by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness
I am a person not an object. I am a unique person, made in the image of God, of value and significance. I am loved and capable of love. I was created for relationships to others and most importantly to God. I am a particular person with particular likes and dislikes,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 2, 2021 | Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“Love is not rude” (1 Corinthians 13:5). What constitutes rudeness? “I cannot believe how condescending and sarcastic he is!” We had traveled a long way to stay with friends we had not seen in a long time. From the moment we arrived one of the hosts dominated the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 28, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World
When do we view natural calamity as part of the normal cycle of human suffering only or a divine judgment? In reading about Noah and the Flood in Genesis 6, “the Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2021 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have just completed reading BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY by Eric Metaxas, an inspiring biography of the Christian theologian who worked against Hitler and the National Socialists. He was 39 years old when he was executed for opposition to the Nazis only...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 23, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Witness
When Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves and illustrates it by telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, he is saying that we are to love everybody according to their need. There are no exceptions to this command. In contrast to romantic love or...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
Why is it that every person has character flaws, makes mistakes, says the wrong thing, alienates themselves from others, thinks he or she is better than others, never admits he or she is wrong and messes up when they have good intentions? It is because since the fall...
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