by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 20, 2021 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Politics
I lost a childhood friend this week. We met in high school at a Christian summer camp, were in the same class at university and after graduate school we met up again in London, where we shared lodgings, worshiped together and continued to correspond when we married...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 18, 2021 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
Jesus is arrested, handcuffed and dragged before Annas, the retired high priest who interrogated him about his disciples and his teaching. He replied, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, publicly. I said nothing in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 15, 2021 | Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness
Popularity depends on the group you belong to. What makes you popular in one group may make you unpopular in another. A drunk is not popular in a prayer meeting. A teetotaler is not popular at a fraternity party. Our belief in freedom of speech guarantees our right to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 13, 2021 | Abortion, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness
Jesus said, “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. Not only that – count yourself blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies against you to discredit me....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2021 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
A friend asked me to explain 1 Samuel 18:10 which states that an evil spirit from God came on King Saul. How can this be if only good comes from God? But it is not quite accurate to say that only good comes from God, for while God’s original creation was declared to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Your life matters – your life is valuable. Whatever your circumstances, whether you are royalty or commoner, prince or pauper. At the end of St Paul’s magnificent exposition of the truth and reality of the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, after he has presented the...
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