by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 20, 2018 | Morality, Movies, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
I have been reading the novels and stories of Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) and have been fascinated by his insight into the psychology of his characters. Zweig was an Austrian who knew and appreciated Sigmund Freud and his theories of the unconscious. His knowledge of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2018 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Prayer, Sexuality
Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: ‘Our Father’. (Matthew 6:9) Our very familiarity with the Lord’s Prayer, and Christianity, dulls our awareness of the unique relationship that Jesus made possible. To say “Our Father” is to claim membership in a family that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 22, 2018 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality
The release of a grand jury report on the Roman Catholic clergy sexual abuse over many years in Pennsylvania prompts me to post this diagnosis which I shared three years ago. The question to be asked is why bishops, and others in the world-wide Roman Catholic...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering
“Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14) When Paul and his companions were traveling on their missionary journeys they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. They tried to enter Bithynia, but...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 8, 2018 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality
Everything has its price. If you want to go along with the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil, you have to accept the consequences – a life on the dark side, opposed to the light and love of God with all the sickness that entails. If you want to live in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Witness
“When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone….’” (James 1:13-15) The oldest excuse for giving in to temptation is that of Adam: “Don’t blame me; blame Eve.” Eve said, “Don’t blame me; blame the...
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