by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 18, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Morality, Suffering, Witness
I have in my library a signed first edition of The Message of Galatians by John Stott, which he gave me for my birthday in 1970 (50 years ago). It contains twenty sermons he preached on Galatians in 1965-66. His book on preaching was published under the title Between...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 14, 2020 | Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Witness, Worship
Almighty God and Heavenly Father: Blessed is the person whom you choose and call to yourself. With you is mercy, redemption, assurance, forgiveness; You have lifted me, a prisoner, out of the dungeon of sin And pronounced my discharge, Not only in the courts of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 30, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
The Course of Empire: Desolation, Thomas Cole (1801-1848). In 2012 I visited the Columbia, South Carolina Museum of Art to view 45 paintings of the Hudson River School of Painters on loan from the New York Historical Society. The magnificent landscapes of Thomas Cole,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 11, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
Anglican Bishop Hassan Dequani-Tafti’s son Bahram was murdered by Islamic revolutionaries in Iran in 1989. He wrote “A Father’s Prayer on the Martyrdom of his Son”. It has become known world-wide, translated into many languages and made available in numerous books. O...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 9, 2020 | Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Martin Luther King answered the question, “How do we love our enemies?” First, we must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. The degree to which we are able to forgive determines the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous children’s book, The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, who travels to the Lonely Mountain, accompanied by a vigorous group of Dwarves, to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo is swept into the quest of...
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