by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 8, 2019 | Atheism, Islam, Jesus, Suffering
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Cor 1:18) What is the message of the cross? Why is it foolishness to those who are perishing? Why is it the power of God to those who are...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Witness
I don’t like surprises. I like to know what is going to happen in my life so that I can adequately prepare for it. Whenever something unexpected happens I get undone by it. When somebody springs something unexpected on me, presents me with an issue or agenda item that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Worship
“They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush.” (Jeremiah 6:14,15. NIV) “My...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 16, 2019 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
There is a great need in the church today for a biblical, Christian philosophy of history. Most of us are short-sighted and narrow-minded. We are so preoccupied with current affairs in the present century, that neither the past nor the future has any great interest...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 12, 2019 | Atheism, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The Judaizers in the New Testament taught that, ‘The only way to be justified is sheer hard work. You have to toil at it. The “work” you have to do is the “works of the law”. That is, you must do everything the [moral] law commands and refrain from everything the law...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, The World, Witness, Worship
And Mary said: My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. His mercy extends to those who fear him. (Luke 1:46,47,50) The Bible says much about “the fear of the Lord”. We are told in the Psalms, in the book of Job, and in the Proverbs that “the...
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