by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 27, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Politics, Reading, Science, Suffering, Witness
Sam Sacks, who writes the fiction reviews in the weekend Wall Street Journal, put his finger on what is the most interesting subject that has impressed me this past year. He writes: “There is a hole in contemporary fiction that has been noticeable for some time but...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 23, 2020 | Aging, Church, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
In many ways the pandemic has imprisoned many people I know who are confined to their homes and are fearful of venturing outside. The media, health experts, politicians and even church leaders have contributed to a culture that has encouraged fear of illness,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 20, 2020 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
During Advent I have been writing about The Four Last Things: the traditional subjects of the four Sundays in Advent – Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. The fourth of the four last things is the theme of Hell. This is a subject rarely heard of today. Sermons tend to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 14, 2020 | Abortion, Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Reading, Suffering, Worship
John Martin, The Plains of Heaven. I have been writing about The Four Last Things: the traditional subjects of the four Sundays in Advent – Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. The third of the four last things is the theme of Heaven. St. John receives a vision in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 12, 2020 | Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
Destined For Glory: The Meaning of Suffering, Margaret Clarkson, 1983 Evangelical Preaching: An Anthology of Sermons by Charles Simeon, edited by James Houston, 1986 Napoleon: A Biography, Andrew Roberts Eerdman’s Book of Famous Prayers Through the Centuries, 1983...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 8, 2020 | Bible, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness
The Advent Prayer Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; so that, at the last day, when he shall come again in his...
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