by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, Antoinette and I walked past St. James’s Church, Spanish Place, next to our hotel in the West End of London, and noticed that there would be a performance of Handel’s Messiah that evening, by the choir of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 20, 2024 | Atheism, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering
Handel uses four psalms in the Messiah. Psalm 22:7,8 is used to describe the religious leaders’ ridicule of Jesus during his agony on the Cross as quoted in the Gospels. “All they that see him laugh him to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 25, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness
In April 1967 I attended the first National Evangelical Congress at Keele University with some 1,000 delegates, including 110 theological students of which I was one. There were 30 observers from the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and other churches. The purpose was...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 18, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Reading, Suffering
Scrolling through the online current offerings of Sotherans Rare Books and Prints in London I noticed a 1943 copy of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets for sale for $513. I remembered that I had an identical copy and located it in my bookcase. Opening it up I discovered I had...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 14, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Witness, Worship
“Providence” is the word that describes the care of God for his children. It was used by many in the past as a synonym for God. To believe that God will take care of you requires much faith. In dire circumstances it is hard to believe that God is in control of your...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 5, 2024 | Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Worship
When the Israelites came out of Egypt they had to pass through the desert, a wilderness which was barren and had little pasturage. They complained to Moses about their lack of provisions. The Lord promised to “rain down bread from heaven.” (Exodus 16:4) Each morning,...
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