by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Worship
We visited the Columbia (SC) Museum of Art to view 45 paintings of the Hudson River School of Painters on loan from the New York Historical Society. Antoinette and I also viewed them at an exhibition in the National Gallery in London. The magnificent landscapes of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 25, 2024 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness
In April 1967 I attended the first National Evangelical Congress at Keele University with some 1,000 delegates, including 110 theological students of which I was one. There were 30 observers from the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and other churches. The purpose was...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 20, 2024 | Aging, Prayer, Sexuality
I met Antoinette on the steps of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London in September 1969. She had come to visit her sister whose husband was serving with the U.S. Navy Support Activity and stationed near the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square. I had met them a week...
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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2024 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness
One of the biggest debates today is over values: which values we think most important. The debate is an international one. It is also extremely personal. What values we embrace influences our faith and our lifestyle. Books are being written and movies made to promote...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 2, 2024 | Bible, Church, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
A member of one of my former congregations was sharing with me her love of the worship of her Episcopal Church with several hundred while her son was now worshiping at a nondenominational megachurch with 8,000 members. It caused me to reflect on the reasons why...
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