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...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2023 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Movies, Politics, Science
John Swinton, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care in the University of Aberdeen, in his book on Dementia writes, The problem of forgetfulness is not confined to the individual with dementia. The experience of dementia brings to the fore a broader amnesia...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 12, 2023 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Sexuality, The World, Witness
Nobody likes to think ill of people. You always want to give people the benefit of the doubt. Jesus tells us not to judge others harshly. Yet here he warns us to beware of false prophets who come to us in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. They...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2023 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Science, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
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 | Mar 2, 2023 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, The World
LESSON 9 RELATIONSHIPS ROMANS 12 Our relationship to God 12:1-2 Therefore: “With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2023 | Atheism, Bible, God, Morality, Politics, Sexuality
Paul seems to be confronting every human being who is a moralizer, who presumes to pass moral judgments on other people, e.g. social-justice warriors. Paul turns from the world of shameless immorality to the world of self-conscious moralism. They set themselves up as...
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