by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 10, 2019 | Inspiration, Politics, Reading, The World
As I review my reading over the past year I am aware of its variety and eclectic nature. Some books are old and some quite contemporary. Lots of history and biography. My central preoccupation has been with the works of my mentor John Stott. I have ploughed through...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 4, 2019 | Aging, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
Study of 1 John 2:12-17 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Politics, Science
Why am I who I am? As I look in the mirror I see someone who physically resembles my father when he was my age. Growing up in the shadow of my father was a challenge. He was a local jock. A rugby football player of some note, he had a successful career in the 1930’s....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 19, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Science, The World, Worship
When my grandson and I were working on a jigsaw puzzle I discovered that he was more adept than I in finding the pieces we were looking for to complete a section. I was wishing that the pieces were larger. I could see the big picture but found it hard to see which...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 6, 2019 | Church, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Witness
At his Ascension Jesus promised the disciples that “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses… to the end of the earth (Acts 1:8). When the day of Pentecost arrived a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire rested on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 26, 2019 | Bible, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Suffering, The World
On Friday, April 9, 2004, the Florida Times-Union ran on its front page an arresting photograph of ten U.S. Marines praying while standing and kneeling around a fallen comrade in Fallujah, Iraq. On Sunday, April 11, the newspaper ran Tony Perry’s commentary on the...
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