grocery store in Springfield, MO, my mother’s father. Both were WWI veterans, grandpa Doc in the medical core, and grandpa […]
Merry Christmas 2018
The secularization of our society over the last twenty five years is nothing short of amazing. I remember vividly traveling to Russia during Christmas of 1991 with my father-in-law and brother-in-law. The old Soviet Union had fallen and that country was trying to pull itself out of a communist economy that had failed miserably. The […]
Walking With God in Death
We end our series about walking with God where it should end, considering the time of our death. I don’t know why the topic should seem morbid to us, all of us will die and the only thing that can change that is the rapture of the church at the end of the age. That […]
Walking With God in Judgment
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” (Ecclesiastes 11:13-14). The words judge and judgment and their cognates appear […]
The Meekness of Wisdom
“Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13) Who wants to violate the first characteristic of meekness and write about it? Who wants to appear to be like the one who brags about being humble? […]