by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
As I enter into old age (I am 82 years old in 2023) and experience physical challenges I find consolation in Miguel de Unamuno’s classic written in 1912: The Tragic Sense of Life. Let me share with you some of his thoughts which stimulate my thinking. Love, pity,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Suffering, The World, Witness
Recently Rod Whitacre died of lymphoma. I had known him for many years as a student at Gordon College when I was Dean of Christian Life and as a theologian after he earned his doctorate at Cambridge University. He taught at Trinity School for ministry, where I was on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2023 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
It would take a whole book to give you the reasons why I believe in Jesus Christ and follow him as my Savior and Lord. Those reasons have been accumulating over a lifetime. Some of them have been discarded or changed as I have grown older. Others are newer as I have...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 31, 2023 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Witness, Worship
John Stott cites scriptural authority for the Trinity in the baptism of Jesus and the Great Commission (Matt.3:17; 28:19). Also 1 Pet.1:2; 2 Cor.13:14. He lists three approaches to the truth of the Trinity. First, there is the approach of history. It was a gradual...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 27, 2023 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Witness, Worship
Jesus told the disciples, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. and you will be my witnesses….to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). At Pentecost it happened! “They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 10, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Witness, Worship
The Ascension of Jesus is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter Sunday (Acts 1:4). This year it falls on May 18. Because it is always a Thursday it tends to be overlooked and neglected. Yet the Ascension of Jesus is the culmination of his earthly life. It confirms...
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