by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 1, 2022 | Abortion, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, The World, Witness
“Freedom”, “independence” and “liberty” refer to an absence of undue restrictions and an opportunity to exercise one’s rights and powers. Freedom emphasizes opportunity. Independence implies the ability to stand alone, unsustained...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 21, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
Rod Dreher has written a perceptive Manual for Christian Dissidents entitled, LIVE NOT BY LIES, which is taken from Solzhenitsyn’s message to the Russian people when he was exiled. It is just as relevant today as then. Dreher references The Triumph of the Therapeutic...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 18, 2022 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Abraham did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God has power to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20-21). How do we deal with the temptation to waver through...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 17, 2022 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
I am working on developing material for a class I am planning to teach in the Fall, God willing, on Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Here is an excerpt from Romans 4:17-25. “Abraham is the father of us all. As it is written: ‘I have made you a father of many...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 30, 2022 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness, Worship
The coming of the Holy Spirit in power (Acts 2). The work of the Holy Spirit is to universalize and to internalize the presence of Jesus. The bodily presence of Jesus was succeeded by the Holy Spirit being always with us, wherever we may be, and entering into our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 28, 2022 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, The World, Witness, Worship
For 5 years from 1971 to 1976 I worked with Harold John Ockenga at Gordon College, Massachusetts. He was President of the college, I was Dean of Christian Life, the chaplain. He was at the same time President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary which was on an...
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