by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 25, 2018 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus
It would take a whole book to give you the reasons why I believe in Jesus Christ and follow him as my Savior and Lord. Those reasons have been accumulating over a lifetime. Some of them have been discarded or changed as I have grown older. Others are newer as I have...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Icon of St. George slaying the dragon This is Paul’s peroration in Romans 8: the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation. “What, then, shall we say in response to this?” (Romans 8:31) St. Paul has been arguing that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 18, 2018 | Aging, Morality
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), the Roman statesman and philosopher was once asked to address the subject of old age. He had no time for those who complained about their old age. Their fault was one of character, not of years. “Old men who exercise self-discipline,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2018 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Politics, Suffering, The World
One of the most difficult challenges to faith is to be found in the suffering of the world. Skeptics ask, “How can a good God permit such terrible suffering? If he is good and powerful he would prevent it. If he doesn’t prevent such suffering he is either not good, or...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 27, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Healing, Jesus, Science, Suffering
Some of the most fundamental questions of human existence are “How do we make sense of the world around us? What is going on in the universe?” The teaching of the Bible and the perspective of Christian faith provides a map of reality that enables us to discover clues...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2018 | Aging, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
My Lord, God, the awful burden I feel in ageing is that I am your useless servant. My body is lumpish and clumsy, its beauty gone; I am stiff on my thickened legs, and cannot speed about serving others and you. My thoughts seem not to come out clearly, and I irritate...
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