by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2023 | God
I was raised on the Articles of Religion of the Church of England found in the Book of Common Prayer and written by the Protestant Reformers. The first Article is of faith in the Holy Trinity. “There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts or...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 12, 2023 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Sexuality, The World, Witness
Nobody likes to think ill of people. You always want to give people the benefit of the doubt. Jesus tells us not to judge others harshly. Yet here he warns us to beware of false prophets who come to us in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. They...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
As I enter into old age (I am 82 years old in 2023) and experience physical challenges I find consolation in Miguel de Unamuno’s classic written in 1912: The Tragic Sense of Life. Let me share with you some of his thoughts which stimulate my thinking. Love, pity,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2023 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Suffering, The World, Witness
Recently Rod Whitacre died of lymphoma. I had known him for many years as a student at Gordon College when I was Dean of Christian Life and as a theologian after he earned his doctorate at Cambridge University. He taught at Trinity School for ministry, where I was on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2023 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
It would take a whole book to give you the reasons why I believe in Jesus Christ and follow him as my Savior and Lord. Those reasons have been accumulating over a lifetime. Some of them have been discarded or changed as I have grown older. Others are newer as I have...
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