by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 22, 2023 | Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
The Gospels tell us that Jesus came into a world of military dictatorship and genocide. The Word became flesh, God became man, when Caesar Augustus decreed that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world for purposes of military conscription and taxation....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 15, 2023 | Abortion, Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Prayer, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man…..” (Matthew 1:18,19) What...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2023 | Abortion, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Sexuality
Central to Advent and Christmas are the stories of two women: Mary and Elizabeth. Luke, the beloved physician, takes a professional and personal interest in their experience during pregnancy. Immediately after Mary learns from the angel Gabriel that she is to bear a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2023 | Aging, Atheism, Church, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Politics, Prayer
Solipsism is the view that ourselves is the only thing worth knowing. Today it is the view that our identity is the only thing that matters and that only we can determine what that identity can be. This view would have been incomprehensible to John the Baptist. He was...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 26, 2023 | Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, The World, Witness
The four weeks before Christmas Day constitute the season of Advent, which marks the beginning of the Christian year. Advent means ‘arrival’. It refers to the coming of Christ: his first coming in humility at Bethlehem, and his second coming in glory at the end of...
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