by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 2, 2024 | Atheism, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
John Gray, English professor at Oxford, London, Harvard and Yale and the author of more than twenty books on politics and philosophy has written a thought provoking book on contemporary culture entitled The New Leviathans: Thoughts after Liberalism, reflecting on...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading
When I was a teenager contemplating my future and possible careers I was arrested by the following passage from James: “Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2024 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Science, Witness, Worship
Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, was a twin. We don’t hear of his twin, and we know nothing about his childhood. But we know that he was always asking questions. He never accepted anything without asking for an explanation. That is what got him a few...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 8, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, Worship
C.S. Lewis entitled his autobiography up to his conversion to Christ, Surprised by Joy. He describes joy as that “of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. I call it Joy, which is here a technical term and must be sharply...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2024 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Science, Suffering
Robert De Niro played a gangster in the movie Analyze This, who started suffering from anxiety attacks. He gets dizzy, short of breath, hyperventilates and thinks he is having a heart attack. It is hard for him to accept the diagnosis that he, a macho mafia-type,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
I have always had a problem with calling worry a sin. It seems to me that it is natural and normal to want to take care of my basic needs – that it is common sense to take thought for the future. I was raised to be responsible, and to prepare for a rainy day. My...
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