by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 19, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
William Willimon, Methodist Bishop and former Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, commented about the message of the Passion Gospel: “In a feel-good, sin-denying, death-avoiding world, this story of evil, of sin, of goodness challenged, of divine love, goes against...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2025 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness, Worship
One of my prized possessions is a first edition copy of God’s New Society by John Stott. It is inscribed: “Ted and Antoinette, with love, gratitude and good wishes, John. Christmas 1979” In his introduction he writes: The letter to the Ephesians is a marvelously...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Over the years of my life I have benefitted from the prayers of Eric Milner-White, a distinguished...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness
This morning I was privileged to witness a young man being baptized in the presence of fellow students of his Christian school. Although I have baptized many candidates of all ages over the years I was struck anew by the solemnity and age-old requirements of the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Science, Sexuality
One of our most cherished possessions is a first edition of Christ the Controversialist by John Stott. Published in February 1970 it is inscribed to my wife: “Antoinette for her confirmation in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London on 28th February 1970, with all good wishes,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 3, 2025 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering
This is a review of WASTE LAND: A WORLD IN PERMANENT CRISIS by Robert D. Kaplan. I am a fan of his books as I have read many over the years. But this one paints a depressing view of the world and our future. He is Jewish but lacks a religious perspective. His view of...
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