by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 23, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Morality, Reading, Suffering, Worship
Jeffrey Burton Russell, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has written Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven and How we Can Regain It (Oxford University Press, 2006) It is a brilliant description of the secular mindset that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 28, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, The World, Witness
Joseph Bottum has written a compelling article about the demise of Mainline Protestant churches in the USA (National Review, August 2024). He relates how in 1965 they claimed about 50 percent of the American population but in the last census in 2020 this has fallen to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 21, 2024 | Aging, Islam, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
I have read many of the books on history and geography by Robert Kaplan who is a journalist with decades of experience in foreign policy. His latest, THE TRAGIC MIND, is the fruit of his disillusionment with recent American involvement in the Middle East. In this...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2024 | Aging, Faith, Inspiration, Morality, Suffering
Aaron Renn is a writer and consultant who is Senior Fellow at American Reformer and writes a newsletter to help people to successfully adapt to the 21st century world. Today he wrote about the 10 Pillars of Healthy Masculinity which is a summary of a talk he gave at...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 16, 2024 | Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
I have kept a copy of this quotation in my Bible for many years to inspire me and to remind me what my commitment to Jesus Christ entails. “I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit Power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 13, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
The Bible tells us that God goes before everything else. God is prior to all things. God is to be pre-eminent in all things. All life follows God. God is the leader, we are the followers. That is the order of creation and salvation. To attempt to reverse that order is...
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