by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 6, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Witness
In Leo Tolstoy’s short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych, a successful judge lived a totally conventional life, which he only began to question as he was dying. In the final weeks when he is in great pain and the doctors have admitted their inability to help him, he is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 30, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Reading, Science
The other day I came upon the “age-old ego-stripping questions of place (Where am I?), origin (Where did I come from?), destiny (Where am I going?), identity (Who am I?), and purpose (Why am I?)”. These five questions cause us to reflect on the meaning of our lives in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 22, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Movies
In my early teenage years I struggled with the desire to be a good person, while at the same time questioning the value of the Christian faith. I was not able to be the ideal person I wanted to be. As hard as I tried, I could not live up to the moral standards of the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 20, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, The World, Witness
Thirty years ago I attended a Seminar led by Rick Warren of 30,000 member Saddleback Church, that included a section on preaching. In retirement I am listening to the preaching of others and find myself comparing them to what I learned from Rick Warren. He began by...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 1, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
November 1 ALL SAINTS DAY Revelation 21:1-5 Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels invented the immortal Stuldbrugs of the flying island of Laputa. Gulliver supposed they would be wise, serene and knowledgeable because of their great age, and instead found them the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 30, 2024 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
Leaving church the other day a lady asked me a question about nondenominational churches: what they believe, do their pastors have a theological education etc.? I first of all responded by distinguishing between nondenominational churches and interdenominational...
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