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 | 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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2024 | Islam, Jesus, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Some years ago I was visiting the National Portrait Gallery in London, which was showing an exhibition of Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings. There was one unfinished painting entitled The Descent from the Cross, which portrayed Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, John and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 21, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
Dr Campbell-Jack in his most recent post on his blog A GRAIN OF SAND writes about the Christian faith and witness of Alexei Navalny. A HERO FOR OUR TIME FEATURED ~ CAMPBELL Alexei Navalny, one of the heroes of our time, died in a prison camp of Vladimir Putin, one of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
I have always had a problem with calling worry a sin. It seems to me that it is natural and normal to want to take care of my basic needs – that it is common sense to take thought for the future. I was raised to be responsible, and to prepare for a rainy day. My...
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