by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 24, 2022 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Enlightenment thinkers in the eighteenth century understood the world through the lens of experimental science. Believing that all phenomena operated according to universal natural laws, they judged every intellectual proposition according to the test of reason. Their...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 16, 2022 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
All Saints Church, Hokitika, where I was baptized. I retired from my working career at age seventy-seven. I have not retired from my spiritual vocation. My spiritual vocation is life-long. What is it? In the words of my baptism in the Book of Common Prayer: “I shall...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
When so many bad things are happening in the world, and we never seem to learn the lessons of history, I find the book of Job to be filled with so much wisdom. It should be required reading for all politicians and statesmen to foster humility and to counter hubris....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 18, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Abraham did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God has power to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20-21). How do we deal with the temptation to waver through...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 16, 2022 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Having just completed facilitating a class on my book STOTT: A SUMMARY OF HIS TEACHING covering the basic beliefs and practices of the Christian faith and life, I compiled a list of questions for discussion and reflection which stimulated vigorous conversation. I want...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 12, 2022 | Abortion, Bible, Church, Holy Spirit, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, The World, Witness
John J. Miller in the WSJ (May 7-8, 2022) in an article, “A Ringing Defense of Free Speech”, drew my attention to the argument of John Milton’s “Areopagitica”. Written in 1644 in response to an attempt by Parliament to censor publications by appointing a Licensing...
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