by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2026 | Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
Nigel Biggar was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, and Director of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life at the University of Oxford. Here are some of his thoughts from his 2013 book, In Defence of War. “This is the dilemma: on the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 27, 2026 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Science, Suffering, The World
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.” (Romans 8:18,19) “This paragraph, from verse 18 to verse 25, is the classic...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart. Sorrow is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 20, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
In my book, JOHN STOTT: A Summary of his Teaching, I condense my mentor’s conclusions on the vexed question of human origins as written in Genesis. How to reconcile the historicity of Adam and Eve with the scientific theory of evolution? This is a subject of much...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 17, 2026 | Faith, God, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The season of Lent is meant to include self-examination. I have found the Southwell Litany to be an excellent help in doing so. I include it as a resource that can be used at any time. It is an antidote to the kind of self-righteousness that accuses others for our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 11, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Science, The World, Worship
One of the most frequent questions I get from strangers is, “Where are you from?” My accent betrays my origins. If we want to get to know people we inquire about their origins, where they were raised. We carry our origins throughout our lives. They form us, they...
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