by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Icon of St. George slaying the dragon This is Paul’s peroration in Romans 8: the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation. “What, then, shall we say in response to this?” (Romans 8:31) St. Paul has been arguing that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2018 | Faith, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) How can God work for the good of those who love him in the midst of tragedy? How can trials be occasions of joyfulness? How can...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” Or “works together with those who love him to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2018 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Politics, Suffering, The World
One of the most difficult challenges to faith is to be found in the suffering of the world. Skeptics ask, “How can a good God permit such terrible suffering? If he is good and powerful he would prevent it. If he doesn’t prevent such suffering he is either not good, or...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 3, 2018 | Church, Faith, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Politics, Suffering, The World
I want to introduce you to one of the most enthralling works of literature that I have ever read. Between 1883 and 1888 Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote his trilogy: WITH FIRE AND SWORD, THE DELUGE, and FIRE IN THE STEPPE, for which he deservedly received the Nobel Prize in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 27, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Healing, Jesus, Science, Suffering
Some of the most fundamental questions of human existence are “How do we make sense of the world around us? What is going on in the universe?” The teaching of the Bible and the perspective of Christian faith provides a map of reality that enables us to discover clues...
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