by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 21, 2024 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Worship
The ninth century hymn, Veni, Creator Spiritus (Come, Creator Spirit) is sung at ordinations but may be sung by all believers for the filling of the Holy Spirit. Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 2, 2024 | Atheism, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
John Gray, English professor at Oxford, London, Harvard and Yale and the author of more than twenty books on politics and philosophy has written a thought provoking book on contemporary culture entitled The New Leviathans: Thoughts after Liberalism, reflecting on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have just read Tom Wright and Mike Bird’s book on the responsibility of Christians to participate in contemporary politics. They make a biblical and historical case for the Kingdom of Jesus to come on earth as well as in heaven. They describe the role of Jesus in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
Almost every week there are reports of violent earthquakes somewhere in the world. People are killed and injured and many are made homeless. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? I have. I grew up on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Fault lines...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
The cycle of nature repeatedly demonstrates resurrection to renewed life. Darkness turns to dawn. The new day begins. The ebb tide of the ocean turns and flows into fullness. The cocoon breaks open and the butterfly emerges as a different creature from its former...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
What did Jesus do, and where was he, in the days between noon on the first Good Friday, and his resurrection on Easter Sunday morning? This is the subject of, what we call the Intermediate State, what happens between death and resurrection. There is much conjecture...
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