by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2018 | Aging, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Science, Suffering
One of the greatest temptations facing us today is depression. We can get depressed very easily from unrealistic expectations, disappointed hopes, stress, overwork, not enough rest, sickness, physical disability, post-traumatic stress, inability to solve problems,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2018 | Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Henri Nouwen maintains that the third temptation of Jesus was the temptation of power. “The devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ‘All this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.”...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2018 | Atheism, Church, Faith, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Suffering, Witness
I have just finished reading two Christian novels that I want to commend to your attention. THE BAGHDAD EUCHARIST by Sinan Antoon is about Christians in Iraq who are trying to survive in the midst of Islamic persecution. Antoon was born in 1967 in Baghdad. He received...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2018 | Atheism, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Movies, Suffering, The World, Witness
Holly Scheer has written an interesting review in The Federalist of the movie adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s novel, A WRINKLE IN TIME, revealing how modern cultural prejudices can sabotage the Christian world view. Click on the link below. ...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2018 | Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
Joseph Loughlin, a former assistant chief of police for the city of Portland, Maine, has written a compelling book on the misunderstandings, misconceptions, and myths about police shootings, entitled, SHOTS FIRED. I met Joe many years ago after an Easter sunrise...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 13, 2018 | Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
I am reading through Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Chernow never disappoints me. I have read his biographies of Washington and Hamilton. His Grant is well worth slogging through over 900 pages. With the current hysteria about how bad things are in...
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