by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 19, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
William Willimon, Methodist Bishop and former Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, commented about the message of the Passion Gospel: “In a feel-good, sin-denying, death-avoiding world, this story of evil, of sin, of goodness challenged, of divine love, goes against...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2025 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness, Worship
One of my prized possessions is a first edition copy of God’s New Society by John Stott. It is inscribed: “Ted and Antoinette, with love, gratitude and good wishes, John. Christmas 1979” In his introduction he writes: The letter to the Ephesians is a marvelously...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2025 | Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Over the years of my life I have benefitted from the prayers of Eric Milner-White, a distinguished...
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 19, 2025 | Aging, Bible, Church, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, Witness
Jesus said, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34,35) The first and greatest commandment is to love God and the second is to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 1, 2025 | Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Worship
When I visit the beach there may be many or few people to be seen. But on every occasion there are birds running in and out of the waves, and skimming over the surface. Phillip Keller in Sea Edge claims that sea birds are an integral part of the seascape all year. It...
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