by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 25, 2016 | Church, Ministry, Witness
I am an avid reader of Thom Rainer’s blog and many of his books. He is a perceptive analyst of church life: its challenges, culture, growth and decline. His latest little book (112 6×4 pages) addresses the problem of inwardly focused church members whose priority...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 27, 2016 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, The World, Witness
Tomorrow I am driving to Charleston, South Carolina to attend a conference on Christianity and Islam. Since 9/11/2001 the world has been challenged by the resurgence of a militant form of Islam which seeks to advance its cause by terrorist activities. We have all had...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 21, 2016 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witnessing
The Gospel and Pluralism Today, edited by Scott W. Sunquist and Amos Yong is worth reading for the chapter by Carrie Boren Headington entitled Evangelism in a Pluralistic Society. She describes sharing her faith in the dining hall of an Oxford college during a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2016 | Church, Healing, Inspiration, Ministry
In 1988 I began a Covenant Group of fellow clergy that meets for three days every January. A member of that group, David Roseberry, pastor of Christ Church, Plano, Texas, has written a moving testimony of what that group has meant to him and all of us who have been...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 12, 2015 | Atheism, Church, Faith, Islam, Jesus, The World
Only Christian faith will save Europe, Anglican bishop says after Paris attacks By Gregory Tomlin http://www.christianexaminer.com/ November, 2015 NEW YORK — A retired Anglican bishop who now works on behalf of persecuted Christians worldwide has a message for...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 24, 2015 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Witness
RACHEL MCADAMS The movie Spotlight, directed by Thomas McCarthy, is a masterly portrayal of the Boston Globe team that investigated the Roman Catholic Archdiocesan cover-up of sexual abuse amongst its clergy. It stars Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Michael Keaton,...
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