by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2026 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
In reading about the work of Emil Brunner (1899-1966) when he was faced with the rise of Communism, Fascism and Hitler I am impressed by how he understood the role of Christian preaching, teaching and writing. He wrote that the church could not ignore the fact that it...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering
“Evil is one of the deepest and most central problems of human existence.” Peter Vardy and Julie Arliss in The Thinker’s Guide to Evil, analyze various sources of evil. They focus on three areas of concern. The freedom of human beings to choose to be selfish,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 5, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The Advent Prayer; Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; so that, at the last day, when he shall come again in his...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 4, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
When I was in my twenties and ministering to students in London and on the staff of All Souls Church, Langham Place, next to the headquarters of the BBC, I became aware of the concerns of young people as they struggled with their identities, their purpose, their...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 28, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
I have recently reread Fyodor Dostoevsky’s (1821-1881) masterpiece and longest novel The Brothers Karamazov, translated from the Russian by Michael R. Katz (2023). Sigmund Freud called it “the most magnificent novel ever written”. This is the third time I have read...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 24, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness, Worship
Two books I have read recently have helped me to discipline my mind so that it does not afflict me with negative and unwanted thinking. It is so easy to lay awake at night or to wake up in the morning and find your thoughts swimming in your head into uncharted waters....
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