by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 4, 2025 | Islam, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
I have recently discovered Roger Scruton’s reflections on the fallacies of modern culture that affect the thinking of those who want to bring about idealistic solutions to all the problems and challenges of humanity. It is entitled, THE USES OF PESSIMISM: AND THE...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Witness
This morning I was privileged to witness a young man being baptized in the presence of fellow students of his Christian school. Although I have baptized many candidates of all ages over the years I was struck anew by the solemnity and age-old requirements of the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 15, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Science, Sexuality
One of our most cherished possessions is a first edition of Christ the Controversialist by John Stott. Published in February 1970 it is inscribed to my wife: “Antoinette for her confirmation in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London on 28th February 1970, with all good wishes,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 3, 2025 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering
This is a review of WASTE LAND: A WORLD IN PERMANENT CRISIS by Robert D. Kaplan. I am a fan of his books as I have read many over the years. But this one paints a depressing view of the world and our future. He is Jewish but lacks a religious perspective. His view of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2025 | Aging, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, Witness, Worship
One of the hardest commandments of Jesus is to love your enemies. Jesus said, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:44-45). Johann Arndt in his magisterial book, True Christianity...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 14, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Science, The World
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow in their book, The Grand Design, maintain that God is not required for the existence of the universe. Instead the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow universes to appear spontaneously from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the...
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