by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 2, 2021 | Atheism, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Have you considered that Jesus is still on trial today? “Jesus Christ stands on trial, not now before the Sanhedrin, before Pontius Pilate the procurator or Herod Antipas, but at the bar of world opinion. The ‘world’, which in biblical language means secular, godless,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Morality, Politics, Science, The World
I came across a review in the Wall Street Journal (March 13-14, 2021) of Probable Impossibilities by Alan Lightman who is an American physicist, writer and social entrepreneur and currently a Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness
When I consider the state of the world and the church with all its conflicts, confusion, discouragements, anxieties, fears, and anger I ask myself what is needed to give confident leadership for the future. In times of trouble I look back to what and who made a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 24, 2021 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
There are many who criticize the mixing of Christian faith and politics. Preachers can take sides on social and moral issues so that members of their congregations find it difficult to disagree. On the other hand pundits in the media and politicians can demonize...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 16, 2021 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Ron Marshall has been pastor of First Lutheran Church, West Seattle since 1979. I have just completed reading a book of his sermons, KIERKEGAARD IN THE PULPIT. They are some of the most remarkable sermons I have ever read, and that is saying something since I am now...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 11, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, The World
“May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). As I grow older and my body deteriorates I need to remember that I am also spirit and soul. It seems that as we age we spend more time taking care...
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