by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2026 | Abortion, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Sexuality, The World
“The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails – given by one Shepherd. Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
In the midst of a time when there are wars and rumors of war, of international competition and conflict between opposing religions, ideologies and political views there are voices that cry out for peace when there is no peace. Perhaps such conflict is the norm in a...
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...
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