by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 30, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Suffering, The World
Recently I came across an interview with John Stott, the great English preacher and writer on his life and ministry (80 Years Ago Today: The Conversion of John Stott, www.thegospelcoalition.org). In it he was asked about the state of preaching today. His reply was...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer
In 1986, my wife Antoinette and I were in a shopping mall in Christchurch, New Zealand, when we noticed people looking at the televisions in the stores. My cousin, whom we were meeting for lunch, arrived, and said, “Have you heard about the space shuttle?” We hadn’t...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 23, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Reading, Witness
The book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible expresses the skepticism of a life that has seen most things, and finds it hard to make sense of it all. The more we know about life, the more cynical we can become. We may have more, rather than less, unanswered questions as we...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 19, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering
Doubt is a double-edged sword. It can act as either a deterrent or a stimulant. Doubt about whether it was possible to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean could have kept Christopher Columbus from discovering America. Instead, he doubted that the world was flat and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Science
C.S. Lewis tells the story of a military man who, though he confessed to being religious, had no time for doctrines such as found in the creeds. He preferred his religion to be mysterious and experiential, and did not want to know about the facts of the faith. His...
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